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Digby McLaren

Calgary

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DIGBY MCLAREN December 11, 1919 to December 8th, 2004

Digby Johns McLaren was one of the pre-eminent Canadian earth scientists of the latter half of the Twentieth Century, a man of global influence and creative leadership in the disciplines of stratigraphy and the history of life on Earth. McLaren was a very effective President (1971–1972) of the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, the predecessor of our Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, during a time of significant developments. The Society contributed strongly to the planning and the operation of the International Geological Congress held in Canada in 1972 and became involved in discussions that led to the formation of the Canadian Geoscience Council, the umbrella organization representing the earth science societies in Canada. McLaren’s Presidential Report also highlighted the need for the Society to go national and to become the society for petroleum geology throughout Canada.

McLaren’s studies at Cambridge University began in 1937 but were interrupted by a long stint as an artillery officer in Iraq and Italy, including the battle for Ortona. He emigrated to Canada to join the Geological Survey of Canada . . . [Full Text of this Article]