Arab Americans
George Doumani
George Doumani was a Lebanese Palestinian geologist and explorer.[1] He was born in Akko in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1931. He joined Terra Sancta College in Jerusalem and was awarded the Palestinian matric in 1948. After Nakba, he left with his family to go to Bkassine village in Lebanon. He went to Saudi Arabia in 1949 and worked in the oil field. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. He contributed to the International Geophysical Year in 1958 in Antarctica. He made other trips to the southern continent in the early 1960s. His findings helped prove the continental drift theory.[1] Two Antarctic mountains are named after him: Mount Doumani and Doumani Peak. In 1999, he published a book about Antarctica, The Frigid Mistress: Life and Exploration in Antarctica.[2]
References
- ^ Jump up to:a b Mona Lisa Mouallem (10 March 2004). “A tribute at the crossroads of the Arab-American experience”. Daily Star (Lebanon). Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- Jump up^ Doumani, George (1999). The Frigid Mistress: Life and Exploration in Antarctica. Noble House. ISBN 978-1-56167-476-3. Retrieved 15 March 2011.