Background
Maccarthy, Gerald Raleigh was born on November 15, 1897 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Gerald and Adeline (Dixon) MacC.
Maccarthy, Gerald Raleigh was born on November 15, 1897 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Gerald and Adeline (Dixon) MacC.
Student Colby College, Waterville, Maine, 1915-1917. Bachelor of Arts, Cornell, 1919-1921. Master of Arts, University of North Carolina, 1924, Doctor of Philosophy, 1926.
Instructor Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1921-1922. Instructor University of North Carolina, 1922-1926. Assistant professor, 1926-1930, associate professor, 1930-1940, professor from 1946.
Geophysicist, United States Geological Survey, 1937-1940.
United States Bureau Mines, Baltimore, 1942-1946, United States Geological Survey from 1949, summer work, 1946-1948.
Served with 26th division, 103rd Infantry, United States of America, 1917-1919. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society of America. Member American Geophysical Union, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth Enloe, December 25, 1924. Children: Elizabeth Dixon, Margaret Fitz-Gerald (Mistress R. L. Whitmire Junior.