Background
Carr, John Maurice was born on September 18, 1926 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Maurice Tipple and Bessie Emeline (Foster) Carr.
Carr, John Maurice was born on September 18, 1926 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Maurice Tipple and Bessie Emeline (Foster) Carr.
B.G.E., Morton Junior College, 1946. Student, DePaul University, 1948. Bachelor of Science, Springfield College, 1953.
Postgraduate, Wheaton College, 1960. Postgraduate, Illinois Institute of Technology Teachers In-Service Institute, 1963. Postgraduate, Indiana State University Summer Institute, 1961.
Postgraduate, St. Louis University Summer Institute, 1964. Postgraduate, University Illinois, 1966.
Equipment engineer Western Electric Company, Cicero, Illinois, 1953-1954. Specifications engineer Stewart Warner Corporation, Chicago, 1955-1958. Teacher physics, gymnastics coach Morton High School and Junior College, 1959-1965.
Lecturer Charles Hayden Planetarium-Museum of Science, Boston, 1966, assistant director, 1966-1968, director, since 1968. Lecturer in astronomy Northeastern University, Boston, since 1980. Host Conference Directors Major N. American Plantariums, 1974, Conference on Use of Lasers in Planetariums, 1976, Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society Convention, 1980.
Plantarium consultant.
President Midwest Gymnastics Association, 1958-1960. Board managers Central District Amateur Athletic Union, 1958-1960. Gymnastics program director Pan American Games, Chicago, 1959.
Program director National Summer Gymnastics Clinic, 1959-1967. Discussion leader Great Books Foundation, Franklin Park, Illinois, 1955-1964, member council, 1956-1957. Served with United States Army, 1945-1946, PTO. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Planetarium Society, Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society, Astronomical Society Pacific, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
Married Loretto Lescher, August 5, 1971.