Paul Christian Jennings Professor Jennings received his B.S. degree in civil engineering from Colorado State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, also in civil engineering, from the California Institute of Technology. After serving in the United States Air Force as a member of the faculty of the Air Force Academy, he joined the faculty of Caltech in 1966. He served as Chairman of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science from January 1985 to November 1989. He was CaltechÕs Vice President and Provost from November 1989 to February 1995. Following that he became Acting Vice President for Business and Finance until September of 1995. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a past President of the Earthquake Engineering
Research Institute, and a past President of the Seismological Society of America. Professor Jennings is the author of numerous technical papers on earthquake engineering and dynamics of structures and has served as earthquake engineering consultant on the design of high-rise buildings, offshore drilling towers, nuclear power plants and other major projects. He was a member of the Board on Inquiry on the Loma Prieta earthquake appointed by CaliforniaÕs Governor Deukmejian. He is the present chair of the Draper Prize Committee of the National Academy of Engineering. His awards include the Newmark Medal and the Huber Prize of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Honor Alumnus and Achievement in Academia Awards from Colorado State University.