Mines Hosts First Collegiate Mine Rescue Competition
Mines hosted the nation’s first ever intercollegiate Mines Emergency Response Development Exercise (MERD) in February, which included the first all-female MERD team ever.
Read MoreMines hosted the nation’s first ever intercollegiate Mines Emergency Response Development Exercise (MERD) in February, which included the first all-female MERD team ever.
Read MoreIn the days following the fiery April 20 blowout of BP’s Macondo well off the coast of...
Read MoreAl Provost was just a teenager when he first worked on an oil rig. One day — as he was laboring away on a drill, cold and covered in mud — he looked up to see a well-groomed man in a nice suit walking through the site....
Read MoreDaniel I. Ash ’87, ’91 – March 3, 2009 Ricardo A. Broce ’61 – February 3, 2011 Vance P. Burton ’57 – January 13, 2010 Francis J. Carrigan ’65 – March 2, 2009 Douglas R. Cook ’52 – May 16, 2010...
Read MoreJohn R. Witt ’53 of Missouri City, Texas, died on April 5, 2010. John was born in 1930 in St. Joseph, Mo. At Mines he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and graduated with a professional degree in...
Read MoreRonald V. Wiedenhoeft of Littleton, Colo., died on August 14, 2010. Born in 1937, Ron taught art history at Mines and was a professor emeritus of the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies. In addition to his...
Read MoreEdward M. Warren ’49 of Evergreen, Colo., died on November 11, 2010. Edward was born in 1925 in Barberton, Ohio. He graduated from Mines with a professional degree in geological engineering. As a student, he was a member...
Read MoreFloyd La Vern Stewart ’43 of Greenwood Village, Colo., died on May 5, 2009. He was born in 1921 in Littleton, Colo. A member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Mines, he graduated with a professional degree in...
Read MoreWilliam ‘Sugar’ Fletcher Shelton ’43 of Austin, Texas, died on April 14, 2010. He was born in 1921 in Denver and grew up in Canada and the United States. He graduated from Mines with a professional degree in...
Read MoreAllan ‘Al’ G. Provost ’62 of Lakewood, Colo., died on June 20, 2010. Born in 1936 in Alberta, Canada, Al dropped out of high school to work in the Canadian oil fields. He later moved to Sacramento, Calif.,...
Read MoreJames H. Pittinger ’49 of Oklahoma City, Okla., died on October 8, 2010. Born in 1925, James was an aviation cadet in the U.S. Navy and attended Cornell University. After returning from World War II, he transferred to...
Read MoreRalph E. Musgrove ’51 of San Antonio died on June 29, 2010. Born in 1928 in St. Charles, Mo., he graduated from Mines with a degree in metallurgical engineering and served in the U.S. Army at Edgewood Proving Ground in...
Read MoreFrank M. Monninger ’49 of Sequim, Wash., died on November 6, 2010. Born in 1924 in Provo, Utah, Frank grew up in Berkeley, Calif., and later moved to Denver, where he graduated from East Denver High School. He spent one...
Read MoreGeorge L. Miller ’50 of Littleton, Colo., died on April 8, 2010. Born in 1924, George served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945 and was discharged as a master sergeant. A member of the Sigma Nu fraternity, he graduated...
Read MoreOwen Kingman ’42 of Grand Junction, Colo., died on August 22, 2010. Owen was born in 1917 in Fort Collins, Colo. A member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, he graduated from Mines with a professional degree in...
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