Derek Booth
Derek Blake Booth (born 7 April 1953) is an Anglo-American aristocratic geologist and heir presumptive to the Booth baronetcy of Allerton Beeches, Liverpool.
Education and career
Educated at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts (B.A. in Literature, 1974), University of California, Berkeley (B.A. in Geology, 1978), Stanford University (M.S. in Geology, 1980) and the University of Washington (Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, 1984),[1] Booth was Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth & Space Sciences at the University of Washington, before joining Stillwater Sciences (becoming President).[2]
Family
Of Anglo-American aristocratic descent, he married firstly 28 June 1981 (divorced 2000) Elizabeth Dreisbach by whom he has two children (including a son, Colin (born 1982), heir-in-line to the baronetcy). Dr Booth married secondly 24 June 2006 Stephanie Louise Moret and lives in Santa Barbara, California.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "CV" (PDF). Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Stillwater Sciences". Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ www.burkespeerage.com
- Living people
- 1953 births
- American people of English descent
- American people of British descent
- Booth family of Dunham Massey
- Hampshire College alumni
- University of Washington College of the Environment alumni
- UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- People from Beverly Hills, California
- People from Santa Barbara, California
- American geologists
- Younger sons of baronets