Background
Carlton Evans Beal was born on September 3, 1914 in Los Angeles, California. His father, Carl H. Beal, Vice-President of Marland Oil Company, is credited with discovering some of California’s greatest oil fields.
Carlton Evans Beal was born on September 3, 1914 in Los Angeles, California. His father, Carl H. Beal, Vice-President of Marland Oil Company, is credited with discovering some of California’s greatest oil fields.
He attended the Menlo School. He received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Stanford University in 1936 and a Master"s degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1938.
During the Second World War, he worked for the Petroleum Administration for War. After World World War II, he became Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California in Los Los Angeles In 1954, he moved to Midland, Texas with his family and hired Allen "Moose" Trobaugh.
Together, they created Beal, Trobaugh and Associates (BTA).
BTA drilled 1,500 wells. Polo
He learned how to play polo from Hugh Drury and Snowy Baker.
He was a governor of the United States Polo Association (USPA) and the Polo Training Foundation. He was also a Governor of the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame, where he was inducted on March 20, 1992.
He donated the Philip L.B. Iglehart Library Room to the Museum of Polo.
Personal life
Legacy
The Keleen & Carlton Beal Professorship at Stanford University is currently held by Professor Franklin M. Orr, Junior.
He was a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, the American Petroleum Institute, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, Western Geophysical Association and the Permian Basin Petroleum Association.