Gordon A. Macdonald
Gordon A. Macdonald | |
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| Born | 15 October 1911 Boston |
| Died | 20 June 1978 (aged 66) Lanikai, Oahu |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Shell Oil, Taft, California (1938), U.S. Geological Survey, Territory of Hawaii (1939–46), University of Southern California (1947–48), Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (1948–55), U.S. Geological Survey, Denver CO (1956–57), Hawaii Institute of Geophysics (HIG), University of Hawaii (1958–78) |
Gordon Andrew Macdonald (Boston, 15 October 1911 – Lanikai, 20 June 1978) was a notable American volcanologist. Macdonald was a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, the Mineralogical Society of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.