RUssell Maurice Tripp

Background

Tripp, RUssell Maurice was born on July 12, 1916 in Holten, Kansas, United States. Son of Maurice Hall and Alma Belle (Cottrell) Tripp.

Education

Graduate, Colorado School Mines, 1939. Master Geophysical Engineering, Colorado School Mines, 1943. Doctor of Science in Geology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.

Career

Seismic observer Geotechnical Corporation, Dallas, 1936-1937, 39-41, assistant to president, director research Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1944-1946. Member faculty Colorado School Mines, Golden, 1941-1943. Senior scientist United States Bureau Ships, 1946.

Consultant in field Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1946-1948. Vice president, director Research, Inc., Coffeyville, Kansas, 1948-1954. President Tripp Research Corporation, Dallas, since 1955, Skia Corporation, Santa Clara, California, since 1972, Aktina Corporation, Santa Clara, since 1984.

Achievements

• RUssell Maurice Tripp has been listed as a noteworthy geophysical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President El Camino Trust, San Jose, California, 1966-1968. President Youth Park, Los Gatos, California, 1986. Vice president Santa Clara County Girl Scouts, Saratoga (California) History Foundation.

Chairman California State Parks Advisory Committee, 1967-1981. Member New York Academy of Sciences, American Institute Mining Engineers (committee chairman), American Association Petroleum Geologists (committee chairman), Society Exploration Geophysicists, Society Information Display (vice president), Society Photographic Scientists and Engineers (treasurer), Society Photographic Instrument Engineers, Northern California Crystal Growers, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Chamber of Commerce (vice president).

Connections

Married Catherine Graham Burr, August 12, 1937. Children: Catherine Ann, Peggy Marie, Elizabeth Belle, R. Maurice II, David Graham, Timothy Lane, Mary Alice.

Father:

Maurice Hall Tripp

Mother:

Alma Belle (Cottrell) Tripp

Spouse:

Catherine Graham Burr

child:

Peggy Marie Tripp

child:

Catherine Ann Tripp

child:

David Graham Tripp

child:

Elizabeth Belle Tripp

child:

Mary Alice Tripp

child:

Timothy Lane Tripp

child:

R. Maurice II Tripp