Donald Keith Atwood

Background

Atwood, Donald Keith was born on June 5, 1933 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Son of Fred Charles and Agatha Marie (Morrissette) Atwood.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, St. Michael's College, Winooski Park, Vermont, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Purdue University, 1960.

Career

Senior research special, Exxon Production Research, Houston, Texas, 1960-1969; associate professor Chemical Oceanography, U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, P.R., 1969-1976; director ocean chemical division Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteol. Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida, 1976-1984. Director Caripol Intergovtl.

Oceanographic Committee Caribbean Marine Pollution Research and Monitoring Program, 1979-1986. Adjunct Professor Rosentiel School marine and Atmospheric Science U. Miami. Adjunct Professor Marine Science department U. P.R.

Fellow Cooperative Institute Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, U. Miami.

Achievements

• Donald Keith Atwood has been listed as a noteworthy Oceanographer, chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society, American Geophysical Union, American Society Limmology & Oceanography, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Jo Ann Marie Sebesta, October 17, 1954 (divorced 1982). Children: Joseph Michael, Janet Marie, Daniel John, Sarah Katherine.

Father:

Fred Charles Atwood

Mother:

Agatha Marie (Morrissette) Atwood

Spouse:

Jo Ann Marie Sebesta

child:

Joseph Michael Atwood

child:

Sarah Katherine Atwood

child:

Daniel John Atwood

child:

Janet Marie Atwood