Arthur J. Fecht (1891-1945), a Kansas native, earned a B.S. in engineering from the
University of Kansas in 1914. Following graduation, Fecht briefly worked for
Westinghouse before getting a job with the Bureau of Standards as an electrical
engineer. After serving in World War I, he did contract work for different oil
companies and in 1925 joined McCollum Exploration Company. McCollum performed
geophysical prospecting and Fecht later became their chief geophysicist. In 1939, he
took a trip around the world, which was partly for pleasure, but he also took the
opportunity to observe the operations of various oil companies and geological
formations from all over the globe.
