Donald Rader Chesnut

Background

Chesnut, Donald Rader was born on December 11, 1948 in Georgetown, Kentucky, United States. Son of Donald Rader and Madge Corrine (Westbrook) Chesnut.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Kentucky, 1975; Master of Science, U. Kentucky, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Kentucky, 1988.

Career

Research geologist, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, since 1979.

Achievements

• Donald Rader Chesnut has been listed as a noteworthy Geologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman, president Kentucky Museum Natural History, lexington, since 1990. Assistant scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, lexington, 1984-1988. Fellow Geological Society London, Sigma Xi.

Member Geological Society American, International Association sedimentologists, International Paleontological Association, Paleontological Association, Paleontological Research Institute, Paleontological Society, Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Kentucky Academy Science, Geological Society Kentucky.

Interests

• Avocations: backpacking, philately, canoeing, fishing, reading.

Connections

Married Terry Ann Wiggins (divorced 1972). 1 child, Donald Rader III. Married Anne Arlene Adams 1978.

Children: Elizabeth Hamilton Chesnut, Nora Jennings Chesnut.

Father:

Donald Rader Chesnut

Mother:

Madge Corrine (Westbrook) Chesnut

Spouse:

Anne Arlene Adams 1978

Spouse:

Terry Ann Wiggins

child:

Nora Jennings Chesnut

child:

Donald Rader III Chesnut

child:

Elizabeth Hamilton Chesnut