Background
Diercks, Frederick Otto was born on September 8, 1912 in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada. Son of Otto Herman and Lucy (Plunkett) Diercks.
Diercks, Frederick Otto was born on September 8, 1912 in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada. Son of Otto Herman and Lucy (Plunkett) Diercks.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1937. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939. Master of Science in Photogrammetry, Syracuse University, 1950.
Commissioned Second lieutenant, United States Army Corps Engineers, 1937; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1952; commanding officer, 656th Engineer Topographic Battalion, France and Germany, 1944-1945; commanding officer, United States Army Map Service, Washington, 1957-1961; assistant director mapping, charting, and geodesy, Defense Intelligence Agency, 1961-1963; deputy engineer, 8th United States Army, Korea, 1963-1964; director, United States Army Coastal Engineering Research Center, 1964-1967; retired, 1967; associate director, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Rockville, Maryland., 1967-1974; United States member of commission on cartography, Pan American Institute Geography and History, Organization of American States, 1961-1967; alternate United States member directing council, Pan American Institute Geography and History, Organization of American States, 1970-1974; executive secretary United States section, Pan American Institute Geography and History, Organization of American States, 1975-1987.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers, Society of America Military Engineers (Colbert medal). Member American Society Photogrammetry (honorary member, president 1970-1971, Luis Struck award), American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, New York Academy of Sciences, Army-Navy Club, Cosmos Club (Washington), Masons (32 degree), Sigma Xi.
Married Kathryn Frances Transue, September 1, 1937. Children: Frederick William, Lucy Helena.