Geoff Malcolm
{{Short description|New Zealand physical chemist (1931–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Geoff Malcolm
| birth_name = Geoffrey Norman Malcolm
| image = Professor Geoff Malcolm.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|04|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Feilding, New Zealand
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|08|11|1931|04|23|df=y}}
| death_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand
| spouse = {{marriage|Sheila Mary Wilson|1958}}
| children = 4
| fields = Physical chemistry
| workplaces = Massey University
| alma_mater = Canterbury University College (MSc(Hons))
University of Manchester (PhD)
| thesis_title =
| thesis_url =
| thesis_year =
| doctoral_advisor =
| academic_advisors =
| doctoral_students =
| notable_students = Graham Fortune
| known_for =
| influences =
| influenced =
| awards =
| signature =
| signature_alt =
}}
Geoffrey Norman Malcolm (23 April 1931 – 11 August 2019) was a New Zealand physical chemist. Appointed in 1969, he was the first chemistry professor at Massey University.
Biography
Born in Feilding on 23 April 1931, Malcolm was educated at Feilding Agricultural High School.{{cite journal |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=Alister |editor-link=Alister Taylor |title=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001 |journal=New Zealand Who's Who, Aotearoa |year=2001 |publisher=Alister Taylor Publishers |location=Auckland |issn=1172-9813 |page=571}} He then studied at Canterbury University College, graduating Master of Science with first-class honours in 1954.{{cite web |url=http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university15.html |title=NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Ma |website=Shadows of Time |accessdate=14 August 2019}} He was awarded an 1851 Exhibition Memorial Scholarship, and completed doctoral studies at the University of Manchester in 1956.{{cite book |chapter=Professores emeriti |title=Massey University Calendar |url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/fms/calendar/documents/2018/2018-Massey-University-Calendar.pdf |page=52 |year=2018 |publisher=Massey University |accessdate=14 August 2019}}
In 1958, Malcolm married Sheila Mary Wilson, and the couple went on to have four children.
After a short period as an assistant lecturer at the University of Manchester in 1956–57, Malcolm returned to New Zealand. He was appointed as a lecturer in chemistry at the University of Otago in 1958, rising to the rank of reader. In 1969, he was appointed as professor of physical chemistry at Massey University, and was the first professor of chemistry at that institution.{{cite news |url=https://nzic.org.nz/app/uploads/2018/07/Vol-66-No-3-Sept-2002-min.pdf |title=Chemistry@Massey |date=September 2002 |work=Chemistry in New Zealand |accessdate=14 August 2019 |first1=Carol |last1=Taylor |first2=Andrew |last2=Brodie |page=5}} He later served as dean of science from 1984 to 1994. Following his retirement in 1995, he was conferred the title of professor emeritus. Malcolm was elected a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC) in 1966, and served as president of the NZIC in 1977.
Malcolm died in Palmerston North on 11 August 2019.{{cite news |url=https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=geoffrey-norman-malcolm-geoff&pid=193617462 |title=Geoffrey Malcolm death notice |date=13 August 2019 |work= The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=14 August 2019}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malcolm, Geoff}}
Category:People educated at Feilding High School
Category:University of Canterbury alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester
Category:Academic staff of Massey University
Category:Academics of the University of Manchester
Category:Fellows of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry
{{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub}}