Mitchell, Jd: - J.D. Mitchell (b. 1944) is a retired registered professional engineer and has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington. He has also completed his Master of Biblical Studies in Biblical Creation Apologetics from Master's Graduate School of Divinity. He is Executive Director of the Institute for Creation Science that meets monthly in Portland, Oregon. He does creation science research and writes and speaks regarding the creation versus evolution controversy as a part of his creation ministry Creation Engineering Concepts. He is a member of the Design Science Association of Oregon and the Creation Research Society. He has been studying the scientific and biblical evidence regarding the origins controversy since 1984 when he was converted from a theistic evolutionist to a born again Christian. Fossils: Description & Interpretation is the sixth book he has published on origins topics.