Christopher Dorn
A brief biography (professional and philatelic).
• Born and raised in the midwestern US
• Graduated from MIT with BS degrees in Chemistry and French Language & Literature
• Served 4 years on active duty in the US Marine Corps
• Worked as a materials engineer, international sales & marketing manager, facilities managing director in the commercial beryllium-metal industry for over 30 years
• More recently employed in fusion energy research
• Lived and worked in France and the UK for most of the past 5 years
• Started worldwide stamp collecting as a youth in the mid-1960s
• Specialized in classic era stamps (pre-1940) by the early 1990s
• Joined TSF in Nov-2016, becoming a moderator in 2020
• Wrote 15-20 articles for the TSF Newsletter from 2017 to date, including one about how to gain philatelic expertise using online resources
• First article on Cape Triangles published in the Cape & Natal Philatelic Journal (CNPJ) in Sep-2022, with intent to write more
• Member of the American Philatelic Society & Cape & Natal Study Circle