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David Alexander Johnston (December 18, 1949 – May 18, 1980) was an American United States Geological Survey (USGS) volcanologist who was killed by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in the U.S. state of Washington. A principal scientist on the USGS monitoring team, Johnston was killed in the eruption while manning an observation post six ...
Learn about the life and legacy of David Johnston, a USGS scientist who died in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. He was a pioneer in volcanic-gas studies and a passionate advocate for volcano monitoring and public safety.
Jun 27, 2019 · Learn about the life and legacy of David Johnston, the first volcanologist to die on Mount St. Helens in 1980. He was a pioneer in studying volcanic gas emissions and a passionate advocate for geothermal energy.
David Lloyd Johnston PC CC CMM COM CD FRSC FRCPSC (born June 28, 1941) is a Canadian academic, author, and statesman who served from 2010 to 2017 as Governor General of Canada, the 28th since Canadian Confederation.
May 17, 2020 · David Johnston, a scientist studying Mount St. Helens when it erupted in 1980, was killed in the blast. His body was never recovered.
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Mar 16, 2023 · Former governor general David Johnston is the “eminent Canadian,” as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau put it, who will oversee investigations into foreign interference in Canadian elections.
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On Sunday, May 18, 1980 at 8:32am, Mount St. Helens had a violent eruption for the first time in 123 years. The event killed 57 people, one of which was the 30 year old volcanologist David A. Johnston, who was monitoring the volcano from 5 miles away at Coldwater II (now the site of the Johnston Ridge Observatory).
