Kenneth Victor Mackenzie

Background

Mackenzie, Kenneth Victor was born on August 29, 1911 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Came to the United States, 1923, naturalized, 1939. Son of William Franklin and Allie Esther (Stinson) Mackenzie.

Education

Student, Willamette University, 1933. Doctor of Science, Willamette University, 1983. Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Physics, University Washington, 1934.

Master of Science in Physics, University Washington, 1936.

Career

Physicist, Oregon State Highway Department, 1936-1941; head physicist, Puget Sound Magnetic Survey Range United States Navy, Kingston, Washington, 1941-1944; associate physicist Applied Physics Laboratory, U. Washington, Seattle, 1944-1946; group leader, deep and shallow water propagation, Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, 1946-1951; secretary head scattering and oceanography, Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, 1951-1955; head shallow water acoustical process section, Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, 1955-1961; chief scientist deep submergence program, Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, 1962-1967; senior physicist acoustic propagation division Undersea Surveillance and Ocean Science Department, Naval Undersea Center (formerly Navy Electronics Laboratory), San Diego, 1967-1973; exchange scientist, Her Majesty's Underwater Weapons Establishment, England, 1961-1962; senior staff scientist, primary adviser science and engineering directorate staff, United States Naval Oceanographic Office, Washington, 1973-1976; senior staff physicist environmental research requirements office, Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1976-1979; president, Mackenzie Marine Science Cons., San Diego, 1979-1993. Lecturer Ocean Institute Qingdao, Shipbuilding Engineering Institute, Harbin, Peking U., Beijing, Nanjing U., 35 others, 1983-1993. Honorary committeeman International Ocean Development Conference, Tokyo, 1971-1993.

Speaker Joint Oceanographic Assembly IUGG, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1976, Academy Science, Beijing, Fifth Defense Agency, Tokyo, 1980. Consultant allied goverments and defense industry.

Achievements

• Kenneth Victor Mackenzie has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Acoustical Society of America, Explorers Club, Marine Technology Society (co-founder). Member American Geophysical Union, American Physical Society, Institute Navigation (national marine chairman 1965-1966, Western regional councilor 1966-1968, 73-75), Instrument Society of America (national director marine science division 1968-1970), Navy League, United States-China Peoples Friendship Association, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Catherine Jane Oleson Morales, October 18, 1968. Children by previous marriage: Dorothy Kay Mighell, Robert Bruce, Kenneth Donald, Jessie Jean.

Father:

William Franklin Mackenzie

Mother:

Allie Esther (Stinson) Mackenzie

Spouse:

Catherine Jane Oleson Morales