SS&A history

In 1957, under the laws of the State of Alabama, a corporation was established as a successor to the partnership.

In 1963 William M. Adams donated to SSA the royalties from his book Earthquakes: An Introduction to Observational Seismology to defray publication costs in connection with papers dealing with direct exploration of the Earth and other planets.

In 1965 it met in St Louis, Missouri, and thereafter with increasing frequency independently of GSA. GSA’s contribution to the publication costs of BSSA terminated in 1965.

Vaughan, F. E. (1970). Andrew C. Lawson, Arthur H. Clark Co., Glendale, CA.

The Society began publishing abstracts of its annual meetings in Earthquake Notes in 1978.

The Eastern Section began a “best student paper” award in 1982, and it also makes travel grants to students presenting papers at its annual Fall meeting.

The Society has also occasionally published brochures for special purposes, such as “Seismology: Resources for Teachers” in 1983.

The biggest change in this period has been the reorganization of Earthquake Notes into Seismological Research Letters (henceforth abbreviated SRL) in 1987.

The two societies separated in January 1988, at which time SSA moved to its present location in El Cerrito, California.

Poster sessions were established in 1990.

Initially the third person was sometimes the First Vice-president, sometimes some other member of the Board. (In 1992 another constitutional change established that the third member be the then lone Vice-President.)

An Internet Web site was launched in 1995.

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965). In 1998 the Board approved a “memorandum of partnership” with the Western States Seismic Policy Council.

Interest and small amounts have been used from time to time, but the principal was invested so that the fund grew to $66,965 in 2000.