D. K. C. MacDonald

Not to be confused with K. C. MacDonald.

David Keith Chalmers MacDonald (24 July 1920 – 28 July 1963) was a Scottish-born metal physicist, cryogenicist and scientific author. He is considered as one of the founding fathers of modern cryogenics.

The MacDonald Memorial Lecture at the University of Manitoba is named in his honour.[1] In authorship he is known as D. K. C. MacDonald, but friends knew him as Keith MacDonald.

  1. ^ "University of Manitoba - Canadian Materials Science Conference: Conference - History". umanitoba.ca. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2018.