Background
Dracup, Joseph Francis was born on July 14, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph and Louise (Mullelly) Dracup.
Dracup, Joseph Francis was born on July 14, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph and Louise (Mullelly) Dracup.
Degree in mathematics, City College of New York, 1945; degree in mathematics, Brooklyn College, 1948.
Engineering aide, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Philadelphia, 1940-1943; engineering aide, mathematician, Coast and Geodetic Survey, New York City, 1943-1953; supervisor mathematics, geodesist, Coast and Geodetic Survey, New York City, 1953-1961; geodesist in charge, Coast and Geodetic Survey, New York City, 1961-1964; assistant chief, chief triangulation section, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Rockville, Maryland., 1964-1970; assistant chief, chief horizontal branch, National Geodetic Survey, Rockville, Maryland., 1970-1977; chief control networks division, National Geodetic Survey, Rockville, Maryland., 1977-1979; geodetic consultant, Sun City West, Arizona, since 1979. Member Arizona Geographic Information Council, Phoenix, 1994-1996. Associate Federal Geodetic Control Committee, Rockville, 1972-1979.
Member American Geophysical Union (honorary, life, member review board on Russian geodetics papers 1978-1982), American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (honorary, Earl J. Fennell award 1976).
Married Nettie Rosenberg, September 4, 1970 (deceased 1997).