Marshall Kay

1904–1975

1 standalone book

Marshall Kay was an American geologist who taught at Columbia University. He conducted extensive studies on the Ordovician period in New York, Newfoundland, and Nevada, and his work contributed to the theory of continental drift. He was awarded the Penrose Medal in 1971 and also worked on the Manhattan Project as a geologist searching for manganese deposits. Kay's children and son-in-law were also geology professors, while his son was a biological anthropologist and vertebrate paleontologist.

Born

1904