March 7, 2002

Luyendyk Elected Fellow of American Geophysical Union

Gail Gallessich

Bruce P. Luyendyk, chair of the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara, was recently elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Fellowship is restricted to only 0.1 percent of the AGU, a group of 36,000 members, so 36 new fellows were selected worldwide this year.

The AGU cited Luyendyk "For pioneering work on vertical/axis crustal rotations within the Pacific North American plate boundary and their global implications."

Luyendyk joins four other members of his UCSB department in this honor as AGU fellows: Tanya Atwater, James Kennett, Ken Macdonald, and George Tilton.

Two emeriti members from the department also belong: their names are Michael Fuller and George Tilton.

Bruce Luyendyk can be reached at 805-893-2827. His e-mail address is luyendyk@geosci.geol.ucsb.edu. His internet address is: http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/faculty/luyendyk/. A jpeg photo of Luyendyk is available.

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