Background
Vogel, Herbert Davis was born on August 26, 1900 in Chelsea, Michigan, United States. Son of Lewis P. and Pearl M. (Davis) Vogel.
Vogel, Herbert Davis was born on August 26, 1900 in Chelsea, Michigan, United States. Son of Lewis P. and Pearl M. (Davis) Vogel.
Student Command and General Graduated from Army-Navy Staff College, 1943, (with), South.W.
Registered profile engineer, New York, Texas, Tennessee, District of Columbia Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Army, 1924, advanced through grades to brigadier general. Founder, builder, director United States Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1929-1934, student Command and General staff schedul, 1934-1936, with 3d Engineers, Hawaii, 1936-1938, instructor Army Engineers School, Fort Belvoir, 1938-1940, assistant to district engineer, chief inspection division, Pittsburgh, 1940-1941, district engineer, 1942-1943, graduated from Army-Navy Staff College, 1943, (with), South.W. Pacific Theatre Operations, 1944, chief of staff intermediate section (New Guinea), then base commander Base M, Philippines, 1944-1945, with Army of Occupation, Yokohama, Japan, 1945, district engineer Civil Engineer, Buffalo, 1945-1949. Engineer maintenance Panama Canal, vice-president, director Panama Railroad Company, 1949-1950, lieutenant governor Canal Zone Government, vice president Panama Canal Company, 1950-1952, division engineer Southwestern division Civil Engineer, 1952-1954.
Chairman of the Board Tennessee Valley Authority, 1954-1962.
Engineer adviser World Bank, 1963-1967, including Indus Basin project, 1964-1967, resource development engineering consultant, 1967-1984. 1st occupant George West. Goethals chair military construction United States Army Engineer School, 1973-1984.
Director International General Industries, 1973-1980, Planning and Development Collaborative, 1968-1974. Member Beach Erosion Board, 1946-1949, International Boundary Commission, 1946-1949.
Member Mississippi River Commission, 1952-1954, Board Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, 1952-1954.
Chairman Arkansas, White, Red Basin Inter-Agency Committee, 1952-1954. Member permanent international committee Permanent International Association Navigation Congresses, 1957-1964, honorary member, 1967. Member consultant panel Ludington pumped storage project, 1969-1973.
Chairman of the Board consultants to Panama Canal, 1971-1972.
Engineering consultant General Accounting Office, 1977. Member visitors committee School Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1967-1980.
Vice chairman World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) United Nations Environment Programme Panel of Experts on Environmental Management for Vector Control, 1982-1983. Writer numerous papers on hydraulic models and laboratory procedures, 1930-1940, articles and speeches on Tennessee Valley Authority, 1954-1963, papers defining United States position on inland navigation.
Fellow American Consultant Engineers Council; member United States Committee Large Dams, American Power Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers (honorary. Clubs: Army-Navy (Washington), Cosmos (Washington).
Married Loreine Elliott, December 23, 1925. Children: Herbert Doctorate., Richard East. Bachelor of Science, United States Military.