Person McLaren; Digby Johns (1919 - 2004) McLaren Digby Johns 1919 - 2004 Male 11/12/1919 19191211 08/12/2004 20041208

Geography Education: Sedbergh; Queen's College, Cambridge Career: Studies interupted by WW2 - Royal Artillery (1939-1945), Iraqi and Italian campaigns; Geological Survey of Canada (1948); completed PhD at University of Michigan; appointed first director general of the Geological Survey's Institute of Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology at Calgary (1960) returned to Ottawa after six months; Senior Science Adviser to Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada (1980-1984); Professor of Geology, Ottawa University (1980-1984); initiated International Geosphere-Biosphere programme; President, Royal Society of Canada (1987-1990); President Geological Society of America; Digby McLaren Medal of the Internation Commission in Stratigraphy inaugurated at meeting of Internation Geological Union in Florey, attended by McLaren (2004) Honours: OC (1987) Son of James McLaren, land agent to Duke of Northumberland; married Phyllis Matkin Fellow 15/03/1979 59 Obituaries: Biographical Memoir 2007, Volume 53, pp 237-246 by Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith FRSC Obituary in Daily Telegraph (15 December 2004) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 11 Dec 1919 - 8 Dec 2004 NA4143 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/267143639 3fb82e0c-af83-4369-aad2-d6189ce62d44