Interviewer(s): T. Priest. Reston, VA

Affiliation: University of Houston/History International

Ms. Carol Hartgen received her bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in foreign service and a master's degree from NYU in economics. After graduate school she went to work for the U.S. Census Bureau for two years and then in 1969 took a position as an economist in the BLM working on the OCS program. She worked variously in economic analysis and environmental evaluation for the BLM and as head of the leasing branch. Toward the end of her career, she also worked in international activities. Ms. Hartgen retired in 2000.