Background
Pifer, Drury Augustus was born on March 18, 1905 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Drury Fair and Elizabeth Chalmers (Tarrant) Pifer.
Pifer, Drury Augustus was born on March 18, 1905 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Drury Fair and Elizabeth Chalmers (Tarrant) Pifer.
Bachelor of Science, University of Washington, 1930, Master of Science, 1931.
Mine official Sub Nigel Limited., Nigel, Transvaal, South Africa, 1932-1937. Mine official DeBeers Consolidated Mines Limited., Kimberley, South Africa, 1937-1945. Manager seconded to Cape Coast Exploration Limited., 1937-1939.
Manager seconded to Consolidated Diamond Mines South.W. Africa, 1939-1942.
Manager Dutoitspan and Bultfontein Mining Companies 1942-1945. Professor mining engineering U. Washington, 1947-1971, emeritus, 1971, director of School of Mineral Engineering, 1947-1969.
Director of the McGregor Museum, Kimberley, 1942-1945.
Member Washington State Industrial Committee, Mining Section, 1950-1952, Washington State Board Registration Professional Engineers, 1951-1956, South African Government Mining Engineers Commission Examiners, Diamond Mines, 1943-1945. Member Washington State governments Forest Area Use Council, 1963-1965. Member American Institute Mining and Metall Engineers (vice chairman industrial minerals division 1948, chairman North Pacific section 1950-1951), Association Mine Mgrs.
South American Mining Congress, Northwest Mining Association (trustee 1958-1961), West. Coast Mineral Association, Loyal Knights Round Table (president Seattle table 1955-1956), Sigma Xi.
Married Patricia Martincevic, September 21, 1929 (deceased). Married second Virginia Senner nee Davis, July 7, 1951. Children: Drury Louis, Patricia Elizabeth (Mistress Dimitri Papahadjopoulos).