George Doumani

George Alexander Doumani (16 April 1929 – 16 March 2021) was a Lebanese Palestinian geologist and explorer.

Early life and education George Alexander Doumani was born in Akko, British Mandate of Palestine, on 16 April 1929. He joined Terra Sancta College in Jerusalem and awarded the Palestinian matric in 1948. Doumani began working in the legal profession.

Career Doumani joined the International Geophysical Year in 1957 and 1958 in Antarctica, doing fieldwork at Byrd Station.

In 1963, Doumani joined the Science and Technology Division of the Library of Congress, He subsequently worked for the Congressional Research Service. From 1970 to 1971, he was the president of The Antarctican Society. In 1976, Doumani was a presidential appointee to the Peace Corps in Yemen. Doumani died in Washington D.C. on 16 March 2021, at the age of 91.

Doumani was interviewed for the Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program in 2001. In 2005, Doumani was honored with an exhibit at the opening of the Arab American National Museum in Michigan, to which he donated artefacts from his life and career.