Derden, John K.

John K. Derden, born into a military family, led a peripatetic childhood during his elementary and secondary school years, living in France, Germany, Oklahoma, Georgia, Hawaii, and Kentucky, before returning to his native Georgia for college. Earning degrees at University of Georgia (BSE, MA, PhD) and Reinhardt University (AA), he taught one year of high school and was a professor of history for thirty-one years at East Georgia College.