Lee Allison,
State Geologist of Arizona, passed away on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016, after
suffering a critical head injury from a fall at his home the previous Saturday.
Lee was born in 1948. He received his degrees in geology - a BA from University
of California, Riverside, an MS from San Diego State University, and a PhD from
University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Lee was State Geologist of Utah from 1989
to 1999, State Geologist of Kansas from 1999 to 2004, and State Geologist of
Arizona since 2005. During 2004-2005, he was Policy Advisor for Science and
Energy to Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, and chaired he the Kansas
Energy Council from its inception in 2002 to 2005. Lee received the Public
Service Award of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in 2002, the
Tanya Atwater “Encourage” Award from the Association for Women Geoscientists
for promoting the role of women in the profession, and the American Institute
of Professional Geologists John T. Galey Jr. Award for Public Service in 2008. The
mystery novel Fault Line by Sarah Andrews is loosely based on his time in Salt
Lake City leading up to the 2002 Olympics. The Hutchinson, Kansas News hailed
Lee as a Shining Light for his role in helping to restore the city to safety
after deadly natural gas explosions, which were featured in an episode of the
History Channel’s Modern Marvels documentary series on Engineering Disasters. Lee
had a profound influence on state geological surveys across the USA, for
example by establishing the National Geothermal Data System, which resulted in
significant funding being distributed to the states. Lee has played extensive
roles in our community world-wide, especially in relation to geoscience
information dissemination. He held many leadership or advisory positions.
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