Jensen, Joseph, 1886-1974.
Biographical notes:
Jensen was born in 1886 in Salt Lake City, UT; received mining engineering degrees from the Univ. of Utah, the Royal School of Mines, Freiberg (Germany), and Columbia Univ.; worked at Tidewater Oil Co. and predecessors as a petroleum engineer and geologist, 1917-55; appointed to Water and Power Committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in 1927; personally participated in the discovery and development of several oil fields in LA and wrote articles on those fields and methods used by the industry; served as chairman of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California from 1949-70.
From the description of Papers, 1908-1972. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38963362
Biography
Jensen was born in 1886 in Salt Lake City, Utah; received mining engineering degrees from the University of Utah, the Royal School of Mines, Freiberg (Germany), and Columbia University; worked at Tidewater Oil Company and predecessors as a petroleum engineer and geologist, 1917-55; appointed to Water and Power Committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in 1927; personally participated in the discovery and development of several oil fields in Los Angeles and wrote articles on those fields and methods used by the industry; served as chairman of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California from 1949-70.
From the guide to the Joseph Jensen Papers, 1908-1972, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)
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Subjects:
- Petroleum engineers
- Water resources development
- Water resources development
Occupations:
- Petroleum engineers
Places:
- California, Southern (as recorded)
- Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Calif.). (as recorded)
