Bittinger, Morton W.

Morton W. Bittinger was assistant professor and associate professor in Civil Engineering at Colorado State University from 1957 to 1967 where he was in charge of groundwater research. He made important contributions to the science of groundwater hydrology, becoming one of the first in the field to apply modern computer technology to the solution of groundwater problems.

Morton W. Bittinger was assistant professor and associate professor in Civil Engineering at Colorado State University from 1957 to 1967 where he was in charge of groundwater research. He made important contributions to the science of groundwater hydrology, becoming one of the first in the field to apply modern computer technology to the solution of groundwater problems.

Morton W. Bittinger was born at Marathon, Iowa, on August 14, 1927. He received both a Bachelor of Science degree (1949) and a Master of Science degree (1951) in Agricultural Engineering from Iowa State University. In 1967 he received a Doctorate in Civil Engineering from Utah State University. Mr. Bittinger married Carolyn Wiese on December 26, 1948, from whom he was later divorced. They had three children, Cathleen, Ruth, and Thomas. He died in Boulder, Colorado, on October 29, 2001.

Mr. Bittinger published several books on issues of groundwater, including You Never Miss the Water Till...: The Ogallala Story, in 1980, which is available in the Morgan Library of CSU.