Background
Zen, E-an was born on May 31, 1928 in Peking, China. Son of Hung-chun and Heng-chi'h (Chen) Zen. came to the United States, 1946, naturalized, 1963.
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Education
Received A.B from Cornell University in 1951, M.A from Harvard University in 1952, and Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University in 1955.
Career
Research fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1955-1956;
research associate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1956-1958;
assistant professor, U. North Carolina, 1958-1959;
geologist, United States Geological Survey, 1959-1980;
research geologist, United States Geological Survey, 1981-1989. Adjunct Professor geology U. Maryland., since 1990. Visiting associate professor California Institute Technology, 1962.
Crosby visiting professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973. Harry H. Hess senior visiting fellow Princeton University, 1981. Counselor 28th International Geological Congress.
1986-1989.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Geological Society American (councillor 1985-1988, vice president 1991, president 1992, Day medal 1986), Mineral. Society American (county 1975-1977, president 1975-1976, Roebling medal 1991). Member NAS, Geological Society Washington (president 1973).
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Awards
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Roebling Medal; Arthur L. Day Medal Distinguished Service Medal; Roebling Medal; Arts and Sciences; Arthur L. Day Medal He has received the Arthur L. Day Medal, Geological Society of America., 1986; Roebling Medal, Mineralogical Society of America, 1991; John Coke Medal, Geological Society of London, 1992; and the Distinguished Service Medal, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1979. He has also been honored for outstanding contributions to public understanding of geology (American Geological Institute, 1994) and with the Thomas Jefferson Medal, Virginia Museum of Natural History, 1995. The Arthur L. Day Medal is a prize awarded by the Geological Society of America, established in 1948 by Arthur Louis Day for 'outstanding distinction in contributing to geologic knowledge through the application of physics and chemistry to the solution of geologic problems'.Roebling Medal; Arthur L. Day Medal Distinguished Service Medal; Roebling Medal; Arts and Sciences; Arthur L. Day Medal He has received the Arthur L. Day Medal, Geological Society of America., 1986; Roebling Medal, Mineralogical Society of America, 1991; John Coke Medal, Geological Society of London, 1992; and the Distinguished Service Medal, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1979. He has also been honored for outstanding contributions to public understanding of geology (American Geological Institute, 1994) and with the Thomas Jefferson Medal, Virginia Museum of Natural History, 1995. The Arthur L. Day Medal is a prize awarded by the Geological Society of America, established in 1948 by Arthur Louis Day for 'outstanding distinction in contributing to geologic knowledge through the application of physics and chemistry to the solution of geologic problems'.