Malcolm McKenna

Malcolm Carnegie McKenna (1930–2008) was an American paleontologist. He was the curator of vertebrate paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History and co-authored the book Classification of Mammals along with Susan K. Bell. In 2000 he was awarded the Romer-Simpson Medal the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s highest honor.^[1]

McKenna had been a resident of Englewood, New Jersey while he was at the American Museum of Natural History, and his wife, Priscilla, had served as the city's mayor.^[2]

He died on March 3, 2008, in Boulder, Colorado.^[3] McKenna's son Bruce is a screenwriter whose work has included the television miniseries The Pacific.^[4]

Bibliography

Articles

• Malcolm J. Novacek, Mark Norell, Malcolm C. McKenna and James Clark (December 1994). "Fossils of the Flaming Cliffs". Scientific American 271 (6): 36–43. 

References

1. ^ Wilford, John Noble. "Malcolm McKenna, 77, Fossil Seeker, Dies". The New York Times. Accessed March 10, 2008.
2. ^ Elliott, Ann Brimacombe. Charming the Bones: A Portrait of Margaret Matthew Colbert, p. 80. Kent State University Press, 2000. ISBN 0873386485. Accessed July 22, 2011. "The McKennas were not strictly Leonians. They lived in the next town, Englewood. Malcolm McKenna was a colleague of Ned's, a paleontologist at the American Museum. His wife, Priscilla, played the harpsichord professionally in New York and some years later became mayor of Englewood."
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4. ^ Rohan, Virginia. "Englewood native's work on HBO's The Pacific started in 2002", The Record (Bergen County), March 14, 2010. Accessed July 22, 2011. "Born 48 years ago today at Englewood Hospital, McKenna always gravitated to history. His late father, Malcolm, was an eminent paleontologist based at New York's American Museum of Natural History. (His mom, Priscilla, who now lives in Boulder, Colo., is a former Englewood City Council president.)"