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W. H. K. Lee | |
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| Born | October 6, 1940 |
| Died | November 2022 [a] |
| Awards | IASPEI Medal [3] |
William Hung Kang Lee, [4] [b] also known professionally as Willie H. K. Lee or the moniker W. H. K. Lee, was a seismologist affiliated with the U.S. Geological Survey; elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 1992. [7] [8] He was an expert on the application of personal computers on monitoring seismic events, as the "Willie Lee System" of recording seismic networks on computers is named for him. [9] A book he was first author on, International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, received multiple scholarly reviews. [10]
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During his life, he held many posts within IASPEI, [11] including on the Commission on Practice in the late 1980s, [12] which included serving as chair of the Working Group on Personal Computers during the year 1989. [13] [14] He was also the editor of the IASPEI Software Library, published in multiple volumes from 1989–93 and chairman of the Committee on Education from 1995–2001. [15] [16] He is mentioned as an important figure in the official IASPEI Brochure. [17]
Lee joined the Geological Survey in 1967, [18] and retired to become a Scientist Emeritus around 1995–96. [19]
He was unanimously picked by the IASPEI Bureau to win the 2015 IASPEI Medal. [20]
