Ohio Geological Society Honorary Member - Frederick R. Haeberle (1919-2015)

The past few years, I've been writing biographies of geologists who have been awarded Honorary Membership by the Ohio Geological Society. Because of various website reorganizations, these biographies were never republished to the website or never released on the website (https://www.ohiogeosoc.org/). I thought I would release these biographies through my blog, in order to help recognise the important work that these geologists had done in Ohio.

                                                                                                                                                              

Ohio Geological Society Honorary Member

Frederick R. Haeberle (1919-2015)

By James McDonald

Frederick R. Haeberle was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Oct. 6, 1919, the son of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Frederick E. Haeberle. As the son of a naval officer, he grew up in various naval communities across the country. He began to attend Yale University in the late 1930s, but his education was interrupted by World War II. He spent more than 5 years in the U.S. Army in the South Pacific. He served his country on Guadalcanal, New Georgia and New Caledonia, moving from Private to Second Lieutenant. Fred was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre-Pearl Harbor Medal, the Pacific Theatre Medal with 3 battlestars, the Victory Medal, and the Naval Presidential Unit Citation for the Americal Division. He was also inducted as an Honorary Member of the Free French Forces.

After his military service, he finished college, graduating from Yale University with a B.S. in Geology in 1947, an M.S. in Geology in 1948, and then later his MBA degree in Finance from Columbia University in 1962.

Fred began his career as a Geologist with the Standard Oil Co of Texas (Chevron) from 1948-1952. He then moved onto a series of positions in Abilene Texas: Chief Geologist of the JJ Lynn Oil Division from 1952-1953, Division Manager of Mayfair Minerals from 1953-1954, and finally a Consulting Geologist from 1954-1957. Fred then moved overseas to work as a Log Analyst with the Venezuelan Atlantic Refining Company, Caracas, Venezuela from 1957-1960. He came back to the United States to take a position with Mobil Oil Company as a Senior Geologist from 1962-1983. Fred traveled the world with the Mobil Oil Company, working in Philippines, New York City, Tripoli-Libya, and Dallas Texas. He finally left Mobil Oil in 1983 and again became a Consulting Geologist in Dallas from 1983 to 1998.

During the time of his career as a Geologist, Fred worked in several different academic positions. He was a part-time Instructor of Geology at the University of Houston from 1948-1950. Fred also was Adjunct Professor at McMurray University, Abilene Texas, from 1954-1957. While at McMurray University, he helped start the Geology Department

In semi-retirement, he and his wife moved to Delaware Ohio to be closer to family. Even though he had moved to Delaware, Ohio, he was active as a consultant, researcher, and writer. He authored many articles for the Oil & Gas Journal and made a number of presentations at the Eastern Section AAPG Annual Meetings.

Fred was a member of the Rotary Club of Dallas, Texas and Delaware, Ohio. He published 49 technical papers and abstracts in various oil & gas journals, and while in his 90s wrote 3 books — "You, Oil and Gasoline" (2010), "Three Parts of My Life" (2011) and "Flying Boat Charlie" (2014). Fred was elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America in 1948 and was a 50-year member of AAPG. On May 15, 2009, Fred was awarded Honorary Membership by the Ohio Geological Society for his service to the profession and his research during his career.

Bibliography

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1950, A survey of uranium resources of the world: The Texas Journal of Science, Vol. 2, Issue 2, p.148-155.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1950, A review of some of the aspects of land bridges in the Tertiary: The Texas Journal of Science, Vol. 2, Issue 2, p.263-269.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1951, Gulf Coast geosyncline: The Texas Journal of Science, Vol. 3, Issue 3, pp.368-375.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1951, Relationship of hydrocarbon gravities to facies in Gulf Coast [Texas]: AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 35, Issue 10, pp.2238-2248.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1952, Discoveries in Panhandle [Texas] back up geologic theory: World Oil, Vol. 135, Issue 7, pp.116.

Haeberle, Fred R., 1952, The D'Entrecasteaux reef group: American Journal of Science, Vol. 250, Issue 1, pp.28-34.

Haeberle, Fred R., 1952, Coral reefs of the Loyalty islands: American Journal of Science, Vol. 250, Issue 9, pp. 656-666

Haeberle, Fred R., 1953, Coral reefs of the Loyalty islands [discussion]: American Journal of Science, Vol. 251, Issue 6, pp.470-473.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1956, Seymour Strawn and Caddo fields, Baylor County, Texas: AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 40, Issue 5, pp.879-889.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1956, Developments in West-Central Texas in 1955: AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 40, Issue 6, pp.1203-1215.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1957, Developments in West-Central Texas in 1956: AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 41, Issue 6, pp.1144-1155.

Haeberle, Frederick, R., 1960, Comparison of porosity logs with core porosity, Oficina area, Eastern Venezuela: Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo (AVGMP), Boletin Informativo, Vol. 3 No. 4, April 1960, p. 107.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1988, Giant fields; 1, U. S. giant oil fields; reserves and production: Oil & Gas Journal, December 26, 1988, Vol. 86, Issue 52, pp.139-141.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1989, Giant fields; 2, Seventeen U.S. states host giant oil fields: Oil & Gas Journal, January 02, 1989, Vol. 87, Issue 1, pp.52-55.

Haeberle, F.R., 1991, Cumulative production and remaining reserves, Permian Basin (abs.): AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 75, Issue 1, pp.199.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1992, Comparison of Permian Basin giant oil fields with giant oil fields of other U.S. productive areas: Transactions - Southwest Section A.A.P.G., 1992, Vol. 92-90, pp.267-277.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1992, Comparison of Permian Basin giant oil fields with giant oil fields of other U.S. productive areas [abs.]: AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 76, Issue 4, pp.575.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1993, Giant oil fields in the United States by basin types [abs.]: AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 77, Issue 1, pp.137.

Haeberle, F.R., 1993, Giant oil fields of the Gulf Coast area (abs.): AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 77, Issue 9, pp.1587.

Haeberle, F.R., 1993, Giant oil fields of the Gulf Coast area: Transactions - Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 199310, Vol. 43, pp.131-136.

Haeberle, F.R., 1995, Permian Basin gas production (abs.): AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 79, Issue 6, pp.908.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1996, Properties of Permian Basin gas reservoirs by age, in Martin, Robert L. (editor), West Texas Geological Society fall symposium; Permian Basin oil and gas fields; keys to success that unlock reserves, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 1996: West Texas Geological Society, Vol. 96-101, pp. 41-51

Haeberle, F.R., 1999, Reservoir properties in petroleum exploration (abs.): Annual Meeting Expanded Abstracts - American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 1999, pp.A51-A52.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 1999, Study of reservoir properties can yield exploration clues: Oil & Gas Journal, June 21, 1999, Vol. 97, Issue 25, pp.62-66.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 2000, Giant US oil fields evaluated; by trap type, reservoir parameters, other properties: Oil & Gas Journal, June 12, 2000, Vol. 98, Issue 24, pp.34-36, 38, 40.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 2001, Sizing up 362 US giant oil fields by basin type: Oil & Gas Journal, April 09, 2001, Vol. 99, Issue 15, pp.38-43.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 2001, How reservoir property variations may affect Frio hydrocarbon volumes: Oil & Gas Journal, October 15, 2001, Vol. 99, Issue 42, pp.30, 32, 34, 36, 38.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 2001, Permian Basin reserves and reservoir properties by age: Bulletin of the West Texas Geological Society, Vol. 41, Issue 3, pp.4-10.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 2002, Reserves versus depth, in Abstracts - AAPG, Eastern Section Meeting, Champaign, IL, United States, Oct. 2-4, 2002: Search and Discovery, http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/documents/abstracts/east2002/images/frederick.htm.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 2003, Reservoir property analysis can guide Texas Gulf Coast exploration: Oil & Gas Journal, February 17, 2003, Vol. 101, Issue 7, pp.38-43.

Haeberle, F.R., 2004, Porosity and permeability effects in Texas Gulf Coast reservoirs: Oil & Gas Journal, March 15, 2004, Vol. 102, Issue 11, pp.30-35.

Haeberle, F.R., 2004, Effects of porosity, permeability in 225 Permian Basin reservoirs: Oil & Gas Journal, July 19, 2004, Vol. 102, Issue 27, pp.24-31.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 2004, Large versus small reservoirs, in 2004 American Association of Petroleum Geologists 33rd annual eastern section meeting, Columbus, OH, United States, Oct. 3-6, 2004: Abstracts - AAPG, Eastern Section Meeting, 2004, Vol. 2004, pp. 79-80

Haeberle, Frederick R., 2005, Gulf of Mexico reservoir properties are helpful parameters for explorers: Oil & Gas Journal, June 27, 2005, Vol. 103, Issue 24, pp.34-37.

Haeberle, F.R., 2005, Gulf hydrocarbon trap types provide exploration insights: Oil & Gas Journal, December 12, 2005, Vol. 103, Issue 46, pp.36-38, 40-42.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 2006, Gulf of Mexico reservoir properties can hint at expected reserve sizes: Oil & Gas Journal, August 28, 2006, Vol. 104, Issue 32, pp.29-35.

Haeberle, F.R., 2007, Trap types can be instructive in Gulf of Mexico shelf search: Oil & Gas Journal, January 01, 2007, Vol. 105, Issue 1, pp.33-40.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 2010, You, Oil and Gasoline: America Star Books, 160 p.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 2011, Three Parts of My Life: America Star Books, 102 p.

Haeberle, Frederick R., 2014, Flying Boat Charlie: America Star Books, 58 p.