Doug Powell (geographer), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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geographer
Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1920
Date of Death: 23-Jan-2006
Profession: geographer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Doug Powell (geographer)
- Douglas R.
- Powell (1920–2006) was a geographer at the University of California, Berkeley.
- He 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.
- His "fabled" Geography 197 field course, which he taught from 1967 until 1989, is fondly remembered by generations of Berkeley geography graduates. 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, has been established at UC Berkeley.
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