Background
Nair, Andrew Hamilton Mc was born on May 29, 1909 in Victor, Montana, United States. Son of Ampere-hour and May (Rohrbach) McNair.
Nair, Andrew Hamilton Mc was born on May 29, 1909 in Victor, Montana, United States. Son of Ampere-hour and May (Rohrbach) McNair.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Montana, 1931, Master of Arts, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1935.
Department geology Dartmouth, 1939-1943, 1951-1955, professor geology, 1945-1974. Geologist United States Geological Survey, Stategic Minerals Investigations. 1942-1945; consultant geologist industrial minerals, from 1946.
Geologist Phillips Petroleum Company, 1949-1950, Gulf Oil Corporation, 1952. With International Geological Field Institute, Great Britain, summer 1961. Party chief Dominion Explorer’s Ltd., 1959-1960, Canadian Artic Islands, 1960.
Participant 1st International Symposium on Artic Geological, Calgary, 1960., head Dartmouth College Victoria Island Geological Expedition, 1964, 65, 66. Chairman Hanover Conservation Commission, 1967-1968.
Fellow Geological Society American, Paleontological Society. Member Dartmouth Science Association (president 1950-1951). American Association Petroleum Geologists.
Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma, Gamma Alpha.
Married Evelyn Lyford, January 28, 1939. Children: Ann, Jane, Peter, Chairman.