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McElhinny, Michael William (1933 - )

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Born: 9 December 1933  Windsor, Berkshire, England
Michael William McElhinny is a geophysicist with special interests in palaeomagnetism. In 1988 he and his wife set up the company Gondwana Consultants to help create global databases on the phenomenom. McElhinny is also heavily involved in academia, administration and research. He is Adjunct Professor in Geological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council at the Tectonics Special Research Centre, University of Western Australia. Prior to this he was Chief Geophysicist at the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics (1982-1988) and Senior Fellow in Geophysics at the Australian National University Department of Geophysics and Geochemistry (later the Research School of Earth Sciences).
Career Highlights

Chronology
1953Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa
1955Junior Lecturer in Physics at Rhodes University
1956Scientific Officer at British Dielectric Research in London
1956 - 1958Assistant Lecturer in Physics at University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
1958Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Rhodes University
1958 - 1964Lecturer in Physics at University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1962 - Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS)
1963 - Member of the American Geophysical Union
1964 - Fellow of the Institute of Physics, London (FInstP)
1965 - 1966Senior Lecturer in Physics at University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1967 - 1982Senior Fellow in Geophysics within the Department of Geophysics and Geochemisry at the Australian National University
1970 - Member of the Geological Society of Australia
1981 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1982 - 1988Chief of Geophysics at the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics
1983Mawson Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
1988 - Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
1988Fleming Medal received from the American Geophysical Union
1988 - 2000Gondwana Consultants founded
1997 - 2005Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Tectonics Special Research Centre, University of Western Australia
2004Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Western Australia

 
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