Served:
February 11, 1958 – November 1968 (Port Manager)

Trout Lake, Washington

Before filling this position, Karl devoted his career to the U.S. Forest Service. He first served in the Fremont National Forest before moving to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in 1933, taking the position of Mt. Adams District Ranger (Langfield Falls is named after him). In 1937, he was a member of the mounted guard for Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Timberline Lodge dedication. He retired from the USFS in 1956 and was elected to the Port Commission two years later. He passed away in March 1969 at age 75.

During his tenure, the Bingen East properties were acquired (forming the present Bingen Point Business Park), the Army Corps of Engineers dredged a "barge channel" and "turning basin" (now known as Bingen Harbor) at Bingen East, the Bingen West properties sustained major flood damage and were sold to SDS Lumber Co., Dow Chemical began evaluating Dallesport for its magnesium plant, and a request for Economic Development Administration grant funds for Dallesport development was submitted.

(obituary: Karl Coyner Langfield, The Enterprise 3-6-1969, pg 1)