Background
Fields, Darrel Rex was born on December 14, 1925 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, United States. Son of Roy Dean and Estella Iona (Ball) Fields.
Fields, Darrel Rex was born on December 14, 1925 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, United States. Son of Roy Dean and Estella Iona (Ball) Fields.
Bachelor of Science in Naval Technology, University Minnesota, 1946. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Arkansas, 1949. Master of Science in Economics, Baylor University, 1969.
Master of Arts in Public Administration, University New Mexico, 1987.
Mechanic engineer, J.C. Lewis Company, Little Rock, 1948; second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1950; advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, United States Army, 1950; civil engineer United States Army Corps Engineers, United States Army, Little Rock, 1949-1950; nuclear weapons officer, United States Army, 1950-1968; senior nuclear weapons engineer, United States Naval Weapons Evaluation Facility, Albuquerque, 1968-1987; retired,, 1968; retired, Civil Svc., 1987; construction engineering, Fields Cons. Company, since 1987. Quality engineer Sperry-Honeywell, Albuquerque, 1987, Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer, Albuquerque,1988, General Electric Aircraft Engines, Albuquerque, since 1988.
Colonel New Mexico State Defense Force, Albuquerque, since 1981. Air pollution consultant City of Albuquerque. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1943-1947, PTO. Member Systems Safety Society, American Society Quality Control (vice chairman, chairman Albuquerque section 1971-1972), Retired Officers Association (life), Reserve Officers Association (life), National Association Uniformed Services (life), Association United States Army, State Fef.
Force Association United States, National Association Retired Federal Employees, Kirtland Air Force Base Officers Club, Pi Alpha Alpha.
Married Mary Evelyn Payne, July 2, 1948 (divorced December 1979). Children: Rhonda Sue, Denise Gay. Married Bette Jane Neuenfeldt, March 24, 1980.