A lifelong supporter of Oredigger athletics, Mines alumnus Tony Corbetta recently established an endowed scholarship to benefit varsity athletics. A varsity athlete himself, Tony played football for Mines for a year and a half before his education was interrupted in 1943 by military service in World War II. Returning to Mines in 1946, Corbetta went on to graduate with a metallurgical engineering degree in 1948. Corbetta built a career as a sales engineer with CF&I Steel Corporation, where he worked until his retirement in 1983. He is a member of the CSM Alumni Association, has served as a reunion volunteer, and is a member of the Heritage Society and President