Laurence McKinley Gould; Geologist, Polar Explorer

Laurence McKinley Gould, 98, geologist and college administrator who traveled with Richard Byrd to Antarctica in 1928-1930. A native of Michigan, Gould was educated at the University of Michigan, where he later taught geology and embarked on his lifelong study of polar geology. His studies were interrupted for duty in the Army ambulance service during World War I. Second-in-command to Byrd on the historic first American exhibition to Antarctica, Gould wrote of the experience in “Cold, the Record of an Antarctica Sledge Journey.” The map of Antarctica carries the names of Mt. Gould, Gould Bay, Gould Glacier and Gould Coast in his honor. In 1932, Gould moved from Michigan to Carleton College in Minnesota to establish and head its geology department. In 1945, he became president of the college and developed it into a leading liberal arts institution. After retiring in 1962, Gould moved to Tucson, where he taught geology at the University of Arizona until a second retirement in 1979. On Wednesday in Tucson.