D. K. C. MacDonald

Dr David Keith Chalmers MacDonald FRS FRSE FRSC (24 July 1920 – 28 July 1963) was a 20th-century Scottish-born metal physicist, cryogenecist and scientific author. He is considered as one of the founding fathers of modern cryogenics.

Not to be confused with K. C. MacDonald.

The MacDonald Memorial Lecture at the University of Manitoba is named in his honour. In authorship he is known as D. K. C. MacDonald, but friends knew him as Keith MacDonald.

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