Geomorphology

In addition to Big Dirt, Montgomery has played with Flat Earth (Photo: Scott Eklund, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

A Cal grad alum at UW snags a MacArthur — just in time

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer told its readers on September 22, 2008, that University of Washington professor David Montgomery was one day into his sabbatical, wondering how to cut expenses while writing a book, when he was contacted by the MacArthur Foundation. “Montgomery, 47,” the paper said, “is one of 25 people…