Background
Engeln, Oskar Deitrich Von was born on July 3, 1880 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Dietrich and Elizabeth (Adam) von Engeln.
Engeln, Oskar Deitrich Von was born on July 3, 1880 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Dietrich and Elizabeth (Adam) von Engeln.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1908, Doctor of Philosophy, 1911.
Assistant instructor in dynamic geology, Carnell University, 1905-1907, instructor in physical geography, 1907-1919, assistant professor, 1919-1921, professor, 1921-1939, professor geology, 1939-1949, emeritus (department chairman from 1944). Chief examiner in physicial geography, college entrance examination board, 1923-1936. Member United States Geological Survey Expedition to Alaska, 1906, National Geography Society Expedition to Alaska, 1909.
Scientific expert New York State Geological Survey, 1922.
Delaware from Cornell University to the Centennial of the Geological Society of France, 1930. From United States Department State and National Research Council to International Geological Congress, Warsaw, 1934.
Travel, West Indies and South America, 1919. Round the world, 1929-1930.
Scandinavia, 1934; Mexico, 1936.
Member International communications of Snow since 1937. Bownocker Lectures Geology, Ohio State University, 1943.
Member United States Geological Survey Expedition to Alaska, 1906, National Geography Society Expedition to Alaska, 1909. Member International communications of Snow since 1937.
Married Maude Graham Hewitt, September 7, 1910.