Marshall Kay

George Marshall Kay
Born	November 10, 1904 Paisley, Ontario
Died	September 3, 1975 Englewood, New Jersey
Residence	Leonia, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Fields	Geology
Institutions	Columbia University
Known for	Stratigraphy
Notable awards	Penrose Medal

Marshall Kay (1904–1975) was a geologist and professor at Columbia University. He is best known for his studies of the Ordovician of New York, Newfoundland, and Nevada, but his studies were global and he published widely on the stratigraphy of the middle and upper Ordovician. Kay's careful fieldwork provided much geological evidence for the theory of continental drift. He was awarded the Penrose Medal in 1971.

External links

• Trenton Group scientific history, "Academic Period" bio at Harvard
• University of Iowa distinguished alumni award bio, 1971
• Time Magazine obituary, 1975
• University of Iowa Paleontology Repository Archive, finder's aid retrieved 21 April 2009. Boxes 3-5 contain stratigraphy class notes and maps and a memorial from Robert H. Dott Jr.

Bibliography

• Marshall Kay, North American geosynclines (Memoir 48), Geological Society of America, 1971.
• Stratigraphy and Life History. Marshall Kay and Edwin Colbert. Wiley, New York, 1965.

References

• Kirtley F. Mather, A Source Book in Geology, 1900-1950. Harvard University Press, 1969. ISBN 0674822757. pp. 347–348.

Persondata
Name	Kay, Marshall
Alternative names	Kay, George Marshall
Short description	American Geologist
Date of birth	November 10, 1904
Place of birth	Paisley, Ontario
Date of death	September 3, 1975
Place of death	Englewood, New Jersey