Alastair Macdonald

Alastair Macdonald MBE is a retired land surveyor and author.[1]

This article is about the Scottish historian. For people by the same name, see Alastair McDonald (disambiguation).
Alastair Macdonald MBE
Born1932
NationalityBritish
Known forDeputy Director of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys c1971-1982
Director of Surveys and Production at Ordnance Survey 1982-1992

Achievements

Macdonald decided to become a surveyor at the age of nine.[1]

He took part in two Spitsbergen expeditions while at Cambridge University.[1]

He joined the Directorate of Colonial Surveys in 1955,[1] serving in field parties in Kenya, Southern Cameroons, Uganda, the Bahamas, Sarawak, Nyasaland, Bechuanaland and Zambia.[1] In 1969 he was seconded to the government of Malawi.[1]

From 1971 he served with the Ministry of Defence before becoming Deputy Director of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys.[1]

In 1982 he moved to the Ordnance Survey where he was Director of Surveys and Production until his retirement in 1992.[1][2]

In 2002 he spoke at the International Court of Justice in a case concerning the maritime boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria.[3]

In 2009 he was awarded an MBE for services to the resolution of boundary disputes in Africa and to cartography more generally.[4]

Publications
  • Mapping The World, A History of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1946-1985, Alastair Macdonald, 1996, 210 pages, HMSO, Norwich, ISBN 0-11-701590-3

References
  1. Macdonald, Alastair (1996). Mapping The World (1st ed.). Norwich, England: HMSO. pp. ii. ISBN 0-11-701590-3.
  2. "New future plotted for old mapping". Southampton, England: Ordnance Survey. 2005-09-19. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  3. "Case concerning the land and maritime boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria" (PDF). International Court of Justice. 2002-10-10. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  4. London Gazette, 13 June 2009, pp. 25
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