Famous People with Name Alan

Alan Stanley Kornacki            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alan Stanley Kornacki: an American geologist and retired Army colonel, currently the Senior Staff Geochemist at Shell International Exploration and Production Inc[1]. He received a B.S. in Geology from University of Missouri–Rolla in 1974, before completing his M.S. and Ph.D. in Geology at Harvard University in 1984, on a Graduate Research Fellowship. His dissertation focused on refractory inclusions in Carbonaceous Chondrites. He began a career in the petroleum industry in 1985 when he joined Shell USA. In 1981, he was awarded the Nininger Meteorite Award, and in 2008 he was awarded a professional degree by University of Missouri–Rolla [2]. Alan Kornacki is most known for his characterization of wax from deep water crude oil, an important obstacle in modern drilling and refining technology, and his research on new sources of hydrocarbons such as oil shale.

Alan D'Arcangelo            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alan D'Arcangelo: was an American Artist and Printmaker, best known known for his paintings of highways and road signs. His reputation as a Pop artist was established in 1963 with his series of paintings of American highways and signs, an example of which includes US Highway 1, Number 5.A veteran of dozens of solo exhibitions beginning in the late 1950s. Since the 1960s his highway paintings were seen in hundreds of group exhibitions in important galleries and museums in the United States and Europe. He taught Fine art at Cornell University, Brooklyn College, and the School of Visual Arts during the 1960s. He taught painting in several other institutions throughout his career.

Alan S. Kaufman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alan S. Kaufman: an American psychology professor known for his work on intelligence testing.He has been married to psychologist Nadeen L. Kaufman since 1964. While Assistant Director at The Psychological Corporation from 1968 to 1974, he worked closely with David Wechsler on the revision of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and supervised the standardization of the revised version (WISC-R). He also collaborated with Dorothea McCarthy in the development and standardization of the McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities. He held positions at University of Georgia (1974–1979) and University of Alabama (1984–1995) before taking a position at Yale University.

Alan Dugan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alan Dugan: was an American poet. His poetry is known for its plain and direct language, though it is supported by technical skill; it is generally trenchant and ironic in its criticism of American life and received ideas, and in its frank sensuality alike. Dugan rec

Alan Jay Perlis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alan Jay Perlis: was an American computer scientist known for his pioneering work in programming languages and the first recipient of the Turing Award.