J. Ross Mackay
John Ross Mackay , called Ross Mackay, (born December 31, 1915 in Taiwan , † October 28, 2014 ) was a Canadian geologist who studied the geology of permafrost .
Life
He was the grandson of the Presbyterian missionary George Leslie Mackay (1844-1901), after whom a hospital in Taiwan is named, and the son of a missionary. Mackay studied at Clark University (bachelor's degree in 1939) and at Boston University (master's degree in 1941). During the Second World War he was an officer in the Canadian Intelligence Corps, stationed in Darwin, Australia . In 1946 he became an assistant professor of geography at McGill University . In 1949 he received his doctorate at the University of Montreal and was then Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia , where he was Associate Professor in 1953 and Professor in 1957. From 1981 he was Professor Emeritus there.
He was known for field studies of the geomorphology of the periglacial , including the development of pingos and over ice wedges . He began his field studies in the Canadian Arctic in 1951 and has continued them annually since then (particularly in the Mackenzie Delta ), also conducting large-scale field experiments.
He had been married to Violet Meekins since 1944 and had two daughters.
Memberships
- 1953 to 1954 President of the Canadian Association of Geographers
- 1969 to 1970 President of the American Association of Geographers
- Vice President International Geographical Union
- Secretary of the International Permafrost Association from 1983 to 1993
- Board of Directors of the Arctic Institute of North America
- Honorary member of the Chinese Society of Glaciology and the Chinese Society of Geocryology.
- Honorary member of the Geographical Society of the Soviet Union and foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Honors
- Order of Canada 1981
- Willet G. Miller Medal of the Royal Society of Canada (1975)
- Roger JE Brown Memorial Award from the Canadian Geotechnical Society.
- GK Gilbert Award for Excellence in Geomorphic Research from the Association of American Geographers (AAG)
- Kirk Bryan Award from the Geological Society of America
- Melvin G. Marcus Distinguished Career Award (1990) from the AAG, Geomorphology Section
- Logan Medal from the Geological Association of Canada (1991)
- WA Johnston Medal of the Canadian Quaternary Association (1993)
- Massey Medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
- from the Canadian state he received the Centennial Medal of Canada in 1967, the Centenary Medal of Northern Science (1984) and the Silver Jubilee Medal of Canada (1977)
- He received honorary doctorates from the University of Ottawa (1972), the University of Waterloo (1981), the University of Victoria (1986), the University of British Columbia (1987) and the University of Helsinki .
- Vega Gold Medal from the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (1986)
The Canadian Geomorphological Research Group presents the J. Ross Mackay Award annually.
literature
- Michael Church, Olav Slaymaker (Editor) Field and Theory, Festschrift for Mackenzie, 1985
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ MACKAY, Dr. J. Ross OC, FRSC
- ^ Mackay Pingo growth and collapse. Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area, Western Arctic Coast, Canada. A long term field study , Geographie physique et quarternaire, Volume 52, 1998, pp. 271-323. On the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula in the Mackenzie Delta is a particularly large accumulation of pingos - over 1350 have been identified there.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mackay, J. Ross |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mackay, John Ross (full name); Mackay, Ross |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taiwan |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 2014 |