Background
Hersey, John Brackett was born on August 20, 1913 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Fred Edgar and Emily Alice (Brown) Hersey.
Hersey, John Brackett was born on August 20, 1913 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Fred Edgar and Emily Alice (Brown) Hersey.
AB, Princeton University, 1934; AM, Princeton University, 1935; Doctor of Philosophy, Lehigh University, 1943.
Recorder, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, 1935-1936; assistant observer, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1936-1939; instructor geology, Lehigh University, 1939; physicist, United States Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Washington, 1941-1944; senior scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1946-1966; ocean scientist, Office Naval Research, Washington, 1966-1979; senior scientist, Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia, 1979-1988; consultant, McLean, 1989-1992. Part-time professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ocean Science, 1956-1966.
Senior warden Church of the Messiah, Woods Hole, 1962-1966. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946, PTO. Fellow Acoustical Society of America, American Geological Society. Member American Geophysical Union, Society Exploration Geophysicists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Cosmos Club.
Married Sally Magowan, January 7, 1946. Children: Cyrus Brackett, Joslyn Helen.