Background
Joerg, Wolfgang Louis Gottfried was born on February 6, 1885 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Oswald and Denise (Coulin) Joerg.
Joerg, Wolfgang Louis Gottfried was born on February 6, 1885 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Oswald and Denise (Coulin) Joerg.
Graduate Polytechnic Preparatory School of Brooklyn, 1899, Thomas Gymnasium, Leipzig, Germany, 1904. Student of University of Leipzig, 1904, Columbia, 1904-1906, University of Göttingen, Germany, 1906-1911.
Member scientific staff American Geography Society 1911-1937—assistant editor of Bulletin, 1911-1915, associate editor Geography Review, 1915-1920, editor research series, 1920-1925, research editor, 1925-1937. Appointed chief Division of Maps and Charts, The National Archives, 1937. Member Federal Board of Surveys and Maps, 1937-1942.
Member division of geology and geography National Research Council, 1924-1927, and of Executive Committee, 1931-1936, vice chairman, 1933-1936.
Secretary United States national committee International Geography Union, 1931-1937, chairman, 1937-1939. Member of advisory committee United States Geography Board, 1931-1934, Committee on Mapping Services of the Federal Government, 1934.
Member United States Board on Geography Names, 1937-1947 (chairman of the executive committee 1938-1947, commission on Antarctic names, 1943-1947, advisory member since 1947. Consultant professor history geografic, University of Maryland, since 1947.
Member scientific staff American Geography Society 1911-1937—assistant editor of Bulletin, 1911-1915, associate editor Geography Review, 1915-1920, editor research series, 1920-1925, research editor, 1925-1937. Member Federal Board of Surveys and Maps, 1937-1942. Member division of geology and geography National.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member Association American Geographers (vice president 1928. Member Geography Society Neuchâtel (Switzerland).
Club: Cosmos (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Hannah Heaton, November 14, 1911. Children: Oswald Heaton, Norton Coulin.