Eugene Domack

{{Short description|American geologist}}

Eugene Walter Domack (April 15, 1956 – November 20, 2017) was an American geologist.

Born in Milwaukee to Benjamin and Vivian Domack, Eugene Domack obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and completed graduate studies at Rice University. Domack worked for Unocal Corporation before joining the faculty of University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire,{{cite news|title=Eugene Walter Domack (CV)|url=http://www.marine.usf.edu/faculty-docs/Eugene-Domack-CV-2014.pdf|accessdate=24 November 2017|publisher=University of South Florida|date=2014}}{{cite news|title=Geology major heads for Antarctica|url=http://www.uwec.edu/alumni/e-view/2004/e-viewApril04.htm|accessdate=24 November 2017|work=The E-View|publisher=University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire|date=April 2004}} then left in 1985 for Hamilton College in New York, where he became Hamilton's first J.W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies. Domack moved to the University of South Florida in 2013.{{cite news|title=Hamilton Mourns the Death of Eugene Domack|url=https://www.hamilton.edu/news/story/hamilton-mourns-the-death-of-eugene-domack-1|accessdate=24 November 2017|publisher=Hamilton College|date=November 21, 2017}} He died at the age of 61 on November 20, 2017.{{cite news|title=Eugene Domack, Ph.D|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tampabaytimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=187312399|accessdate=24 November 2017|work=Tampa Bay Times|date=November 22, 2017}} He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (since 2012){{cite news|title=Domack Named AAAS 2012 Fellow|url=https://www.hamilton.edu/news/story/domack-named-aaas-2012-fellow|accessdate=25 November 2017|publisher=Hamilton College|date=November 30, 2012}} and of the American Geophysical Union,{{cite news|title=Eugene W Domack|url=https://honors.agu.org/honorsfellow/1613-domack/|accessdate=25 November 2017|publisher=AGU}} and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2004.{{cite news|title=Eugene Domack|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/eugene-domack/|accessdate=25 November 2017|publisher=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation}}

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