Harold "Mac" MacDonald

Harold "Mac" MacDonald, age 84, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015 in Fayetteville. He was born September 18, 1930 in Englishtown, Nova Scotia, the son of Neil and Lillian MacAulay MacDonald. He was preceded in death by his parents. He grew up in Oswego, New York. Prior to his college education, he served for six years with the U.S. Air Force as navigator during the Korean War. He received a B.A. degree in geology from SUNY at Binghamton, New York. He received both M.S. and Ph.D degrees in geology from the University of Kansas, Lawrence. He received the Erasmus Haworth Distinguished Alumni Award in geology from the University of Kansas in 1988. He was a Professor of Geology at the University of Arkansas starting in 1971. He specialized in remote sensing and petroleum geology. In 1979 he received the Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award for teaching and research at the University of Arkansas. He served on the National Research Council Panel for Evaluation of NSF Graduate Fellowships and was a member of NASA's Space and Terrestrial Applications Advisory Committee for Geology and Geodesy. He received NASA's Outstanding Achievement Award for participation on the Shuttle Imaging Radar Development Team. In 1998 he retired with the faculty rank of Emeritus University Professor. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Imogene "Winnie" MacDonald; three daughters, Linda Priest of Wichita, Kansas, Sharon Donnelly and her husband David of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Debi Sherrill and her husband Jim of Dallas, Texas; two sons, Bruce MacDonald and his wife Laurie of Fort Worth, Texas and Neil MacDonald and his wife Sally of Newtown, Connecticut; a sister, Marie Wendt of Franklin, Pennsylvania; a brother, Neil MacDonald of West End, North Carolina and twelve grandchildren, Heather, Sarah and Douglas MacDonald, Shelby Priest, Travis, Nicholas and Casey Donnelly, Brianna, Courtney, and Cameron MacDonald and Natalie and Matthew Sherrill. Cremation arrangements were by Moore's Chapel. A memorial service is planned for May 30th, 10 a.m. at Butterfield Trail Village, Fayetteville Arkansas. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Harold MacDonald Endowed Memorial Award at the University of Arkansas, 300 UNHS, 1 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. 72701. To sign the online guest book, visit www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.