Allan (Al) R. Sanford, professor of geophysics, emeritus, at New Mexico Tech (NMT) passed away quietly at his home in Woodinville, Washington, on 9 August 2016. He was 89. Al was a pioneer in the recording and interpretation of microearthquake seismograms. For decades, he was the leading authority concerning seismicity across New Mexico and within the Rio Grande rift (RGR). He published numerous papers with graduate students and colleagues on the unique, high‐amplitude reflected phases seen on Socorro‐area microearthquake records. Al and his students eventually attributed these phases to the presence of an extensive midcrustal magmatic sill now known as...
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