Donald Mackay (scientist) explained

Donald Mackay
Birth Date:30 October 1936
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Death Place:Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Workplaces:University of Toronto
Trent University

Donald Mackay (30 October 1936 – 20 October 2023) was a Scottish-born Canadian scientist and engineer specializing in environmental chemistry.

Life and career

Donald Mackay was born on 30 October 1936.[1] He was a member of the faculty of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto and the founding director of the Canadian Environmental Modelling Centre at Trent University. He has developed several multimedia fugacity models.[2] He has stressed that principles of good practice also need to be adopted for chemical assessments, especially in a regulatory context.[3]

In 2004, Mackay was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada for having "greatly contributed to the quality and our stewardship of the global environment".[4] In 2004, he was also invested into the Order of Ontario for "his outstanding contributions to environmental science".[5]

Mackay died at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre on 20 October 2023, at the age of 86.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Curriculum Vitae Donald Mackay . September 2006 . Trent University . 2013-02-23 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053731/http://www.trentu.ca/academic/aminss/envmodel/MackayCV.pdf . 2016-03-04 .
  2. Web site: Mackay. Don. 2021-08-26. Fugacity and Multi-Media Models: A Personal Odyssey. dead . 2021-08-26. SETAC Globe. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20210826205329/https://globe.setac.org/fugacity-and-multi-media-models/ . 2021-08-26 .
  3. Buser . Andreas M . MacLeod . Matthew . Scheringer . Martin . Mackay . Don . Bonnell . Mark . Russell . Mark H . DePinto . Joseph V . Hungerbühler . Konrad . 8 February 2012 . Good modeling practice guidelines for applying multimedia models in chemical assessments . Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management . en . 8 . 4 . 703–708 . 10.1002/ieam.1299 . 22318971 . 2012IEAM....8..703B .
  4. Web site: 2009-04-30 . Donald Mackay, O.C., Ph.D., P. Eng. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081157/http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=9390 . Mar 4, 2016 . Governor General of Canada Archive.
  5. Web site: September 30, 2005 . The Order of Ontario - 2003 Recipients . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070313002216/http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/citdiv/honours/order/order-winners03.htm . 2007-03-13 . Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration: The Order of Ontario - 2003 Recipients.
  6. Web site: Donald and Agnes Mackay . 2023 . . Legacy.com . September 14, 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231028093911/https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/donald-mackay-obituary?id=53449377 . 2023-10-28.

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