Donald D.ÌýMacPhail

  • Professor Emeritus of Geography
  • Photomorphic Mapping
  • Remote Sensing
  • Land Use
  • Chile
  • Puerto Rico
  • Ph.D. Universiy of Michigan, 1953

Taught at the Geography Department from 1956 to 1978.

Notable Accomplishments:Ìý

  • Was a nationally recognized leader in the academic community in aerial photography, land use planning, and remote sensing.
  • Consultant in the Gemini spacer craft imagery in 1966.
  • Geographic Information Science (GIS) owes its development to MacPhail for his early use of satellite photos.

Professor Emeritus Donald D. MacPhail passed on August 15, 1978 at the age of 56.