John Sebring Derr

Background

Derr, John Sebring was born on November 12, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Sieger and Mary Ferguson (Sebring) Derr.

Education

Bachelor, Amherst College, 1963; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1968.

Career

Geophysicist, Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Midland, Texas, 1964; research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1968-1970; research scientist, Martin-Marietta Aeorspace Corporation, Denver, 1970-1974; chief operations National Earthquake Information Service, United States Geological Survey, Golden, Colorado, 1974-1979; chief technical reports, United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, 1980-1983; chief special seismological analysis project, United States Geological Survey, Golden, Colorado, 1983-1989; global seismological network chief, United States Geological Survey, Albuquerque, New Mexico, since 1989.

Achievements

• John Sebring Derr has been listed as a noteworthy Geophysicist, seismologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, Seismological Society American, Society Science Exploration (councilor 1986-1993), Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: aircraft construction, choral singing, bicycling.

Connections

Children: Alex, Mary, Nathan.

Father:

Thomas Sieger Derr

Mother:

Mary Ferguson (Sebring) Derr

child:

Nathan Derr

child:

Mary Derr

child:

Alex Derr