Carol Hasenberg

Carol Hasenberg

Carol Hasenberg grew up in West Virginia in the steel town of Weirton. Her interest in the Pacific Northwest began when she went with her parents on a car trip to Oregon in 1963 at the age of 7. She got a degree in Landscape Architecture from Michigan State University and moved to Oregon.

After working for several years as a landscape designer, she went back to school in 1984 in Civil Engineering and had a modest career designing at a structural engineering consulting firm and performing seismic hazard assessment projects while teaching at Portland State University. Her interest in Geology solidified while taking engineering geology courses and learning about the Cascadia Subduction Zone and earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest.

Carol joined GSOC in 1995 mainly due to Richard Bartel’s very interesting and informative seminars. She was GSOC President in 1999-2000 and 2009- 2010. She was the newsletter editor from 2000 to 2020 and is currently the Field Trip Director.