Doug Powell
Geographer
Died when: 85 years 80 days (1022 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Douglas R.Powell (1920–2006) was a geographer at the University of California, Berkeley.Powell was known for being one of the first snow surveyors in the world.
He worked with the California Cooperate Snow Survey for 28 years and established snow surveying programs in Afghanistan and Chile. * In 1976 the university awarded him the Distinguished Teaching Award. * He was voted "Best Undergraduate Instructor" by the student body. * The Western Montana Atlas of Panoramic Aerial Images is dedicated to his memory. * A memorial fund in his name, the Douglas R.
Powell Fund for Field Geography, was established at UC Berkeley.
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