„Malcolm McKenna” változatai közötti eltérés

 

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Ő az Amerikai Természettudományi Múzeum (American Museum of Natural History), kurátora volt, az ősgerincesek részlegénél, és társszerkesztője volt a Susan K. Bell által írt „Classification of Mammals” című könyvnek. 2000-ben megkapta a ''Society of Vertebrate Paleontology'' legnagyobb érdemrendjét a ''Romer-Simpson Medal''-t.<ref>Wilford, John Noble. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/science/10mckenna.html?ref=science "Malcolm McKenna, 77, Fossil Seeker, Dies".] ''[[The New York Times]]''. Accessed March 10, 2008.</ref>

Amíg az Amerikai Természettudományi Múzeumnak dolgozott, addig a [[New Jersey]]-i [[Englewood]]ban lakott; ennek a városnak, McKenna felesége, [[Priscilla McKenna]] volt a [[polgármester]]e.<ref>Elliott, Ann Brimacombe. [http://books.google.com/books?id=PO46sAIx_98C&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=%22Malcolm+McKenna%22+paleontologist+englewood ''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."</ref> Nekik négy gyermekük volt: Douglas, Andrew, Katharine, és [[Bruce McKenna|Bruce]] (Bruce fia, [[forgatókönyvíró]]; munkái között a „The Pacific” című [[televíziós sorozat]] is szerepel.).<ref>Rohan, Virginia. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/87610472_For_Englewood_native___Pacific__journey_took_years.html "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.)"</ref>

 

 

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