He was born in New York City on August 16, 1886, but his family moved to Haworth, New Jersey, three years later.
[1] Armin Lobeck was 21 years old when he entered Columbia University in 1907 because he dropped out of high school to care for his family when his father became ill.
He was assigned to The Inquiry, an organization under Colonel E. M. House to prepare for making peace at the end of the war.
His duty was to prepare physiographic maps of problem areas, such as the Balkans, the Istria, Albania, and other regions.
Armin Lobeck accepted a position as associate professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and worked there for 10 years from 1919-1929.