Vernon Ellsworth Derr

Background

Derr, Vernon Ellsworth was born on November 22, 1921 in Baltimore. Son of William Edward and Edith May Derr.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland., 1948; Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1959.

Career

Student assistant, Applied Physics Laboratory, Baltimore, 1950; research associate, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1951-1959; principal scientist, Martin Marietta, Orlando, Florida, 1959-1967; physicist Environmental Research laboratories, Wave Propagation Laboratory, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, 1967-1981; deputy director Wave Proagation Laboratory, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, 1981-1983; deputy, director Research laboratories, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, 1983-1989; director, Data Memt. Office, Chief Scientist Office, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, 1989-1994; research scientist, Cooperative Institute Research in Environmental Sciences, U. Colorado, since 1994. Member International Science Radio Union Commission II.

Member International Radiation Commission.

Achievements

• Vernon Ellsworth Derr has been listed as a noteworthy government research administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to captain United States Army 1942-1946. Member American Geophysical Union, Optical Society American, American Meteorological Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior), International Association Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (United States delegate to International Union Geodesy and Geophysics).

Connections

Married Mary Louise Van Atta, March 6, 1943. Children— Michael Edward, Katherine Mary, Louise Edith, CarolJean.

Father:

William Edward

Mother:

Edith May Derr

Spouse:

Mary Louise Van Atta