Background
Bieber, Charles Leonard was born on August 22, 1901 in Reinbeck, Iowa, United States. Son of Andrew and Caroline Letitia (Franck) Bieber.
Bieber, Charles Leonard was born on August 22, 1901 in Reinbeck, Iowa, United States. Son of Andrew and Caroline Letitia (Franck) Bieber.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell College, 1924. A. M., University of Iowa, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1942.
Teacher of mathematics and geography, athletic coach Reinbeck, Iowa, 1924-1927. Assistant professor physical education, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois, 1927-1937, professor geology, 1937-1947, instructor in meterology Navy preflight and teacher geography Army Specialized Training Program, 1941-1945. Department chairman geology and geography and professor geology DePauw University since 1947.
With Missouri Geological Survey, summers, 1944, 45, 55.
56, Indiana Geological Survey, summers. 1949-1952. National Science Foundation teacher geology, 1959, 61, 62.
Geological research, Queensland, Australia, 1963.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, Illinois and Indiana academics science, Association College Geology Teachers (president 1949-1950). American Association University professors, Sigma Xi. Member Methodist Church.
Married Minerva Elizabeth Wagaman, August, 1929. Children: Carolyn (Mistress Lynnwood Thompson), Dorothy Ann Bieber (Mistress Richard Murphy) and Charles Richard Bieber.