Allen F. Glazner was born, raised, and educated in southern California. He earned a BA degree from Pomona College and a PhD degree in geology from UCLA. Allen was a sports reporter in high school, worked summer jobs with the USGS and Shell, and took a faculty position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill immediately after finishing his PhD, pursuits that were all too fun to be considered real jobs. He has conducted geological research in the Sierra Nevada and eastern California since his undergraduate days, and retired from teaching in 2019. He is coauthor of Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park and of both editions of Geology Underfoot in Southern California, the latter with Art and Bob Sharp.
