Background
Derr, Thomas Burchard was born on December 31, 1929 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Thomas and Clara Constance (Burchard) Derr.
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Thomas Burchard Derr
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Associate of Arts, Work Personality Index, Reading, 1955; Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1960; Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1961.
Career
Project engineer, Ordnance Research Laboratory, State College, Pennsylvania, 1960-1961; industrial engineer, Textile Machine Works, Reading, 1961-1962; personnel manager, Textile Machine Works, Reading, 1962-1963; director employee relations, Textile Machine Works, Reading, 1963-1968; director industrial relations, Rockwell Standard Corporation, Detroit, 1968-1969; director industrial relations, North America Rockwell Automobile Division, Detroit, 1969-1970; vice president, general manager, Metlmex Corporation, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, 1970-1973; president, Metlmex Corporation, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, since 1973; president, Big John Corporation, Lewistown, since 1978.
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Membership
President, board directors Camp Fire Girls, Reading, 1962-1966. President Manufacturers Assn.Berks County, Reading, 1962-1965. Honorary chairman Mifflin County March of Dimes, Lewiston, 1981.
Chairman annual fund College Engineering Pennsylvania State University, 1984-1986. Member American Institute Industrial Engineers, Pennsylvania State Engineering Society (past president), Alpha Pi Mu, Sigma Tau.
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Married Jane Lynette Ruppert, May 30, 1952. Children: Jeffrey Allen, Kathy Jo Taylor.
