Background
Behre, Charles Henry was born on March 16, 1896 in Atlanta. Son of Charles H. and Emilie (Schumann) Behre.
Behre, Charles Henry was born on March 16, 1896 in Atlanta. Son of Charles H. and Emilie (Schumann) Behre.
Student, University Wisconsin, 1914-1916; Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1918; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1925; Doctor of Science (honorary), Franklin and Marshall College, 1949.
Geologist, teacher, 1915;
field geologist, Wisconsin Geological Survey, 1916-1917;
part-time assistant, associate, senior geologist, United States Geological Survey, 1921-1945;
assistant zoology and geology, University of Chicago, 1917, 19-20;
instructor geology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1921-1923;
co-operating geologist, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1922-1946;
assistant professor, U. Cincinnati, 1924-1930;
associate professor, Northwestern University, 1930-1935;
professor, Northwestern University, 1935-1941;
department chairman geology and geography, Northwestern University, 1933-1937;
professor, Columbia University, 1941-1964;
professor emeritus, Columbia University, 1964-1986;
Executive officer geology department, Columbia University, 1956-1959;
consultant, Behre Dolbear & Company, 1946-1986;
president, Behre Dolbear & Company, 1961-1968;
vice president, senior geologist, Behre Dolbear & Company, 1968-1971;
senior consultant, Behre Dolbear & Company, 1971-1986. Distinguished lecturer Association Petroleum Geologists, 1950, American Geological Institute, 1962. John A. Bownocker lecturer Ohio State University, 1962.
General consultant, technical adviser metal Government Union Burma, 1949, Government of Haiti, 1951, Government of Algeria, 1968. Chairman of Commission geografic exploration Joint Research and Devel.Bd., 1946-1947. Member United States National Committee on Geology, 1968-1969.
With Medical Corps, United States Army, World War I. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mineral. Society American, Geological Society American (council 1940-1942). Member American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (senior, chairman divisions industrial minerals and mineral economics), American Association Geographers, Chicago Academy Science, Ill.Acad.
Science (vice president 1933, president 1934), Ohio Academy Science (vice president), Association Petroleum Geologists, National Association Geology Teachers (Miner citation 1958), Society Economics Geologists (councillor 1936-1939, secretary 1942-1946, Chairman of Commission on research, vice president 1963, president 1967-1968), American Geography Society (honorary), Association des Ingenieurs Sortis de Liège (honorary), Society Géologique de Belgique (correspondent), Deutsch and Ak Leopoldina (Halle), Sigma Xi (president Columbia University chapter 1960-1961).
Married H. Jeanette Allen, June 25, 1921 (deceased June 1979).