George B. Tirey

Background

Tirey, George B. was born on October 17, 1923 in Tulia, Texas, United States. Son of Caswell J. and Dovie E. (Stokes) Tirey.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Texas Technology U., 1950.

Career

Research technician, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1941-1946; research scientist, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, 1950-1961; vice president, Alpine Geophysical Associations, Norwood, New Jersey, 1961-1974; vice president, Woodward-Clyde Cons., Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, 1974-1980; geophysicist, United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, 1980-1982; senior geophysicist, United States Minerals Management, Herndon, Virginia, 1982-1989; consultant, North Falmouth, Massachusetts, since 1989. Consultant Aktieselskab Storebaeltsforbindelsen, Copenhagen, Denmark, since 1989, DanishGeotech. Institute, Lyngby, Denmark, 1962-1989, Eurotunnel (English Channel project), London, 1986-1988.

Achievements

• George B. Tirey has been listed as a noteworthy Geophysicist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member St. David's (Bermuda) Social Club, 1951-1956, Mount Washington Observatory, N.H., 1981. Associate member Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1976. With United States Navy, 1943-1946.

Fellow The Explorers Club. Member Society Exploration Geophysicist, American Geophysical Union, New York Academy Science.

Connections

Married Catherine Bartlett, April 13, 1946. Children; Sandra Lee, Benjamin Ewing, Jeffrey Lynn.

Father:

Caswell J. Tirey

Mother:

Dovie E. (Stokes) Tirey

Spouse:

Catherine Bartlett