Background
Kee, Edwin Dinwiddie Mc was born on September 24, 1906 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Edwin Jones and Ethel (Swope) McKee.
Kee, Edwin Dinwiddie Mc was born on September 24, 1906 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Edwin Jones and Ethel (Swope) McKee.
Student United States Naval Academy, 1924-1927. Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1929. Postgraduate U. Arizona, 1930-1931, University of California at Berkeley, 1933-1934, Yale, 1939-1940.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Northern Arizona University, 1957.
Park naturalist Grand Canyon National Park, 1929-1940. Assistant director charge research Museum Northern Arizona, 1941-1942, summers 1942-1953. Member of faculty U. Arizona, 1942-1953, professor geology, 1950-1953, department chairman, 1951-1953.
Chief paleotectonic map section United States Geological Survey, Denver, 1953-1961, research geologist, 1962-1984.
Research investigator in field, visiting professor, participant numerous symposia, 1931-1984. Member United States National Committee on Geology, 1968-1972.
Visiting lecturer National Research Council of Brazil, 1970. Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy Sciences, 1970.
Principal investigator desert sand seas of world Earth Resources Technology Satellite, 1972-1973.
Discipline expert (deserts) science support team Skylab IV, 1973-1974. Leader expedition to Namib Desert, 1977. Consultant Research Institute, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1978.
Geologist Nepal Institute Ecotechnics, Kathmandu.
Consultant Research Institute, U. Petroleum and Minerals, 1978-1979. Commissioner Bow March (Colorado), 1962-1963.
Trustee Museum Northern Arizona, 1953-1984. Board directors South.W. Parks and Monuments Association, since 1958.
Member of faculty U. Arizona, 1942-1953, professor geology, 1950-1953, department chairman, 1951-1953. Member Grand Canyon Natural History Association (executive secretary 1937-1939), Tucson Natural History Association (president 1944), American Association for the Advancement of Science (Powell lecturer 1950), Arizona Geological Society (president 1952-1953), Geological Society American (councilor 1953-1955), American Commission Stratigraphic Nomenclature (chairman 1957), American Association Petroleum Geologists (distinguished lecturer 1957), Rocky Mountain Association Geologists (honorary), Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists (honorary.
Married Barbara Hastings, December 31, 1929. Children: William Dinwiddie, Barbara (Mistress John Lajoie), Edwin Hastings.