Alf Klaveness was the son of Captain William Klaveness (Merchant Marines) and Ella (Erikstad) Klaveness and husband of Lela Mae (Ball) Klaveness.
He died at age 97 in Dallas and was an inventor, geophysicist, geologist, petroleum engineer, sailor, former officer in the U. S. Navy and decorated war hero.
He began his career at sea at the age of 12, serving as a mess boy and working up to third officer before attending Louisiana State University on a football scholarship. After graduating, he worked at Texaco in South America on seismic crews.
As a reservist in the U. S. Navy, he was called to active duty after Pearl Harbor and spent most of the war on the USS Benham (DD 796) earning 8 battle stars. Aboard the Benhem which was anchored next to the USS Missouri, he was one of the witnesses to the formal surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945.
He married Lela Mae Ball in March 1942, shortly after learning that his father, William, had been lost at sea after his ship, the SS Ceibo, was torpedoed by German U-Boat U-124.
After the war, he worked again for Texaco retiring in 1968 then joined AMEX Petroleum for 13 years. After his second retirement, he and a group of other retired engineers, geophysicists and geologists formed the Klaveness Research Group.
His wife, father, mother and brother, Odd, preceded him in death. His son, daughter and sisters Aud and Gerd survived him.
Details regarding Mr. Klaveness' life and his family history from his biography page at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists wiki, an interview conducted by Dolores Proubasta for The Leading Edge and an Oral History Interview with Alf Klaveness, April 16, 2004 (Walker, Tracy & Klaveness, Alf May 20, 2005)
He died at age 97 in Dallas and was an inventor, geophysicist, geologist, petroleum engineer, sailor, former officer in the U. S. Navy and decorated war hero.
He began his career at sea at the age of 12, serving as a mess boy and working up to third officer before attending Louisiana State University on a football scholarship. After graduating, he worked at Texaco in South America on seismic crews.
As a reservist in the U. S. Navy, he was called to active duty after Pearl Harbor and spent most of the war on the USS Benham (DD 796) earning 8 battle stars. Aboard the Benhem which was anchored next to the USS Missouri, he was one of the witnesses to the formal surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945.
He married Lela Mae Ball in March 1942, shortly after learning that his father, William, had been lost at sea after his ship, the SS Ceibo, was torpedoed by German U-Boat U-124.
After the war, he worked again for Texaco retiring in 1968 then joined AMEX Petroleum for 13 years. After his second retirement, he and a group of other retired engineers, geophysicists and geologists formed the Klaveness Research Group.
His wife, father, mother and brother, Odd, preceded him in death. His son, daughter and sisters Aud and Gerd survived him.
Details regarding Mr. Klaveness' life and his family history from his biography page at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists wiki, an interview conducted by Dolores Proubasta for The Leading Edge and an Oral History Interview with Alf Klaveness, April 16, 2004 (Walker, Tracy & Klaveness, Alf May 20, 2005)
Alf Klaveness was the son of Captain William Klaveness (Merchant Marines) and Ella (Erikstad) Klaveness and husband of Lela Mae (Ball) Klaveness.
He died at age 97 in Dallas and was an inventor, geophysicist, geologist, petroleum engineer, sailor, former officer in the U. S. Navy and decorated war hero.
He began his career at sea at the age of 12, serving as a mess boy and working up to third officer before attending Louisiana State University on a football scholarship. After graduating, he worked at Texaco in South America on seismic crews.
As a reservist in the U. S. Navy, he was called to active duty after Pearl Harbor and spent most of the war on the USS Benham (DD 796) earning 8 battle stars. Aboard the Benhem which was anchored next to the USS Missouri, he was one of the witnesses to the formal surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945.
He married Lela Mae Ball in March 1942, shortly after learning that his father, William, had been lost at sea after his ship, the SS Ceibo, was torpedoed by German U-Boat U-124.
After the war, he worked again for Texaco retiring in 1968 then joined AMEX Petroleum for 13 years. After his second retirement, he and a group of other retired engineers, geophysicists and geologists formed the Klaveness Research Group.
His wife, father, mother and brother, Odd, preceded him in death. His son, daughter and sisters Aud and Gerd survived him.
Details regarding Mr. Klaveness' life and his family history from his biography page at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists wiki, an interview conducted by Dolores Proubasta for The Leading Edge and an Oral History Interview with Alf Klaveness, April 16, 2004 (Walker, Tracy & Klaveness, Alf May 20, 2005)
He died at age 97 in Dallas and was an inventor, geophysicist, geologist, petroleum engineer, sailor, former officer in the U. S. Navy and decorated war hero.
He began his career at sea at the age of 12, serving as a mess boy and working up to third officer before attending Louisiana State University on a football scholarship. After graduating, he worked at Texaco in South America on seismic crews.
As a reservist in the U. S. Navy, he was called to active duty after Pearl Harbor and spent most of the war on the USS Benham (DD 796) earning 8 battle stars. Aboard the Benhem which was anchored next to the USS Missouri, he was one of the witnesses to the formal surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945.
He married Lela Mae Ball in March 1942, shortly after learning that his father, William, had been lost at sea after his ship, the SS Ceibo, was torpedoed by German U-Boat U-124.
After the war, he worked again for Texaco retiring in 1968 then joined AMEX Petroleum for 13 years. After his second retirement, he and a group of other retired engineers, geophysicists and geologists formed the Klaveness Research Group.
His wife, father, mother and brother, Odd, preceded him in death. His son, daughter and sisters Aud and Gerd survived him.
Details regarding Mr. Klaveness' life and his family history from his biography page at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists wiki, an interview conducted by Dolores Proubasta for The Leading Edge and an Oral History Interview with Alf Klaveness, April 16, 2004 (Walker, Tracy & Klaveness, Alf May 20, 2005)
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