Earthquake specialist, USA

Walter Hays provided leadership over a 26-year period for strategic and tactical implementation of knowledge gained  through the United States Geological Survey’s ongoing program of earthquake research and  postearthquake studies.

Since 1990, contributed to local, national, regional, and international scientific and educational  programs through the auspices of seven universities, a local private Christian school, a national institute, two  professional organizations, two Federal agencies, programs of the United Nations Scientific Cultural and Educational  Organization (UNESCO0), the International Decade for Natural disaster reduction,  SEISMED,  RELEMR, and  the Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction.


Special awards:

Recipient of UNESCO-GADR Award, July 2006 and  United Nations Sasakawa Award, October 2004

Honorary member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, 1998;