Oskar Dietrich von Engeln | |
Birth Date: | 3 July 1880 |
Occupation: | Professor of Geology |
Spouse: | Maude G. Hewitt |
Alma Mater: | Cornell University |
Discipline: | Geology |
Sub Discipline: | Geomorphology |
Oskar Dietrich von Engeln was a geologist and professor of geology best known for his study of geomorphology and the topography of New York State's Finger Lakes region.[1]
Von Engeln was admitted to Cornell as an undergraduate in 1904. While there, he studied under Ralph Stockman Tarr, the noted professor of geography.[1] He was a student assistant to Tarr during a 1909 expedition to Alaska, serving as photographer to document findings.[2] In 1911, von Engeln completed his doctoral dissertation at Cornell with a study of glacier drainage at Alaska's Mount Saint Elias and the surrounding Yakutat Bay region.[3]
The O.D. von Engeln Preserve in Dryden, New York is named in honor of von Engeln.[4]