Malcolm Carnegie McKenna (1930–2008) was an American

United States

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 paleontologist. He was the curator of vertebrate paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History

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 and co-authored the book Classification of Mammals along with Susan K. Bell. In 2000 he was awarded the Romer-Simpson Medal

Romer-Simpson Medal

The Romer-Simpson Medal is the highest award issued by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology for "sustained and outstanding scholarly excellence and service to the discipline of vertebrate paleontology". The award in named in honor of Alfred S. Romer and George G. Simpson.- Past awards :*1987...

 the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

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’s highest honor.

McKenna had been a resident of Englewood, New Jersey

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 while he was at the American Museum of Natural History, and his wife, Priscilla, had served as the city's mayor.

He died on March 3, 2008, in Boulder

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, Colorado

Colorado

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. McKenna's son Bruce

Bruce McKenna

Bruce C. McKenna is a writer for television and film. He is the Emmy Award-winning co-executive producer, creator, principal writer and researcher on the 2010 HBO 10 part mini-series, The Pacific, which was co-produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks...

 is a screenwriter whose work has included the television miniseries The Pacific.