Jack Dwayne Farmer

Background

Farmer, Jack Dwayne was born on April 18, 1947 in Rotan, Texas, United States. Son of Floyd Elmon and Helen Louise (Robinson) Farmer.

Education

Bachelor, California State University, Chico, 1969; Master of Science, U. Kansas, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1978.

Career

Field geologist, Chevron Oil Corporation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, summer 1971; senior music scientist department geology, University of California, Davis, 1976-1981; senior petroleum geologist, Exxon Production Company, Thousand Oaks, California, 1981-1986; visiting professor department earth and space science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1986-1988; Adjunct Professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1988-1991; National Research Council senior postdoctoral fellow, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, 1991-1993; research scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, 1994-1998; principal investigator, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, Mountain View, 1993-1994; professor geology, Arizona State University, Tempe, since 1998.

Achievements

• Jack Dwayne Farmer has been listed as a noteworthy Geologist, researcher, paleontologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-chairman Native American Advisory Committee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Ames, 1996. Member Geological Society American, Paleontological Society, American Geophysical Union, American Indian Science and Engineering Society (editor 1994-1996).

Interests

• Avocations: guitar, singing, songwriting.

Connections

1 child, Brett Matthew.

Father:

Floyd Elmon Farmer

Mother:

Helen Louise (Robinson) Farmer

child:

Brett Matthew Farmer