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McDonald, Keith Leon was born on April 20, 1923 in Murray City, Utah, United States. Son of Thomas Francis and Ada Pearl (Russell) McDonald.
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Keith Leon McDonald
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Keith Leon McDonald, American Theoretical physicist, research consultant. Grantee U. Utah Engineering Experiment Station, Salt Lake City, 1962, 63. Corporal, United States Air Force, 1942-1946. Member American Astronomical Society, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi., Sigma Pi Sigma, Am.Assn. of Physics Teachers, American Geophysical Union, Phi Beta Kappa.
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1950; Master of Science, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, U. University of Texas, Salt Lake City, 1956.
Career
Staff member, University of California Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1956-1957; theoretical hydrodynamist, United States Naval Ordnance Test Station, Pasadena, California, 1957; math physics research, United States Army Chemical Corps Proving Ground, Dugway, Utah., 1957-1960; assistant professor physics, Brigham Young U., Provo, Utah., 1960-1962; visiting assistant professor physics, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1962-1963; theoretical physics research, National bureau of Standards, Boulder, Colorado, 1963-1964; visiting associate professor, Idaho State University, Pocatello, 1965; theoretical geophysicist, United States department of Commerce, Environmental Science Services Administration, Environmental Research laboratories, Boulder, Colorado, 1966-1968; consultant, unites states department of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, ERL, Boulder, Colorado, 1969-1971; private research, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, since 1971.
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The hope of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and the purpose of life on this earth is to teach people and prepare them that everybody, along with their families, might live with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ eternally.
Membership
Corporal, United States Air Force, 1942-1946. Member American Astronomical Society, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi., Sigma Pi Sigma, Am.Assn. of Physics Teachers, American Geophysical Union, Phi Beta Kappa.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -
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Republican