John Augustus Blume (April 8, 1909 – March 1, 2002) was an American

structural engineer Structural engineers analyze, design, plan, and research structural components and structural systems to achieve design goals and ensure the safety and comfort of users or occupants. Their work takes account mainly of safety, technical, economic ...

born in Gonzales, California. He first decided he wanted to study

earthquake engineering Earthquake engineering is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that designs and analyzes structures, such as buildings and bridges, with earthquakes in mind. Its overall goal is to make such structures more resistant to earthquakes. An earth ...

when he witnessed the Santa Barbara earthquake of 1925. In 1929, he went to

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

, where he later received his A.B.degree, his graduate degree of engineer and his doctorate. Blume's career included major contributions to dynamic theory, soil structure interactions, and the inelastic behavior of structures, earning him the title of the “Father of Earthquake Engineering.” Blume died at the age of 92 at his Hillsborough, California home on March 1, 2002.

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* Blume, John A. Interview with Stanley Scott. Connections: The EERI Oral History Series. 1994. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blume, John 1909 births 2002 deaths Structural engineers Stanford University alumni American civil engineers 20th-century American engineers

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