Richard A. Engberg

Background

Engberg, Richard A. was born on November 19, 1935 in Beatrice, Nebraska, United States. Son of DeVern Andrew and Beulah Marie (Montgomery) Engberg.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Geology, University Nebraska, 1959. Bachelor in Chemistry, 1991.

Career

Chemist, United States Geological Survey, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1965-1968; hydrologist, United States Geological Survey, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1968-1974; water quality specialist, United States Geological Survey, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1974-1981; chief hydrologic studies, United States Geological Survey, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1981-1986; district chief, United States Geological Survey, Iowa City, Iowa., 1986-1990; manager national irrigation water quality program, Department of Interior, Washington, since 1990.

Achievements

• Richard A. Engberg has been listed as a noteworthy hydrologist, federal agency administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Environmental Chemistry of Selenium (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)

    ("Written as a complement to the definitive work selenium ...)

Membership

Basketball coach Junior Hari Singh Gour Church League, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1968-1969. Baseball coach Tri County Little League, Lincoln, 1973-1976. President board Trudance, Lincoln, 1983.

With United States Army, 1958-1959. Member American Water Resources Association (chair Ag hydrology committee 1996-1997), American Institute Hydrology, United States Committee Irrigation and Drainage (chair water quality committee since 1997), Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, physical fitness, reading.

Connections

Married Anita Loree Retchless, June 1, 1959 (divorced March 1, 1989). Children: Jennifer, David, Kirsten. Married Lynne Nell Wright, November 25, 1989.