Background
Slack, Howard Addison was born on May 13, 1925 in Fort Williams, Ontario, Canada. Arrived in United States, 1950, naturalized, 1978. Son of Fred Howard and Edith Jessie (Walker) Slack.
Slack, Howard Addison was born on May 13, 1925 in Fort Williams, Ontario, Canada. Arrived in United States, 1950, naturalized, 1978. Son of Fred Howard and Edith Jessie (Walker) Slack.
Bachelor of Science, Queen's University, Toronto, Canada, 1947. Master of Arts, U.Toronto, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, U.Toronto, 1951.
Assistant professor Geology Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1951—1958. Geophysicist Pure Oil Corporation, Crystal Lake, 1957—1964. Research scientist Atlantic Richfield Company, 1965—1968, assistant chief geophysicist, 1968—1970, vice president, 1973—1982, regional manager Alaska, 1974—1979, senior vice president technical, 1982—1986.
Executive director Hazardous Control Laboratory University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, since 1986. Board directors Alaska Pacific Bank, Anchorage.
Member advisory committee University of California at Los Angeles School Engineering. Member of American Association Petroleum Geologists, Society Exploration Geophysicists (Kaufman Gold medal), California, Cosmos.
Married Jacqueline A. Allingham, May 31, 1950. Children: Sharon, Susan, James, Deborah, Leslie.