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Eugene Domack

Overview

Eugene W. Domack is a marine geologist who joined Hamilton College’s Geology (later Geosciences) department in 1985 and became one of the college’s most prominent research scientists. He is internationally recognized for his work on Antarctic ice dynamics, most notably for leading the expedition that documented the collapse of the Larsen B ice shelf in 2002. By the 2007-08 catalog he held the Joel W. Johnson endowed professorship in Geosciences, and by 2014-15 he was listed as Professor of Environmental Studies Emeritus.

Relevance to Research

Domack appears by full name in every course catalog from 1993-94 through 2014-15 (16 catalogs total), making him one of the most consistently documented faculty members in the corpus. All mentions are contemporary records, not retrospective. He is listed as department chair in the 1993-94 catalog, as a member of the Environmental Studies Advisory Committee, and repeatedly as the instructor of record for geology and geoscience courses. The catalogs also document his NSF-funded Antarctic research program, which provided undergraduate research opportunities and a Field Study in Antarctica course.

Notes

Role: Professor of Geology / Geosciences (later Environmental Studies Emeritus) Hamilton connection: Faculty, 1985-c.2014 Key events: - 1985: Joins Hamilton as Associate Professor of Geology alongside Cynthia R. Domack (same hire year, also Rice University Ph.D.) - 1993-94: Listed as Chair of the Geology Department; teaches Glacial Geology (210) and Sedimentary Geology (211) - By 2001-02: Holds the Joel W. Johnson endowed professorship in Geosciences; listed on Environmental Studies Advisory Committee - 2001-02: Catalog mentions him as contact for Antarctic research opportunities - 2007-08: Teaches Field Study in Antarctica (205S), an NSF-funded marine geologic survey along the Antarctic Peninsula open to undergraduates by consent; also coordinates Hamilton’s cooperative agreement with the Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies (University of Tasmania) - 2014-15: Listed as Professor of Environmental Studies Emeritus, the final catalog in the corpus to record him