Carroll Harvey Wegemann

Background

Wegemann, Carroll Harvey was born on March 26, 1879 in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, United States. Son of August Henry and Susannah Isabel (Harvey) Wegemann.

Education

Student Beloit (Wisconsin) College, 1899-1901. University of Wisconsin, 1901-1905, Bachelor of Science, 1903, Master of Arts, 1907.

Career

One daughter, Isabel Harvey (Mistress R. C. Becker). Exploration for iron, Ontario, 1904. Land development, Isle of Pines West Indies, 1905-1906.

Instructor geology, University of Illinois, 1906-1907.

Geologist, United States Geological Survey, 1907-1917. Member Oil Land Board, same, 1911-1917.

Geological exploration in Cuba, 1916. Chief geologist, Franco Wyoming Oil Corporation and affiliated companies, 1917-1919.

Western States Oil & Land Company, 1919-1920.

Midwest Refining Company, 1921-1925, Pan-American Petroleum & Transport Company (exploration in Mexico and Central America), 1925-1931. Chief geologist Crown Central Petroleum Corporation, 1933, consultant geologist Wintershall Corporation, Germany, 1934. Regional geologist National Park Service, 1935-1942.

Lecturer in geology, University of Oamaha, 1936-1942.

Senior geologist Petroleum Adminstration for War, 1942-1945, consulting geologist from 1945.

Achievements

• Carroll Harvey Wegemann has been listed as a noteworthy geologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Oil Land Board, same, 1911-1917. Member Geological Society American, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Colorado Archaeological Society, American Association Petroleum Geologists, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Society Economics Geologists.

Connections

Married Mistress.

Father:

August Henry Wegemann

Mother:

Susannah Isabel (Harvey) Wegemann

Spouse:

Mistress