WINTER / SPRING 2018 THE HARDROCK TM

The HardrockTM is published twice a year by the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. The HardrockTM is a trademarked name of the Alumni Association. Submissions of articles and photographs are encouraged. We reserve the right to edit for style, clarity, and content. For information, free subscriptions, a digital version, or address corrections: SD Mines Alumni Association 306 East Saint Joseph St, Ste 100, Rapid City, SD 57701 605.394.2347 / 800.394.2394 [email protected] www.sdsmt.edu/hardrock Executive Editor Ann Brentlinger

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About the Cover President Jim Rankin (EE 78), PhD, and Wendy Rankin, PhD. (More on page 8)

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THE HARDROCK TM

2 Alumni Letter

3 Flashback

5 From the President

6 Ask the Mines Expert

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Photo courtesy of Michael Dowding courtesyPhoto of Michael The Engineer Surgeon

8 Full Circle

10 As Good As Gold

12 Ballooning In The Shadow Of The Moon

14 The Math Of The Wild

16 Engineering An End To Back Pain

18 3D Printing Potential

20 To Catch The Night Sky Photo courtesy Bhatta, Photo of Eden 22 Distinguished Alumni Awards

23 In Memoriam

24 Class Notes

38 Area Meetings

Digital version at www.sdsmt.edu/hardrock ALUMNI NETWORK

Alumni Association Board of Directors

President Greg Hintgen (EE 99)

President Elect Greetings fellow Hardrockers and Friends, Susan "Booty" Banks (GeolE 75) Congratulations to fellow SD Mines alumnus Jim Past President Rankin (EE 78) who was named the 19th president Karen Swindler (ChE 88) of our university. We are thrilled to see an alumnus come home to serve as president; someone with the Treasurer understanding of our many campus traditions and strong student expectations to continue John Davies (ChE 71) our history of educational excellence.

Secretary I am very honored and excited to be serving as president of your SD Mines Alumni [currently unfilled] Association! I say “your" because that’s truly what it is; a non-profit organization made up of volunteers, to serve alumni, students, and the university. We have alumnus Larry Simonson Board Members to 2018 (EE 69) as our executive director and Sarah Von Eye as our Executive Assistant, both as full- Denise Barton-Miller (Chem 76) time employees, but the rest of the work is done by volunteers. Eric Broughton (EE 97) Shane Lee (MinE 10) The Alumni Association is only as great as we make it, so please get involved, come have Matt Goeden (CEng 03) fun and join fellow Hardrockers to celebrate our beloved School of Mines! We are starting alumni chapters across the country. We have groups of alumni interested in keeping in Board Members to 2019 touch with each other in various areas, and they are eager to welcome new members. Area Chuck Cox (ME 10) chapters are set up to host events and connect alumni with fellow Hardrockers, extending William Jones (IE 96) our campus family after graduation. Please contact the Alumni Association office to get Bill Tucker (GeolE 56) involved at 605-394-2347. Melanie Jeppesen (IS 09) I decided to become more actively involved with the Alumni Association in part because I Board Members to 2020 have always had a passion for reunions and Mines events. I went to my first 5-year, all- Tyler Artz (MinE 15) school reunion as a sophomore in 1995. It was great to meet alumni and connect with Rose Luvaas (ChE 08) them, and at the time, was a real eye opener for future career opportunities and a chance to Anne Rizor (ChE 87) discuss my education and career path. I haven’t missed a reunion since. Mark your calendars Steve Gassen (IE 97) for the next one happening July 8-12, 2020. The 5-year, all-school reunions have always been fun and a chance to connect with fellow Hardrockers of all ages!

Staff Cheers! Executive Director Larry Simonson (EE 69)

Executive Assistant Sarah Von Eye

SD Mines Alumni Association 306 E Saint Joseph St - Suite 100 Gregory “Vetter” Hintgen (EE 99) Rapid City, SD 57701 2018 President Office: 605.394.2347 South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Alumni Association [email protected]

2 The Hardrock Photos courtesy of Devereaux Library, SD Mines

135 years ago 90 years ago 55 years ago 30 years ago 1883 1928 1963 1988 Rapid Citian John W. Nowlin A ceremony for the formal The Mineral Industries Construction begins on the introduces a bill at the laying of the cornerstone for Building dedication is held Classroom Building. President territorial legislators meeting the new “Physical Training in conjunction with the Richard Gowen takes part in in Yankton, Dakota Territory, Building” is held. The 48th annual meeting of the the groundbreaking ceremony. establishing the School of building is constructed with South Dakota Academy of The building is in the center Mines. The bill passes by a funds raised through taxes on Science. The meeting is also of campus and houses the large majority, but Governor cigarettes. Many alumni know concurrently held with the humanities, social sciences, and Ordway issues a veto. The the building as the “Old Gym.” North Central Section of military science departments. Dakota School of Mines is Today, it has been refurbished the National Association of officially founded two years and serves as the Music Center. Geology Teachers. Mr. Paul later in 1885. Zinner gives the principle address at the dedication.

Winter / Spring 2018 3 Photo courtesy of Eden Bhatta, "December Lights," Sylvan Lake, SD FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Hardrocker Friends,

I am very pleased to be writing you as the 19th President of SD Mines. Wendy and I are settling in, and I have enjoyed these first weeks on the job meeting many students, alumni, and faculty. There are some old friends I’ve been able to reconnect with and many more of you I plan to meet as I continue to represent and promote our alma mater, SD Mines.

The breadth of work and accomplishments that come from our university continue to impress me. In this issue of the Hardrock, you will find a small sampling of some incredible achievements: research into the microbes discovered deep inside the Sanford Underground Research Facility that has great potential to advance a broad range of fields from microbiology to environmental engineering; the work of Dr. Tyler Bergstrom (EE 06) who uses the problem-solving skills he developed at Mines in his medical practice as a general surgeon; and the stunning night sky photography of PhD student Eden Bhatta, whose images show off the stark beauty of the Black Hills and Badlands.

The talent pool that has come out of this institution’s 133-year history has made a global impact. Mines also continues to make a major impact on the Black Hills economy. The ideas generated here are spinning off into successful high-tech companies and high-paying jobs. B9Creations is a fast-growing company in the Business Development Center on the Mines campus. It employs several students and alumni and is one example of the huge potential for regional tech-sector growth centered around SD Mines. You can read more about B9Creations in this edition.

The future is bright for our students and for this area of the country. I am excited to play a role in boosting the innovation and cutting-edge science and engineering for which SD Mines is celebrated. The best is yet to come.

Warm Regards,

Jim Rankin, PhD, (EE 78) President South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

Winter / Spring 2018 5 sets, knowledge, and practices. We have found that a good blend of team members with diverse backgrounds gives Ask the Mines Expert incredible results, which we call synergism in extremophilic Rajesh Sani, PhD microbiology. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Research has no boundaries, and solutions for the investigation cannot be confined to one skill set or paradigm. "Why is diversity On the basis of my past experience, I can conclude that important on any greater diversity: 1) offers greater innovation and creativity; scientific or engineering 2) generates high-quality solutions in diverse groups; 3) team?” builds diverse ideas, diverse skills, diverse motivation and diverse reactions; 4) improves interpersonal skills of students It is well established that and increases teamwork; and 5) develops different attitudes “diversity” is key to the and behaviors among students. future of science and In summary, diversity greatly extended my research engineering. Diversity expertise which includes extremophilic bioprocessing, means “the presence of biocatalysis, biomaterials, gas to liquid fuels, genome difference – in any sense." editing of extremophiles, homo/heterologous expression of In the past 11 years, I have personally supervised 68 diverse genes, and metabolic engineering. We have one patent, five students and research scientists. They were from India (28), invention disclosures, and we have published over 60 peer- China (1), Nepal (2), Nigeria (3), Malaysia (3), Mexico reviewed articles in high impact journals. I have worked (1), Taiwan (1), Turkey (2), and USA (27). I learned that with international collaborators to edit four textbooks. diversity in the group brings in not only cultural exchange, Most importantly, in the past 11 years, my national and but also greatly contributes to research and education. international collaborations have resulted in more than $18 Students from diverse backgrounds come with different skill million in funded research. Save the Date!

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When you think of a general surgeon, an expertise in the way to the West Coast to realize the grass isn’t greener,” he electrical engineering might not be the first skill that comes to says. mind. But the engineering education Tyler Bergstrom (EE 06) received at SD Mines helped boost his success in both medical In 2016 he joined the surgery department at the Rapid City school and as a physician. Medical Center. He is currently the only physician in the area who performs what’s called the “Whipple Procedure,” which “The focus in engineering is problem-solving, and that gives can be used to remove part of the pancreas as a treatment you an advantage in being able to think though complex for cancer or other ailments. The procedure had not been disease processes or unexpected things in the operating room,” available to patients in Rapid City for over a decade. says Bergstrom. “Engineering school is definitely not the easiest path to medicine,” he says with a laugh. “But I’m glad “It’s a difficult surgery,” says Bergstrom. “It can take up to I did it,” he affirms. twelve hours to complete. Coming to Rapid City and seeing there was no one else who could do this, I was glad to be able Bergstrom grew up in Aberdeen and attended SD Mines right to offer this service to the community,” he says. out of high school thanks in part to academic scholarships, including the John T. Vucurevich and Peter Stephans Bergstrom enjoys being a surgeon in part because of the scholarships among others. In his second year at Mines he satisfaction he receives from helping patients and the began volunteering at the local hospital and realized medicine community. was for him. “I really felt I wanted to help people directly,” “It’s definitely a high-pressure job. You must realize there is a says Bergstrom. “Seeing patients and how thankful they person there. They have a family and they have a life. This is a were following help from a doctor, that seemed like a very motivator to do the best job you can." satisfying career.” Many Mines engineering graduates have gone on to medical He began to take pre-med classes at Mines and continued school. While engineering may not be what one thinks of to pursue his degree in electrical engineering. Following as a typical path to the MCAT, medical schools value the graduation, he attended the University of South Dakota critical thinking skills engineering students bring. To help Sanford School of Medicine and then completed his residency more students who want to pursue a professional healthcare in general surgery at the Virginia Mason Medical Center in career, Mines introduced Pre-Health Pathways in 2016. This Seattle, Washington. Following this, he and his wife Sarah, initiative provides resources and guidance for students of along with their two boys, Matthew and Lucas, chose to come any degree to fulfill the requirements for health professional back to the Black Hills to live and work. “We had to travel all schools.

Winter / Spring 2018 7 If you’re a kid, Dark Canyon is a sublime place to enjoy the summer. Rapid Creek cascades through thick overgrowth and plunges into hidden swimming holes. There are frogs and fish to catch, limestone cliffs and caves to explore, plus ample hiking, biking, and hunting.

“It was a good place to grow up,” says Jim Rankin (EE 78). Rankin lived in Draper and attended high school in Fort Pierre, but his family kept a cabin upstream from Rapid City on Dark Canyon Road. “We would go out there just about every weekend,” he says.

In high school, Rankin excelled at math and enjoyed attending the West River Math Contest and the science fair each year at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. But, a degree in engineering was not on his radar.

“I didn’t know what an engineer did when I was a senior in high school,” he says. “I wanted to be a math major.” One of his friends recommended the School of Mines. Rankin was already familiar with the Black Hills, and so he applied and was readily admitted to the math program at Mines. “I remember being a freshman and wearing a beanie and all the seniors making sure we knew the proper respect,” he says. After those first few years at Mines, his interests turned toward electrical engineering, but he didn’t spend all of his time with his nose in the books. FULL Rankin played in the pep band for his first two years, and played intramural basketball and other sports. He also took part in professional clubs such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and earned his CIRCLE pilot’s license through the Hardrocker Flying Club. Jim Rankin’s Rise to the 19th Presidency of SD Mines “We spend a lot of time at SD Mines studying, and you need to have some things outside of the classroom that are

8 The Hardrock PRESIDENT fun to do,” says Rankin. “You get to SD Mines. “Part of it is developing the from Ohio University and is active in work with other students and you build attitude. If we want to grow companies, student engagement and philanthropy. friendships and relationships that carry we need to be thinking about that from They have three adult children, on after you leave the school.” the very beginning,” says Rankin. He Kara, Anna, and Daniel and two says the university, the community, and grandchildren. “We spend a lot of time Those extracurricular activities at Mines the emerging tech-sector in the Black talking with our kids and grandkids, so paired with his engineering degree Hills have a positive momentum that family is important,” he says. forged a solid foundation for the rest of he hopes to continue. his career. For Rankin, becoming the president “Entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone,” of SD Mines is a full circle back to his From 1978-1987, Rankin worked as he adds. “But we should help roots. The Black Hills area is a great an engineer at Rockwell-Collins in foster those who are interested in place to live and for his family to visit, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on projects tied commercializing intellectual property.” and now there’s a chance he’ll be able to to the aviation industry, including show his grandchildren some of those airborne collision avoidance systems, As a student Rankin used secret swimming holes and fishing spots air transport display systems, and extracurricular activities to distract in Dark Canyon that he knew so well four-dimensional flight management from work and studying. Today he as a kid. systems. Rankin earned his master’s continues to find and doctorate degrees in electrical a balance between engineering at Iowa State University. work and play. In He then worked as a professor at St. his free time, you Cloud State University in Minnesota might find him in from 1989-1997. the cockpit of an airplane, on the golf In 1997, he accepted a position as the course, or on his director of an avionics engineering motorcycle. “I’ve center at Ohio University in Athens. had a motorcycle There, he rose to the office of interim since I was 14,” he vice president for research and served says. At Mines it as the associate dean for research and was a Honda CB graduate studies in the Russ College of 550, today it’s a Engineering and Technology. Harley-Davidson. In 2010, Rankin moved to the “We (with his University of Arkansas in Fayetteville wife Wendy) to serve as vice provost for research like to go out in and innovation leading a push to turn the Black Hills the ideas generated at the university and there will into businesses. During his seven years be some good in Arkansas, the university generated chances to more than 50 start-up companies and take advantage external funding increased significantly of the scenic to $103 million annually. Rankin also areas,” says helped develop the institution’s first Rankin. strategic plan in research and economic He and development. He started several new Wendy have faculty recognition programs and been married developed an expedited industry for 35 years. contracting process. She holds Rankin will bring the skills he learned a PhD in in fostering tech-based economic counselor development in Arkansas to his post at education ENVIRONMENT

AS GOOD AS GOLD The Extremophiles of the Sanford Lab

10 The Hardrock n 2009 the former Homestake Underground Research Facility (SURF). significance of analyzing the methane Mine was a dark, wet, and difficult Today, the microbes discovered inside regulation in deep subsurface and I place to conduct research. The SURF are at the center of exciting new extreme environments,” says Sani deepest mine in North America began research at SD Mines. the principal investigator of BuG filling with water following its closure in ReMeDEE. 2002. As momentum built to turn the The BuG ReMeDEE Converting Plants to Plastic mine into an underground lab, pumps In 2017, the National Science were installed to dewater the flooded Foundation (NSF) awarded a $6 million The extremophiles discovered in the shafts and tunnels. As the water receded, grant to Sani and his team to study the Sanford Lab may also be key in building Rajesh Sani, PhD, was among the first range of extremophiles that consume an industrial process that can convert researchers to enter the deeper sections methane. The project is namedBuilding plant matter into low-cost plastics that of the mine. Genome-to-Phenome Infrastructure for are renewable and biodegradable. Regulating Methane in Deep and Extreme “We went 5,000 feet deep, for sampling Environments (BuG ReMeDEE). This A team of researchers with the which took a great deal of effort,” research (pronounced “bug remedy”) is Composite and Nanocomposite says Sani, an associate professor in the helping scientists better understand the Advanced Manufacturing – Biomaterials Department of Chemical and Biological methane cycle in the hot water fissures Center (CNAM), led by David Engineering at SD Mines. under Yellowstone National Park and Salem, PhD, at SD Mines believe the Sani and his team were not deep deep inside SURF. The methane cycle Sanford Lab extremophiles hold huge underground hunting for precious is the generation and consumption of commercial promise. methane by various microbes. minerals, they were looking for bugs. “The top ten petroleum based “The microbes we found were as good as Researchers like Saurabh Dhiman, polymers make up about a $500 billion gold,” he says with a smile. PhD, in the chemical and biological global market,” says Salem. “These Extremophiles are microorganisms engineering department are also biopolymers potentially can cover the that live in harsh environments. They exploring how some of these microbes whole range of properties of those.” can be genetically engineered to better have learned to thrive in places like the South Dakota’s Research and convert methane into value-added geothermal vents of the mid-Atlantic Commercialization Council (RCC) products or reduce the impact of future rift, the frigid waters of Antarctic through the Governor’s Research Center methane emissions on the environment. lakes, or the veins of hot water found Program has awarded SD Mines CNAM Venkata Gadhamshetty, PhD, civil and in tiny cracks deep underground. $1.8 million to develop commercially-viable Extremophiles have evolved unique environmental engineering department, processes for manufacturing these materals. and Navanietha Rathinam, PhD, chemical and Tip of the Microbiome biological engineering department, will be Sani and his team have made multiple converting methane trips into the depths of the Sanford into biopolymers and Lab in the last decade. Each milligram electricity using SURF of mud or water brought back out can extremophiles. The yield thousands of microbes. Each trip research could also open brings new discoveries and new species doors for new economic and what’s perhaps most exciting are the development opportunities discoveries yet to come. “We know only in industry that can utilize about one percent of the microbiome these genetically modified in these areas, 99 percent remains microbes for processing unknown,” says Sani. greenhouse gas and converting it to biofuel, characteristics that make them very biodegradable plastics or electricity. useful to scientists like Sani. Twelve “This BuG ReMeDEE consortium will years after that first trip, the former garner the world’s attention on the Homestake Mine is now the Sanford

Winter / Spring 2018 11 ECLIPSE

SD Mines Students Join NASA Project to Capture Solar Eclipse Data

At 10:35 a.m. on August 21, 2017, American Eclipse was underway. in a field in front of a small Nebraska Panhandle farmhouse, a team consisting The South Dakota Solar Eclipse Balloon of SD Mines students, Black Hills area Team had been working for two years high school students, teachers and to prepare for this one sliver in time. community members, meticulously Their goal—to launch this balloon at followed a set of steps they had the exact moment to loft the payload practiced many times before. Payloads to an altitude of about 100,000 feet, were carefully secured, batteries under the moon’s shadow, during two checked, and scientific instruments minutes of totality. On board were turned on and tested. Soon, helium video cameras, a radiation detector, was coursing through a hose from tanks GPS, and other scientific experiments. in the back of a pickup truck into an This project aimed to capture images eight-foot-tall balloon laid out on the and data from the eclipse. The radiation soft grass. detector would help measure the flux of cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere as Above the desolate cornfields and the moon obscured the sun. The video sandhills of northwestern Nebraska the cameras would capture the circle of the moon was starting its path across the moon’s shadow on the earth. The team sun–the arc of its shadow racing across designed and built some of the payload, the country toward this team. The Great including a special device to stabilize

12 The Hardrock to make a decision like and shared data with other teams across this,” she says. the country and with NASA. Much of these data are still being analyzed. But At 10:45 a.m., launch the video and photos from the on- team members released board cameras are the first images ever the balloon to cheers and captured of the moon’s shadow crossing a collective sigh of relief. the Nebraska plains during an eclipse. Some 50 miles away, at Alliance High School, The South Dakota Solar Eclipse Balloon the ground station team Team was one of fifty-five teams from was gathered, along with across the country that captured video, two vanloads of SD photos, and data of the total solar Mines physics students, eclipse. NASA and the South Dakota a dozen local high school Space Grant Consortium sponsored the students and many SD Mines based project. community members the video camera. They researched other and visitors. They live-streamed video Peggy Norris, PhD, Deputy Director components, measured every ounce, and tracked the GPS location of the of Education and Outreach at the tested and retested the devices and balloon so they could later retrieve the Sanford Underground Research Facility completed multiple practice launches payload that would parachute to earth (SURF), led the team. “For a team all to hone their ability to get this one after the eclipse. with no experience in ballooning to chance right. successfully collect data from near space But for the next 45 minutes, team during a 2.5 minute window of totality Gina Bestgen (ME 17) was the Deputy members could pause and take in the was no mean feat. It required teamwork Project Manager. One of her jobs was progression of the celestial event playing and careful planning. For me, it was to study wind weather patterns to out above them. In the wide open most rewarding to watch a diverse determine the best launch site in the Sandhills of Nebraska the launch team group of individual undergraduates, zone of totality. By the morning of was able to view the giant shadow of high school students, teachers, faculty August 21, Bestgen had spent the better the moon–like a wall of darkness–as and community members evolve into part of the past 72 hours poring over it progressed toward them. In the air a cohesive team working together the data. their balloon was capturing images to achieve this goal, solving many “I was going back and reviewing all the and data the entire time. For Bestgen, problems along the way and learning calculations and validating them and who has spent so much time focused from each other,” says Norris. making sure data were making sense,” on the balloon project, the experience Solar eclipses have spurred changes says Bestgen. “The predictions that of totality was surprisingly profound. in history–they have upended naval were provided to us were not accurate. But, making the experience even more battles, deposed kings and caused They were using a favorable number amazing–she believes the team caught a general chaos and mayhem among for the ascent rate that didn’t include glimpse of the balloon itself during the confused ancient populations. Eclipses the correct weight of our payload,” says eclipse. have also been the center of intense Bestgen. She worked up a diagram, “While we were viewing the eclipse, scientific study, from the ancient Greeks laying out the data with various options there was this little white dot near the who built machines to compute and for the launch location, and met with ring around the sun,” says Bestgen. predict their timing, to the total eclipse team members. Forty eight hours before “We were astonished to think this was of May 29, 1919, when astronomers eclipse day, the team made the decision our balloon,” she adds. “The white dot measured the sun’s gravitational bending to move the launch site ten miles to was where the balloon was predicted to of light in support of Albert Einstein’s the northeast. A scramble ensued to be in the sky, it was just reflecting light general theory of relativity, to this find a new location and inform the from the eclipse.” The image is captured small team of students who launched a media, community and Federal Aviation on Bestgen’s cell phone video. balloon from the Nebraska Panhandle Administration. Bestgen says it was the to contribute important data to a trust of her team in each other that led Later that afternoon, the chase team nationwide study of the Great American to the right decision. “We would talk all successfully recovered the payload. Eclipse of 2017. the way around and each give our input Team members went back to the lab

Winter / Spring 2018 13 WILDLIFE

The Algorithms of Animal Dispersal

Photo courtesy of South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks

round the summer of 2003 prion disease produces lesions in the in the La Sal Mountains of brain that change the animals' behavior. Utah, mule deer began to turn into zombies. Or, at least they “We call them zombie deer,” says Abegan to act like zombies. They started Martha Garlick, PhD, SD Mines math losing weight, salivated constantly, professor. and began to walk in listless circles. At first CWD shows no symptoms. It They grew apathetic and then stopped progresses over the course of a few years, running from humans. but once contracted it’s always fatal. At first only a few sick animals turned CWD is highly contagious and it has up in annual surveys of harvested ravaged deer and elk populations across deer, but the numbers grew. Testing the American West. Understanding the confirmed the fears of wildlife managers, rate of spread is crucial to stopping any Chronic Wasting Disease or CWD. The disease.

14 The Hardrock This is where landscape images to build models of how Garlick’s work animals travel across various landscapes. comes in, she is Deer, for example, can move at different teamed up with rates on rocky slopes than they can wildlife biologists, in thick trees, or open grasslands, or mathematicians, and statisticians at mazes of cedar brush. Researchers use Utah State University and Colorado the animal movement data to assign a State University. The team is part of a number to different landscapes. Animals National Science Foundation grant to tend to take the easiest path to resources, improve computer models that can help like green grass and water, and they are predict how animal populations move. often confined by barriers like a fence, a mountain snowline, or a major river. “I love math anyway, but, it’s really cool There are many variables to consider to actually apply this to something real when world. It’s building the exciting algorithms to predict that can things accurately about model animal something movement so complex. that will For example, help male deer wildlife move in different patterns than females, managers who care for these so they require some slightly different populations.” math.

Garlick loves One of Garlick’s favorite parts of the job to hike and is seeing students get involved in this spend time research. “It’s fun to get undergraduates outdoors, excited about this work,” she says. “In but doesn’t math modeling, it’s sometimes difficult spend to actually make it fit. You try and keep her days it simple, but putting in the details so chasing that it mirrors what’s really going on, deer and elk this is an exciting challenge.” in the field, rather she The models Garlick is developing not relies on the only have applications in tracking deer rich data sets and elk in the mountain west but can accumulated also be used to predict the movement from years of of harbor seals in Alaska, or the spread GPS collars of the wolf populations introduced into that have been places like Yellowstone National Park. As fitted to wild the research continues and the models animals. inch closer to predicting reality, the real-world applications of this work will She uses continue to grow. GPS tracking records, combined with

Winter / Spring 2018 15 HEALTH

ENGINEERING an END TO BACK PAIN Biomechanics of Intervertebral Discs There is a good chance you are sitting discs pull in fluid and they expand. As impacts to discs from prolonged-sitting down right now. It’s possible you’ve the day goes on, that fluid gets pushed occupations. been sitting all day, or maybe you’ve back to the vertebra again. In this even been sitting every day for the last cycle, the discs provide cushion, take in Johnson brings a unique background to few decades. nutrients and discharge waste products. this research. After finishing her degree But when discs are injured, this process in civil engineering at Mines, she spent is disrupted, cushioning is compromised a few years in the field and then decided and sitting becomes difficult. “Sitting to go back to school to follow a second for people with disc issues is very passion–physical therapy. She has spent uncomfortable and can be very painful,” 15 years as a physical therapist, and says Johnson. during this time she was constantly thinking about solutions to problems ENGINEERING Johnson is exploring the design of a she encountered in patients. “In the device that could temporarily relieve back of my head is the engineer, the pressure on the spine while giving innovator, and I need to take what I the intervertebral discs a chance to learned at the clinic and develop these “breathe” properly. An ideal device ideas. (In order to do this) I need to would give the spine a bit of a pull, or understand and speak both medicine an END TO BACK PAIN traction, while in a sitting posture, and and engineering,” she says about the “There is a trend in the 21st century allow a person to continue working with biomedical engineering field. that 80 percent of our jobs require their arms. Johnson is leading testing sitting, and it’s even more so when on a simulation apparatus she designed. Biomedical engineering is you include leisure time,” says Marit She uses a multidisciplinary. Johnson (CE 96), a PhD candidate in stadiometer to “You have to biomedical engineering at SD Mines. measure spine know a little height before about many areas You may guess that spending all this and after a to pull in people time in a chair is not so good for your short period who are experts health. In fact, research is now showing of sitting in various subject prolonged sitting may contribute to in traction matters,” she says. lower back pain. “Eighty percent of in order to Johnson’s research us will experience back pain in our capture the at Mines involves lifetime,” says Johnson. "If your job spinal height backgrounds in requires long hours in a chair, back pain changes that biomechanics, can be a real issue." result from industrial the discs engineering, Johnson’s research is focused on the ergonomics, intervertebral discs of the lower back. pulling fluid in. Currently, and human These discs are in between the vertebrae, factors, including spinal traction Marit Johnson or bones, of the spine, and their softer assistance from tissue provides cushion and flexibility. therapy is available lying down with either manual the University of South Dakota physical They are key components of a healthy therapy department. and functional spine. or mechanical traction, via aquatic vertical hanging or inversion tables. Johnson is now beginning the next Research shows that intervertebral discs Johnson’s research aims to allow this phase of her research. She is set to finish need to exchange fluid to maintain a therapy to be made available while her PhD at Mines in the spring of 2019 healthy environment, similar to how sitting. This would give a patient the and if all goes well, her work could turn our bodies need breathing to exchange chance to keep working at a desk while into a new way to help alleviate lower carbon dioxide with oxygen for our receiving this type of application. She back pain associated with sitting. survival. “Typically, when we wake says the focus is on helping those with up in the morning we’re taller,” says disc injuries who must sit on the job. Johnson. At night when we sleep the It could also potentially slow down the

Winter / Spring 2018 17 LOCAL PRINTING POTENTIAL

Mines Grads Transform a Two years and a devoted fan base later, B9Creations was bursting at the seams. Local Kickstarter into a In 2014, it moved into the Business Global Powerhouse Development Center on the SD Mines campus, a move that brought more It started as all great startups do. than much-needed space. Joyce and his Hungrily. Humbly. In a garage. son, Matthew, had handled the entire business. But to scale, the model had But this isn’t the story of a Silicon Valley to change. Joyce needed an operations stroke of luck. It’s the story of South engineer, badly. And a vast network lay Dakota grit, where an idea with elbow just a stone’s throw away. grease fanned the flames of the Black Hills tech boom. And where Mines Thus came Scott Reisenauer (ME 94), alumni transformed a 3D printing an alumnus with over 20 years of global Kickstarter into a global powerhouse, in operations experience. Taking the reins an industry where the only constant is as COO, B9Creations became a lean change. manufacturing machine. Six months later, Shon Anderson came aboard. Anderson IGNITING THE SPARK brought a track record of growing From a 10-year run as a B1 bomber pilot businesses from $5M to $250M+. He to expertise in advanced mathematics, became CEO, allowing Joyce to focus software, and space, a single thread his R&D genius on revolutionizing an ties together Mike Joyce’s eclectic industry. career—a passion for improving lives Today clearing revenue just south of through technology. In 2012, that $6M with 30 employees, B9Creations pursuit launched a $500,000 Kickstarter boasts thousands of clients in 66 campaign for B9Creations, a 3D printing countries worldwide ranging from jewelry company. Joyce aimed to create products and model making to prototyping, more affordable and faster than anything manufacturing, healthcare, and higher on the market. education.

18 The Hardrock One key to this success is a focus on creating opportunity for customers and employees. From jobs retained at a manufacturer in Florida who reduced costs with B9Creations' technology to jobs created in European businesses whose growth has been enabled by B9Creations' technology, this company is passionate about opportunity. FUELING THE ECONOMIC ENGINE

B9Creations is bringing Black Hills’ most treasured resource back to the fold—its talent.

“We are a technology provider competing on a global scale. And we choose to be here, leveraging technology development and this incredible talent pool to create opportunities for South Dakotans,” said Shon Anderson, CEO. “All of our engineers except for one had to move away after graduation. We brought them back, and we’re working to keep others from having to leave in the first place. We have a robust internship program with SD Mines and Black Hills State University. One of our BH State interns rose through the ranks to become head of our global dealer network. Those are success stories, for us, for our employees, and for South Dakota.”

Leveraging South Dakota talent, B9Creations is fueling the local economic development engine, creating high-paying jobs in the heart of the Black Hills. Alongside the wealth of successful companies in the Business Development Center, South Dakota is now rife with opportunity. So much so, a second incubator is in the works, and B9Creations is once again bursting at the seams and looking for a new home for the next phase of its growth.

Winter / Spring 2018 19 PHOTOGRAPHY

he lights of Kathmandu obscure most of the stars, night sky in remote landscapes, such as Badlands National so growing up in Nepal, Eden Bhatta never saw the Park, requires hours of time outdoors. Bhatta uses his time Milky Way. outside in the vast western South Dakota landscape as a way T to fuel his hard work back on campus in the lab. In 2015, he and his wife were driving through Custer State Park near the Needles Eye in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Bhatta’s research focuses on improving the longevity of They pulled over in a small parking lot under the towering titanium orthopedic medical implants, such as replacement rocks, stepped out of the car, and looked up in awe. hips. Bhatta is using a high velocity cold spray process to coat the metal implants with biocomposite materials, comprising “I remember it vividly,” he says. “It was so dark that it was a biocompatible materials such as hydroxyapatite, a mineral bit scary at first, but the sky was so gorgeous and inspiring.” with similar composition to that found in bone. This thin That first look, with the Needles silhouetted against the hazy coating allows the surrounding bone tissue to integrate Milky Way and the sky dotted with millions of stars, had him with the titanium implant, making the tissue-implant bond hooked. He wanted to share the beauty of South Dakota with stronger and last much longer. friends and family back home in Nepal. So, Bhatta dove head Their research will keep Bhatta and Namita in South Dakota first into the art of night sky and landscape photography. A for at least a few more years. During this time Bhatta hopes few short years later his images are capturing the attention of to continue to hone his photography skills and take many a growing number of fans around the world. Bhatta now has more night sky and landscape images around the Black more than 26,000 followers on Instagram alone. Hills and Badlands. His dream is to someday capture the “You can capture night sky with a camera in a way you can’t stars back home in Nepal, “Think of the sky at the Everest see them with the naked eye” says Bhatta. “It’s a mix of Base Camp,” he ponders. With any luck Bhatta will see this science and art, and I love this challenge.” dream come true. In the meantime we’re all enriched by the images he continues to capture. You can follow his work, and Bhatta and his wife, Namita, are both PhD students at SD order your own prints through Facebook @thetaintedtripod Mines. She is studying civil & environmental engineering. and on Instagram @thetaintedtripod, or on the web at www. His work is in biomedical engineering. To photograph the thetaintedtripod.com.

20 The Hardrock TO CATCH THE NIGHT SKY The photography of SD Mines student Eden Bhatta

Photo courtesy of Eden Bhatta, "Celestial Celebration," Badlands National Park, SD

Winter / Spring 2018 21 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

Diana Peninger 2017 (ChE 86) spent most of her 30-year career in the chemical industry, beginning 'LVWLQJXLVKHG at Celanese Corporation where she rose to numerous leadership "JSKLG positions. After a brief stint as the global business director with Chemtura, Peninger returned to Celanese as vice president of a $2.3 billion business portfolio where she had Awards worldwide responsibility for four global businesses with five manufacturing plants around the world. She serves on the Recipients of the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award join an board of directors for C200, the world’s premier women’s elite group of South Dakota School of Mines & Technology organization of entrepreneur and corporate CEO’s and senior graduates who have made outstanding contributions in the executives. fields of engineering, science, business, and public service. The Distinguished Alumni Award has been awarded to Jackie Sargent ninety-seven graduates since its inception in 1998. (EE 89) Marty Jackley began her engineering career as an intern at Black Hills Corporation (EE 92) in Rapid City, while still a has served as South Dakota’s student at SD Mines. By 2010, attorney general since 2009, and she had risen to the position of previously served as the United vice president of power supply States Attorney for South Dakota. and renewables integration with the company. Sargent then Jackley also served as president accepted the position of vice president of power supply and of the National Association of Attorneys General and in market operations with Austin Energy in Texas. Two years 2016 received the Outstanding Attorney General award from later, she took over as general manager/CEO for Platte his peers. In fall 2017, Jackley began a campaign to run for River Power Authority in Colorado. Last year, she returned governor of South Dakota. to Austin Energy as its general manager/CEO, where she is responsible for a $1.4 billion budget and 1,720 employees. She also serves on several non-profit boards focused on public Charles J. “Jerry” power. Logan (MinE 83) spent 31 years serving his country Douglas G. in the United States Navy, rising Stalheim to the rank of Captain. During his military career, Logan commanded two U.S Navy submarines–the (MetE 80) USS Bremerton and the USS is one of the world’s top experts Michigan. Following his active command service, Logan on American Petroleum Institute led the Office of Military Personnel Policy, executing all line pipe production. Stalheim’s policies for the Navy’s 230,000 active duty personnel. Now clients are located around the retired, Logan leads mountaineering trips in the Olympic and world. Many of the oil and gas transmission pipelines built Cascade mountains and volunteers with Olympic Mountain since 1993 in North America, and several in the world, Rescue. have had his direct or indirect involvement. In 2010, he was presented the Yanzhao Friendship Award from Hebei Province, Peoples Republic of China, for contributions to the province of Hebei’s iron and steel industry.

22 The Hardrock IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMORIAM

The names below include those who have passed (based on our database records) in the last 10 years, but whose names have not appeared in a previous Hardrock magazine. Please contact us if you know of any errors in this list. Going forward, it will be helpful if you share information about the passing of alumni you may know. The names below were received by January 2, 2018, and are listed by year of graduation.

Verne Hodson (CE 32) 1/24/09 Morland Tidemann (CE 49) 6/7/17 Neil Isto (GenE 55) 10/19/09 Emiel Belzer (CE 34) 3/13/13 Harlan Van Gerpen (EE 49) 4/4/13 William Parden (EE 55) 7/2/10 Murlan Corrington (EE 34) 5/1/09 Marvin Autio (CE 50) 3/31/08 John Williams (ME 55) 12/9/10 George Hatch (CE 36) 11/14/12 William Beittel (ME 50) 12/11/12 Roland Baker (ME 56) 9/29/17 F. Raymond Versaw (EE 37) 4/20/08 Paul Fenske (GeolE 50) 6/14/17 James Buck (MetE 56) 6/11/17 John Soma (EE 39) 4/28/10 Joleroy Gauger (Phys 50) 1/13/17 Norman Harms (GeolE 56) 1/28/09 Ernest Thurlow (Geol 39) 7/25/12 Dean Kurtz (CE 50) 11/26/17 Donald Holmer (Chem 56) 5/9/13 John Malcolm (MinE 40) 12/15/10 Paul Miller (GeolE 50) 4/14/10 Roger Rozendal (GeolE 56) 10/22/08 Emil Pietz (ChE 40) 3/24/11 Stanley Schack (MetE 50) 12/25/08 Don Schlegel (EE 56) 10/23/17 Lowell Schuknecht (CE 40) 6/27/10 Eugene Stenstadvold (CE 50) 4/12/12 Sherrill Swenson (MetE 56) 11/1/12 Roger Hill (ChE 42) 11/7/14 Donald Thatcher (Chem 50) 11/29/10 Michael Conner (GeolE 57) 10/10/10 Elmer Tomsha (EE 42) 2/11/12 Thomas Beckers (GeolE 51) 6/2/15 Botolf Hemre (CE 57) 10/08 Lewis Beebe (GenE 43) 12/18/08 Carroll Hart (GeolE 51) 5/23/12 James Rinehart (Phys 57) 2/9/08 Bernard Hall (GenE 43) 11/13/12 Wayne Kuoppala (ME 51) 2/13/12 Herbert Thomas (ChE 57) 10/25/09 James Heymann (MetE 43) 12/17/09 Earl McCullough (MetE 51) 5/25/17 Don Ballou (GeolE 58) 7/10/12 Ray Simpson (MetE 43) 8/20/11 Paul Ness (CE 51) 3/13/08 Stan Barbas (EE 58) 9/29/09 Mason Sperry (EE 43) 7/1/13 Harold Oban (ME 51) 10/23/16 Patrick Callan (EE 58) 5/15/16 Richard Wagner (EE 43) 8/27/08 Claude Phillips (MetE 51) 8/16/11 Duane Fish (MS Chem 58) 9/6/13 Jerrol Coates (CE 44) 11/3/11 Roy Robieson (CE 51) 11/22/14 Darwin Hocking (EE 58) 9/29/12 Gordon Ingwersen (MetE 44) 3/18/13 Warren Schipper (GeolE 51) 11/17/13 John Kuecker (Chem 58) 12/27/11 Gerard Lammers (ChE 44) 8/17/17 Lennis Shafranek (ChE 51) 9/27/12 Neil Nerison (ME 58) 11/25/12 Dale Long (CE 45) 8/23/15 Donald Turner (EE 51) 4/20/12 Bill Reinsmith (ME 58) 7/8/14 Elwood Strom (MetE 45) 5/19/09 Albert Gilles (GeolE 52) 3/18/17 Donald Reed (MinE 58) 4/28/10 Gregory Turner (GeolE 45) 4/18/09 James Hoskovec (GeolE 52) 10/17/12 Bryce Troyeer (ChE 58) 3/25/09 Philip Lawler (GenE 47) 11/8/16 Fred Propp (ME 52) 11/2/12 Loren Bemis (EE 59) 8/1/12 James Willging (MetE 47) 11/23/11 Melvin Rice (Phys 52) 5/1/12 Denis Dartt (GeolE 59) 10/7/11 Roland Grosz (GenE 48) 9/26/17 Harold Unger (MinE 52) 7/2/15 Duane Gray (EE 59) 10/10/13 Robert Hamilton (MinE 48) 1/29/08 David Fraser (MinE 53) 1/4/11 Thomas Hannan (ME 59) 3/2/09 Roger Orvedahl (CE 48) 12/18/13 Wally Larsen (MinE 53) 11/11/17 Kenneth Metz (EE 59) 11/20/08 Delbert Bakeman (EE 49) 10/10/17 George Scherr (CE 53) 10/29/11 George Sherrill (CE 59) 1/9/13 Edwin Brauner (EE 49) 8/19/10 Roy Appleby (EE 54) 12/10/13 Rudolph Trygstad (EE 59) 6/17/12 Donald Kalda (CE 49) 10/7/16 Raymond Burg (ME 54) 1/9/11 Tommy Vance (CE 59) 3/18/11 Alfred Kemper (CE 49) 2/21/09 Floyd Clay (GenE 54) 7/28/11 Dean Davidson (CE 60) 11/30/13 Merit Pool (EE 49) 12/31/09 Richard Gergle (ChE 54) 10/20/16 Donald Lang (ME 60) 9/28/12 Raymond Roby (ME 49) 2/6/17 Gary Evans (Chem 55) 5/14/09 George Osborne (CE 60) 9/18/09 Norman Stout (CE 49) 4/6/09 Ed Hubbeling (GenE 55) 9/14/17 Jerald Trautman (ChE 60) 5/14/10

Winter / Spring 2018 23 IN MEMORIAM

Sherman Bollinger (ME 61) 7/2/11 Clayton Cameron (EE 68) 2/6/09 Charles Summers (MetE 76) 7/10/09 Keith Messer (EE 61) 6/8/13 Kjell Øvreeide (ChE 68) 2017 Lance Wheeler (MS Phys 76) 4/23/13 Jerry Rolland (CE 61) 12/25/10 Larry Pease (ChE 68) 10/20/17 Ronald Lejeune (MinE 77) 12/13/13 Theodore Andrews (CE 62) 9/10/17 James Ek (MS MetE 69) 10/18/08 Helge Garshol (ME 79) 9/30/12 Roger Burger (CE 62) 10/15/17 Allen Horst (EE 69) 11/11/04 Mike Mahutga (EE 79) 3/17/12 James Tobin (ME 62) 10/20/08 Francis Kendorski (MinE 69) 12/28/12 Dave Van Goor (ChE 79) 7/27/13 Jerry Bjornestad (ME 63) 6/6/11 Richard Chang (MS EE 70) 12/2/10 Thomas Hanson (Phys 81) 6/22/17 Robert Jueneman (Phys 63) 9/13/13 Willard Goodman (CE 70) 7/17/13 Steven Schaffer (Math 81) 5/7/17 Kaare Nodland (CE 63) 1/22/13 Michael Higgins (ChE 70) 11/7/14 Greg Schwenk (ChE 81) 4/24/11 John Baker (ME 64) 10/6/17 Chia Yi Hsiung (MS EE 70) 1/18/09 Kai Knag (CE 82) 12/4/13 George Callaghan (ChE 64) 10/28/17 Ralph Kelley (ME 70) 4/8/11 Dennis Peterson (GeolE 84) 8/27/12 David Goebel (EE 64) 3/8/10 John Rapp (MS Geol 70) 11/25/08 Gary Foos (ME 85) 9/5/10 John Harsh (MS Geol 64) 1/7/08 Wayne Scheibe (ChE 70) 8/26/09 John Zollar (GeolE 85) 12/10/08 Ernest Larson (EE 64) 12/23/08 Robert Thomas (MS Phys 70) 5/15/12 H. Elizabeth Long (MS CE 88) 8/19/12 Charles Nelson (EE 64) 1/6/13 William Brown (MS Phys 71) 3/10/10 Emmet Quill (CSc 88) 3/16/14 Theodore Adkins (ME 65) 10/20/17 George Shea (EE 71) 8/27/17 Mark Stanczyk (Geol 88) 3/27/13 Earl Preszler (ME 65) 8/21/17 William Talmon (ME 71) 6/30/17 Prakash Punit (MS CE 89) 6/18/11 Harlan Scheibe (ME 66) 10/17/13 Craig Tieszen (ChE 71) 11/22/17 Mark Boland (EE 90) 9/18/17 August Bonazzoli (CE 67) 5/8/09 Arne Grimstad (CE 72) 9/21/11 William Smith (ChE 90) 5/28/11 James Brooking (ME 67) 9/14/17 Chris Huse (ME 72) 6/30/12 Marc Piwko (ChE 92) 6/7/08 Robert Eckert (ChE 67) 5/11 Tom Varilek (EE 72) 2/25/13 Douglas Kline (CE 93) 12/10/09 Bill Fox (ME 67) 5/5/08 Marlin Brendsel (ME 73) 11/17/17 Jason Apa (ME 94) 12/15/10 Lubertus Koster (ME 67) 3/19/13 Michael Ackerman (EE 74) 5/27/08 Seth Klausen (CSc 07) 12/8/17 David Pearson (MS GeolE 67) 12/18/13 Ed DeWitt (GeolE 74) 11/1/13 Adam Maberry (CEng 08) 11/23/08 Floyd Rose (EE 67) 3/10/13 Greg Greenfield (EE 74) 4/21/11 Jordan Christenson (IS 15) 6/30/17 Ron Schroeder (CE 67) 11/3/09 Theodore Nilssen (MS MinE 74) 4/25/11 Michael Walawender (MS Geol 67) 9/13/11 Roberto Schemel (MetE 74) 1/17/16 Former Faculty/Staff John Aronson (ChE 68) 5/22/17 Tom Walter (CE 74) 12/1/17 Jacque Pelkey (ChE Dept) 11/10/17 Phil Boland (ME 68) 9/18/17 Warren Stearns (Ex 76) 8/6/17 Carl (Al) Grimm (Math Dept) 1/2/18

Ree is doing well here at home. Senior Games at the Minnesota birthdays in November in 1950’s This is a number year for us. Ree Senior Games in racquetball, Austin, Texas. turned 88 in November, I was 90 shot put, discus and javelin for Glen (ChE 50) and Jo Madsen in April and we celebrated our the 85-89 age group. At Mines moved from Rarity Bay in 65th anniversary in December. I threw the shot put, discus Vonore, TN, to a retirement I continue to stay in touch with and javelin. I placed second community with assisted living the mining industry mostly by in doubles racquetball, third and constant care facilities in internet and publications.” in singles racquetball, fourth in Maryville, TN. “I turned 89 last discus, sixth in the shot put and year and have been faced with seventh in javelin. My sister and Forrest Dristy (Chem 53) some physical problems, but her husband, Dave Rozendal “On still enjoy life. We left behind (CE58) from Gastrop, Texas, May 16, Peggy and I became many close friends, but keep in joined Mary Ann and me at great-grandparents for the contact with them when we can. the competition.” (Lowery is first time. Our granddaughter, I really miss my involvement in the green shirt on the right.) Christina Farrell Partridge, had with golf.” her first baby, a beautiful little Lowery Smith (GeolE 51) Keith Graham (Phys 51) with girl who was named Julia Rose. Jack Goth (MetE 50) “Things competed at the recent Senior daughter Reah Dahl-Stamnes Although she lives thousands are about the same here in Games in Birmingham, Ala. (CE 81), and granddaughter of miles away, we got to see Colorado. We stay busy and “I qualified for the National Erika Dahl-Stamnes celebrating her in person when she was I remain a full-time caregiver.

24 The Hardrock CLASS NOTES just 10 days old. On October inevitable. I am thankful to be from frame up. alumni office. (Thanks for the 28, I was among a group of 84 in good health. My wife passed homemade jelly). “Welcome Jim Thompson (CE 57) veterans, mostly of the Korean away in 2011 of lung cancer. “I can’t back to the Mines incoming War, who were whisked away Since then I have traveled to believe that I have been retired president Jim Rankin (EE 78)!” on an Honor Flight from West Europe several times. I am since 2000. After living in Des Hal Nelson (GenE 58) Palm Beach to Washington, fascinated by the antiquity Moines, IA, for more than 45 “I am DC. It was a whirlwind, 16- of that part of the world. It years, Connie and I sold our teaching an introductory hour trip designed to show is interesting to me how the home and moved to Florida to engineering mechanics course us the war-related memorials. Romans got around. They left be closer to two of our sons and at a local community college, We visited Arlington National impressive monuments to their our youngest grandchildren. A but will cease that activity at Cemetery as well as the Air Force existence. I was in Great Britain daughter and our two oldest the end of the semester. memorial and monuments in August. The Brits love us, grandchildren live in Iowa and Hopefully, I will get back to commemorating World War II, and they are so welcoming. I another son and granddaughter playing a little more golf. and the Korean and Vietnamese will continue to travel as long live in Austin, TX, so we Connie has also stopped conflicts. Along the way we were as I am able. May God continue have lots of places to visit. teaching little tykes at the greeted by enthusiastic crowds to bless SDSM&T.” Although I have retired from preschool she helped establish of cheering, flag-waving well- active competition, we are still several decades ago. We both Max P. Gassman (ME 56) wishers. It was a memorable says involved in hot air ballooning. volunteer one morning per week experience to say the least.” his SD Mines BS ME degree has Our two Florida sons are both at a local hospital. The served him well. He graduated balloon pilots and we crew and grandchildren are gradually in 1956 and worked for the John sometimes fly with them. Our scattering about the country Deere Product Engineering oldest grandson became a third- (Texas, Pennsylvania, and Utah) Center in Waterloo, IA, for 30 generation balloonist, getting as they pursue their careers. We years. He then worked for the his pilot’s license in 2014 and have a special interest in Iowa State ME Department for is carrying on the Thompson watching women’s soccer and 25 years. He taught machine competitive activities. I am Philadelphia Eagles football. design courses and did research still very active in the Balloon One granddaughter, Julie, is a Dan Dake (EE 55) and son on Chipper Shredder machines. Federation of America and serve professional soccer player for Tim Dake (ME 81) sitting on His research resulted in US on their committee to select the Chicago Red Stars and is a the patio in Reno with the letters Patent 7070132 low-speed candidates for the United States member of the US Women’s “Dake Hall” on the wall of the high-torque chipper-shredder Ballooning Hall of Fame located National team. She is married garage. Tim and Susan just machine. Max is now retired in Indianola, IA. One of my to Zach Ertz, a tight-end for welcomed their first grandchild, in Ames, IA. He and his fondest ballooning memories the Eagles, who had the Super Aurora Rose, who was born wife, Gail, have two sons, was flying in 2012, with my Bowl 52 winning touchdown November 12, in Bergen, seven grandchildren, and two son Jon. We launched from reception.” Norway, to Jessica Dake Elvevoll great-grandchildren. the Stratobowl and flew down and Arne Elvevoll. "That made the Spring Creek Canyon and us great-grandparents for the landed at the Reptile Gardens. first time. We hope she will The Black Hills is still my soon get her infant passport favorite place in the world.” so her parents can come back Jim Bump (CE 57) to show her off." has been battling pancreatic cancer since Bob Annett (ME 56) is looking 2013, but after much chemo Ed Tegland (GeolE 59), forward to the 2020 Reunion, and surgery the battle is still Chaman Malhotra (GeolE 59), God willing. “Members of my Chas Parks (EE 57) with his on. He was back in Rapid City and Landy Stinnett (GeolE class of 1956 are a vanishing latest restoration project, a 1930 in September for his 65th high 59) met in Denver, CO., in crowd. It's sad for me but that Model A. Chas does each part of school reunion and visited the October. part of life and growing older are the restoration projects himself campus, bookstore and the

Winter / Spring 2018 25 CLASS NOTES

Monticello nuclear power plants. Germany and Scandinavia. I local company to be Technical 1960s He is enjoying retirement at a am storing up Dramamine for Lead over the Army’s Apache lake home in Crosslake, MN. a cruise next year. I have luckily Sensors Modernization high Sheldon Roberdeau (GeolE His eldest son, Jeff Scheinost stayed connected to Mines performance team.” 60) “After 28 years at our old (ME 86) and daughter-in-law on various facility projects address in Houston. Hurricane Elizabeth Scheinost (GeolE and strategic plans. Can you Harvey wiped out most of our 86), are also Mines graduates. “seasoned citizens” believe the house and furnishings, so we Chem-ChE building was new in Tom Snyder (ME 62) elected to move to the hill [Baton 1957, sixty years ago? I’ve also country around Austin.” Rouge, LA] “I am active and enjoyed opportunities to serve enjoying retirement by playing Bob (CE 61) and Becky Miesen on several non-profit boards. I tennis on Saturday mornings wish you well, and remember traveled to Albuquerque, NM, with my tennis group. I also golf for a family wedding and found there’s a difference between life on Tuesday and Thursday in the and living.” time to visit with Larry (CE 61) LSU Senior Golf Tournament, and Kathy Blair on October in which I am fortunate that Russ Buyse (EE 63) “This Kent O. Lande (CE 65) “Wow, 21. Bob said the water from somebody developed the golf hasn’t been a good year to be 52 years have passed and many Hurricane Harvey came within handicap system for duffers like a Bronco fan, but that hasn’t rivers have been crossed. I lost 75 feet of their house, but they myself.” stopped Randy Parcel (ME67), my Juanita after 55 1/2 years in never lost power or services. Tracy Kovach, Carolyn and me December 2012. She had been George O’Clock (EE 62) has from having some good times a stroke survivor for 18 years. Jon Spargur (ME 61) continues been working on his biomedical to enjoy retirement life in the together, however this year I had several assignments in engineering MS thesis at the not so much at Bronco games. five states between 1965 and Raleigh-Durham area of North University of Minnesota since Carolina, with trips to ocean Randy and Tracy hosted a regular 1990. In October 1990, I joined 2012 and hopes to receive his get together of Delta Sigs in the Louis Berger Group and and mountains. He visited degree (6th) in May 2018. He Rapid City in September for October at their second home in worked on projects in Pakistan, continues working to develop Las Vegas. All had a good time, Philippines, Indonesia, Jamaica, his high school reunion. “We a non-invasive electrotherapy explored three areas during three notwithstanding individual Gaza, Afghanistan, India, South device and protocol for visual gaming results. Randy loves his Sudan and Kuwait. In the mid- weeks in Spain earlier this year. disease. At 78, George runs I tutor fourth graders in math golf and skiing. He has been 1990s, I was a co-founder of a in 5k races, happy to keep his sidelined because of shoulder contracting firm that performed and we take part in several other pace under 13 minutes/mile. “In “clubs” in our Carolina Arbors issues for the past two years, outcomes-based highway early September, I had a chance but is anxiously anticipating maintenance to several DOTs 55+ community–one of which Jack Mallow (ME to visit with the slopes this year. I am very under fixed price contracts. I is the Romeos (retired old men 63) during a 60th High School active in my condo association finally retired in October 2014, eating out). We also enjoy time reunion.” with our granddaughter. Jeannie as treasurer and editor of their at age 77 … great career. I volunteers at RDU airport and Doug Aldrich (ChE 62) monthly newsletter. If you have three children and seven at the NC Museum of Art. We just built and moved into a want to make a donation to his grandchildren and have been were at North Carolina outer downsized home (a key criterion condo association, I am willing remarried for three years to banks beach for Thanksgiving was the view!), giving many to accept all gratuities!” [Note: Solveig Lande. We currently with family and at South charitable donations and still Russ and Carolyn live in Florida, live in Sioux Falls and travel Carolina beach for Christmas.” unpacking boxes. “Children and but have had Bronco season in our motor home between grandchildren are all doing their tickets with Randy and Tracy Minnesota in the summer and Ralph Scheinost (ME 61) thing, but haven’t convinced any for many years.] Alabama or South Texas in the retired in 1997, after 32 years winter.” to attend Mines yet. Karolyn Tex Longcor (EE 64) at NSP. He worked with Leon “After 53 and I have been spending three years since graduating, I finally Loren Anderson (EE 65) Elliason (ME 62) for many weeks in Europe the past four years at both the Pathfinder and decided to bite the bullet and go “My daughter Amy had her years: Spain/Portugal, Italy, part-time. I joined a very good first child, a boy, on August

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20, 2017. Amy turned 37 this and Mommy's senior citizen right after Christmas.” Sherry Farwell (Chem 66) October. I was 37 when Amy caretaker), we are living very “Since retiring from my was born. I still work full-time near her and her husband in academic and professional for Ford Motor in Dearborn, Orange Park, (Jacksonville) public-sector endeavors in 2010, MI.” Florida! We are still getting I have continued to operate settled and still have our Farwell Land & Livestock Cincinnati (Loveland) house Inc., and Farwell Analytical for sale. After a 41-year career, Consulting Services. Judy, my 31 years for Monsanto and the spouse of 54 years, does the Army, nine for Bayer, one for accounting work associated Lanxess, I retired in February with these ongoing family Larry Mazlack (EE 66) 2006. .” businesses. Our son Gary and received his MS in electrical his family now live and work in Mo Hargens (ME 65) Herb Reichert (Math 66) “Tootie engineering from Mines and the Rapid City area while our and I have been enjoying our “My wife, Sally, and I went managed medical software daughter Jodey and her family retirement in Rochester, MN, on our third Jay Buckley's development for IBM in White continue to live and work in since all our children live in the Baseball Tour in June 2017; Plains, NY. He eventually Seattle, WA. For the past seven Rochester area. We celebrate we saw major league games in went back to academics and years, I have pursued my intense most holidays, birthdays, and Atlanta, Tampa Bay, and Miami received a MSc and DSc interest in local western history, special events together. We all (and one minor league game). (computer science: artificial with a particular focus on the went back to my hometown After this tour we have seen intelligence) from Washington 1865 Powder River Indian of Miller, SD, for my mother’s games at 21 of the 30 major U (Saint Louis) in 1972. This Expedition. This latter project 100th birthday last August. league teams. Our daughter, was perhaps the first doctorate has applied modern analytical Pheasant hunting in SD this Stacy, and her husband, Ryan, awarded in the area of artificial science and engineering to the year with family was pretty are expecting their third boy intelligence. Subsequently, exploration and discovery of slim pickings– only 1 bird per in February, 2018. After that Larry taught a variety of AI previously unknown camp and person per day! We have been birth, we will have eight and database graduate and battle sites associated with the spending winters in Florida or grandchildren (six grandsons undergraduate courses at the Eastern and Central Divisions Texas. This winter we will be in and two granddaughters); our University of Cincinnati. of the 1865 military expedition. Donna, Texas. We get together oldest granddaughter will be Contemporaneously, he was The project’s field work involves Jerry Ott (ME 65) with and his graduating from high school a research associate at the exploration on private ranch wife on a regular basis. Had a next spring (2018) and our University of California, lands in relatively remote areas great time for our 50th Mines oldest grandson is a high school Berkeley, and at the medical of Nebraska, South Dakota, Gary reunion with frat brothers freshman. Both my wife and I school, University of Cincinnati. Wyoming and Montana. I Nelson (ME 65), Jerry Ott are still enjoying our retirement Larry was also a graduate director have published one paper in (ME 65), Ron Uttecht and and don't have any significant and department head at the the Journal of the West that (EE 65). ” health issues, as is true for our University of Cincinnati. Larry describes the project’s initial entire family. Also, as far as no longer teaches undergraduate Terry Gray (ChE 65) results.” “Well I know, I think I stay out of courses. He continues to do now, after being born/living trouble most of the time.” research in artificial intelligence seven years in Kansas, 17 in and databases; he focuses on Dave Kramer (MetE 66) South Dakota, 25 in Missouri, Natural Language, Imprecise two in London, two in the Army “Grandson Andrew Kramer is Reasoning, and Causality (including one in Vietnam), now attending SD Mines. He Discovery in data. Larry has 25 in Ohio, Loma and I are is doing well and is considering run with the bulls in Pamplona now living in the SOUTH chemical engineering as his each and every year since 1974. (= Florida). At our youngest major. Margie and I are enjoying He is in a red shirt, long blond of three daughters’ request (a retirement and are looking hair, right side of image. nurse wanting to be Daddy forward to leaving for Arizona

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for Humanity chapter while in 47 years. The grandkids had Karel is volunteering with a a ball finding my name. Sitting Greene County group which on the ground from left to right assists low income families with are grandkids Alex (pointing to financial needs. We are near my name), Will, and Olivia. Left Roger Rollins (PHYS 67) the Shenandoah National Park to right standing are Ron Sr., and his wife Barb celebrated and enjoy the view of the Blue wife Carolyn, daughter Jennifer, their 50th wedding anniversary Ridge Mountains.” her fiancée Lorenzo, daughter- by taking children and Alan Freiberg (ME 68) is in-law Jennifer, and son Ron Jr. grandchildren on a trip to still flying. He was recently Dave Wagner (ChE 69) Alaska. Roger joins his musical presented a "Master Pilot traveled from South Carolina wife playing their horns at Award" from the FAA for flying back to South Dakota to various functions around 50 years with no accidents or participate in the 2017 annual South Carolina. Roger is the violations. He is a Commercial "Wagner family" pheasant executive director of the Family and Instrument Rated Pilot with hunting opener southeast of and Marriage Coalition of more than 3,000 hours of flight Alexandria, SD. “It was tough Aiken, Inc., whose mission is time. After working for Union going this year with high winds to point pre- and post-marriage Oil Co. of California for 25 and fewer pheasants in our area. couples to Jesus as the only way years and then working as a We managed to shoot a few to healthy families. self-employed consultant for and missed enough to ensure Steve Wider (GeolE 71) and about 15 years, he retired six there will be good population Larry Stember (ME 72) Daniel Lipkie (Math 68) retired years ago. of pheasants next year! There Steve Wider (GeolE 71) from software development in are always a few Mines grads April, 2017. He still lives in the John Synhorst (EE 68) is and students who join in on recently retired from his Seattle. Current hobby activity: looking forward to seeing more the hunt!” physician assistant position with studying for HAM Extra license alumni of the Class of ‘68 next Kaiser Permanente in Riverside, (K7NOW). May for the 50th graduation CA, and has more time to golf celebration at Mines. with Bob OBrien (ME 72) and Joe Kovarik (MetE 68) and 1970s to hike in Las Vegas during a his wife Shari continue to Delta Sig gathering with Larry enjoy retirement, dividing their Stember (ME 72). Steve is also time between their home in learning to sail and recently Colorado Springs and visiting spent time sailing in Croatia. their daughter's family in the Atlanta area. Joe recently released a new book entitled "Vanishing Landmarks of Georgia: Gristmills and Covered Paul Axtell (ChE 68) and Ron Ron Perrone (CE 70) “On July Bridges." The book chronicles Jeitz (CE 69) enjoyed pheasant 6, I retired from Sound Transit 56 gristmills and 16 covered hunting this past October. as the Deputy Construction bridges throughout Georgia. It Manager for Track. Carolyn and includes location information, Bruce (ME 69) and Karel Seger I met with our son Ron Jr. in driving directions, a brief history have moved to Ruckersville, VA, Memphis, TN. The subject of of the mill or bridge, and several just outside of Charlottesville. Al Clark (ChE 71) “I retired visiting M Hill came up. We photographs of each location. It “We are enjoying being near from DOW Chemical last year decided to make a family trip is available online via Amazon our granddaughters and after 44 years and four days. to Rapid City on Oct. 6, to see and other book outlets. participating in their school Now my wife and I spend my name on the bronze plaque. activities. Bruce is volunteering winters in Florida basking in This was my first visit to M Hill with the Greene County Habitat the sun next to my heated pool

28 The Hardrock CLASS NOTES watching my grandchildren “Our retirement started six and as various home-stays are part been used to visit my clan and play. Life is good.” a half years ago, and we find of her network, I visited several grandkids. Three of them are in that we are really good at being during the trip. I met the client college now and the other two Scott Barber (ChE 71) “Hello retired. We love being free to last fall when she was visiting are either studying or working. fellow SD Mines alumni. My wander the country catching Boston as part of the same US I also had knee surgery to repair wife Jan and I are just finishing up with friends and family as State Department program to an ancient soccer injury and am our 14th year in The Villages in well as visiting national parks study at the Center for Women enjoying planning the future Florida. We moved here after along the way. No RVs for us. and Enterprise where I am a ahead. Blessings and have a retiring from Dow Corning Hotels and restaurants do all consultant. This was a great super 2018. Cheers!!” (now part of Dow/DuPont). the cleaning and cooking which opportunity to learn about Jerry Davey (ChE 71) We love the consistent sunshine, works great. We hope to see Vietnamese culture. I have “After warm weather, and blue skies of many of our friends from the included a picture of some of working 18 years in Florida, Florida preferring to fly to see class of 1968 at the May 50- the people I met and enjoyed.” I retired this summer and the snow when we get the urge, year reunion.” relocated back to Wisconsin which is not very often. I keep Jerry Wright, (CE 71) “After to be close to family and old my grey cells from dying off too Craig Scott (Chem 70) “Mary retirement from the City of friends. Arlene and I have done quickly by providing limited Lou and I retired in 2015 and Rapid City in 2010, I served extensive international travel support to my son who manages moved to Chesapeake, VA, in six years on the Rapid City for the past 20 years and plan a remote-control hobby store 2016, to be close to four of our Common Council, retiring to continue, both international in Orlando which we started in soon to be six grandchildren. from that also on July 3, and in the US” late 2015. I play a lot of golf We are enjoying life in our 55+ 2017. Still, not ready to sit in Donald Pawlowski (ME72) and regularly give thanks for my condo community surrounded a rocking chair, I returned in SD Mines chemical engineering by recreational opportunities 2016 to the SD Mines civil has been elected 2018 President degree which enabled me to and seemingly endless historical engineering department under of the Nevada Chapter of pursue a successful career and sites and parks … looking the GI Bill … working toward the American Public Works to see much of the world, forward to Mines reunions in a PhD in civil engineering, with Association (APWA) by the over including the chance to live 2020.” a dissertation hypothesis of 600 Nevada Members. APWA in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for four "Irrigation Water Conservation provides advocates and supports years in the mid-‘80s and in Through the Use of Compost as the Public Works professionals Hong Kong for five years until a Soil Amendment." This is to in local and state agencies as just after its turnover to China find expanded markets for the well as the consulting firms in mid-1997. I still get back to compost produced by the City that construct and maintain Rapid City (my hometown) in of Rapid City. It is a remarkable the infrastructure throughout June/July of each summer to experience. I am learning how the state of Nevada. “I am play golf with old high school I am repeatedly challenged currently working as a part- and SD Mines friends and to by the new technology but time employee of Atkins, North Jerry Johnson (ME 70) periodically visit the campus. “I relying on the basics. I had the America living in Reno. I also My best wishes to all.” visited Vietnam for 10 days opportunity to take classes at enjoy the skiing and golf in the last spring where I worked Tech and SDSU in seeking this Sierra Mountains and keeping Lin (ChE 69) Barb (Math and on a business plan for a small learning experience. It has been up with the grandchildren.” 70) Seder business owner. The trip was a great experience to share time Kerry (ME 73) part of the Professional Fellows Greetings from with students a little younger and Pam (Vilhauer) Belden in Program which is funded by the than I and hope to be done by US Department of State and Green Bay, WI. “It's hard to May of 2019, before dementia believe that nearly 44 years administered by the American sets in.” Council for International have passed since we left Education. My client owns a Carlos Calderon, Jr. (MS Mines. Kerry is celebrating tour company featuring the rural MinE 71) “I enjoyed a bit of his 15th year of retirement areas of northern Vietnam and, a lull in my activities, which has from Procter & Gamble Paper

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Products and recent retirement Chickasaw Nation in Ada, tiny part in the experience. from management consulting, OK. I am involved primarily We did a very long day trip to while Pam continues to enjoy with water planning in a joint the US sectors of the D-Day her directing of one-act plays, effort between the Choctaw invasion area. We organized coaching of forensics, youth and Chickasaw Nations a private tour conducted by a service learning coordinator, looking at water resources in Scotsman who had moved to Glenn Lambert (ChE 73) and CAS coordinator for the the 22 counties in southeast France 20+ years ago.” married Jan Overweg in Mitchell International Baccalaureate Oklahoma. My wife and I are on May 20. Gene (Geol 73) and Diploma program at Bay Port trying to decide what to do for Cindy Wadleigh were among High School. Our son Brett the next chapter of our lives the guests at the wedding. Glenn is leveraging his electrical once I decide to retire.” was able to witness the total engineering and computer solar eclipse on August 21 at Bob Heier (ME 73) science degrees as a patent “Our state Gene and Cindy’s house. & intellectual properties of residence is South Dakota in the little town of Akaska. We attorney for Foley & Lardner Steve Clark (ChE 73) has enjoy the winter in Covington, in Milwaukee. His wife Angela is retired from Dow Chemical LA., just outside New Orleans. the Panthers Dance Team coach after 43 years. “I worked in the We try to stay in contact with Bob Morcom (CE 74) received at UW Milwaukee. On May 28, Process Control department for Mines graduates and hope to the PSIA (Professional Ski after 7 years of marriage, Brett most of my career. My wife, have a reunion in the New Instructors of America) Lifetime and Angela welcomed their son Sue Banning Clark, and I have Orleans area spring of 2018. Membership award. Bob has Cruz, our first grandchild. We moved to Kalamazoo, MI, to be We saw Wally (ME 70) and been skiing since he was a are enjoying every minute of near our grandchildren. Sieck life and wish the same for all Nancy this summer small child and has been a ski Pete our old friends. GO PACK!!!" Bob Merrill (ChE 73) “After and keep in touch with instructor for more than 40 working most of my post-college Birrenkott (ME 71) & Randy years in the Northern Rocky career with DuPont, specifically Grote (CE 70). Mountain Division which has in fibers and polymers, either smaller ski schools (other than developing or selling them for areas like Big Sky, Yellowstone the carpet, tire, and apparel Club, and Bridger Bowl) than the markets, I'm currently advising bigger Colorado resorts. “I am those same producers and users amazed at how many SDSMT as a director of market insights graduates have also taught at Dave (ME 73) and Bonnie in chemicals at IHS Markit, one Terry Peak while going to school Berg joined Tom (ME 70) of the leading global market and then worked at other areas and Sharon Zeller at the Jimmy data and analytics companies. after graduating as part-time Buffet concert at Waikiki, My wife and I, and our two instructors while maintaining Alan Bergeron (EE 74) and Hawaii, this past November. A adult kids, live in Ohio although full-time engineering careers. his wife Liz had a grand time great time was had by all Parrot my office is in Houston. I still on a 12-day trip to Normandy Pat Halley (EE 75) “I haven't Heads. “We want to invite all have family in the Rapid City (France), Bruges (Belgium), had any interactions with Mines area alumni and guests to a no- area and do make it back on Luxembourg, and Strasbourg alums since I had a few cold program, no-agenda lunch the occasion, most recently in June (France). “Although we enjoyed ones with Mark Olson (EE75) first Thursday of each month at when I hiked up Cowboy Hill an abundance of fresh fish and in San Jose a few months ago. Thirsty's in Rapid City. Catch to relive old memories and seafood, one of the best meals of It was great to see him again. up with long time alumni confirmed my name was still the trip was a 4-course dinner, On the home front, Sheila and friends and hopefully meet on the plaque! All is well!” and make some new alumni including seared duck breast I had our sixth grandchild (and friends.” Wayne Kellogg (GeolE 73) in Honfleur, France. Wow, it first grandson) on Nov. 28. Also, “I am still working for the was an amazing meal! The wine we will be celebrating our 20th selections may have played a wedding anniversary on January

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31. Go Mines!” meet the finest people. Looking 2016) after 40 years at Dow generation. Sue, our son Chris forward to spoiling my three Corning plus six months as a (studying graphic arts/industrial grandchildren and traveling wholly owned subsidiary of design), and I continue to the U.S.” Dow. My primary goal these love living in Minnesota and days is to spend quality time cheering for the Vikings.” with my family and do a bit of consulting on the side.”

David Knox (ME 75) is enjoying retirement. He manages his own projects these days. Pat Knox (ChE 76) works in the natural Robert Quinn (CE 77) health field out of sheer love and Mark Anderson (Phys 76) “My passion. Together they are active “My wife Hilary and I enjoy son Matthew is a junior at Hill ballroom dancers, avid travelers, living in the mountains just City High School and is and doting grandparents. west of Denver, CO. We are Dan Speck (MinE 77), Jerry attending classes at SD Mines living the dream! We spend a Foster (CE 77), Jim Evans in the afternoon and our lot of time adventuring, hiking, (CE 77), John Schanzenbach daughter Bailey is a sophomore boating, skiing, and traveling. (MinE 77), Mike Allibone at the University of South Last year we took two months (MetE 77), and David Hinders Dakota in Vermillion. Pictured and circumnavigated the world. (EE 77) are all proud SD Mines is Robert and Bob Horsley, who The highlight of the trip was grads class of 1977. Pictured is are partners on the airplane. trekking in the Himalayas 240 years of engineering talent We both own businesses in in Nepal to the Annapurna at the Deadwood Social Club. Rapid City.” Base Camp. The scenery was President Jim Rankin (EE 78) Bill Betten (Phy/EE 77) magnificent. In the attached Gaurdie Banister (MetE Rusty Gray III (MetE 76) has enjoyed returning to campus and photograph we are standing in 80) been elected to the National in October as a member of the met in Fayetteville, AR, in front of Annapurna, the 10th November. Gaurdie is on the Academy of Engineering (NAE). highest mountain in the world. University Advisory Board and He was cited for “contributions an Entrepreneur in Residence. Board of Directors for Tyson Next year we will spend a month Foods. to the understanding of the hiking in the Alps, then down “The energy, excitement, and dynamic and shock-loading to South America to do some technology demonstrated deformation and damage exploring in the Andes and during our meetings were truly response of materials.” Amazon.” impressive and I look forward to continuing engagement Richard Wold (ChE 76) will Dan Carpenter (CE 76) “I with the faculty and students. be retiring from the Rapid City attended my first and best M As my wife Sue plans to retire Police Department Evidence Day in 40 years and especially from teaching next year, I am Section as a Forensic Chemist enjoyed spending time with launching the next phase of my after 17 1/2 years of playing Rick DeSchepper (EE 76), career, a product development (working) with drugs and Chuck Vandever (MinE 77), consulting company, Betten President Jim (EE 78) trying to make our community and Dr. Bill Keller (ME 71), and Larry Systems Solutions, helping Rankin Marty safe for truth, justice and the Wendy met with Pawlowski (MetE 77). I plan to clients define, develop, and Jackley (EE 92) American way. “It has been a in Rapid City make M-Day an annual event.” commercialize their ideas, with in December. fantastic career working with particular emphasis on medical Kathy Ulman (Chem 76) drug analysis and subsequent “I product development. Looking Tom and Bonnie Ochsner court testimony. You get to retired a year ago (December forward to helping the next (MinE 78) have moved to

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Aberdeen and have been William McMillan (ME 82) “I Lori [Lien] (CE 81) Litzen. helping relatives with soybean retired at the end of 2014 and 1980s Rich Wells (ChE 82) and corn harvest. “We fish once moved from Orlando, FL, to was each summer with Tom White Greg Graves (ME 80) and Rock Hill, SC. to be near my recently promoted to Dow’s (MetE 76) and James Pulfrey his wife Deanna retired this oldest daughter and her family. vice president of operations [son of Roy Pulfrey (CE 76)]. year after 37 years at Burns My wife and I enjoy traveling for the US Gulf Coast. “In We also had a Memorial Day & McDonnell, the last 13 to see our grandchildren this role, I have responsibility fishing trip with brother Bob years as the firm’s CEO. They (seven), great grandchildren for all of Dow’s manufacturing Ochsner (Min E 75) and AJ celebrated with three weeks in (one) and our two daughters assets in Alabama, Louisiana Silva (MinE 76). Bob and Sue Hawaii followed by a month in who still live in Utica, NY. and and Texas. This is Dow’s largest recently celebrated their 40th Australia. The rest of 2017 was Orlando, FL. My wife and I geographic area with over 6,000 wedding anniversary. spent serving several non-profits travel each summer back to employees. As part of the new Trudy (ChE 84) in Kansas City plus developing the Back Hills to see family. I job, and I have John Chandler (MinE 79) their 600-acre ranch south of enjoy dropping by the Mines returned to South Texas where “Hayley and I are still in the town. campus and marveling at all I spent the first 16 years of my Boulder area and keep busy the new things. I had my 50- career. We have also lived and with work and raising three Mary Jurczynski LaRonde worked in the Netherlands and (ME 80) “My husband and year high school reunion in active kids. My partners and I Burbank, CA and keep busy Dow’s headquarters location in are still running our small E&P I are currently living and Michigan. Trudy works for Third working in Baku, Azerbaijan. in retirement by being active business, Flatirons Resources, in church, Masons, Scottish Coast Chemicals as a Business and always interested in new My international teaching Development Manager. We gig started in Cairo and led Rite, bowling, golfing, target opportunities. The shale pistol shooting and reloading.” also recently celebrated the revolution and all the private me to Baku. It is an amazing graduation of our oldest son equity money in the business opportunity to live and work Kurt O'Bryan (MetE 82) from the U.S. Military Academy has made buying lease acreage in different cultures, share with has accepted a new position in West Point, NY. He is now difficult with lease bonus costs at people globally, and grow into as CEO of Potawatomi Business an Infantry Officer serving in historic levels. We did diversify the person I’ve dreamed about.” Development Corporation - Fort Benning, Ga. Our youngest our business model by investing Joni Kachelhoffer (CE 81) the Largest Minority Owned son is a mechanical engineering in a midstream business in the retired on July 3 from the Company in Milwaukee. student at Michigan Tech. Brooke O'Bryan active Bakken play in North Wyoming Department of “Daughter (MetE 11) Dakota. On the SD Mines front, Transportation after 27 years. remains with John I was privileged to be offered Her husband David is also Deere and is a production an advisory board position on retiring from the Wyoming manager at John Deere's the geology and geological Department of Corrections. tractor facility in Waterloo, engineering department as well “It's been great to have time to IA. Retirement is a couple of as the new Energy Resources catch up with family and friends years away for my wife Linda Initiative program headed by and do some traveling. We plan and me.” Professor Daniel Soeder. We to spend more time with our still have family and friends in grandkids, who currently live in Jerry Logan (MinE 83) the Black Hills, so we get up retired Maryland. There's a lot of free from the US Navy in 2014, to visit at least a couple times time in retirement, too much each year. Hopefully someday and after consulting for two for me, and I've taken a seasonal years has been on something my kids will attend Mines and I position as Project Manager will be in the Hills even more.” of a sabbatical for the last eight for McGarvin-Moberly months. "I visited the Mines Construction Company out campus in August during a of Worland, WY. I'm looking Team Hardrockers in Tuscany bicycle ride across South Dakota forward to new adventures.” – (Rob CE 81) and Corinne with my friend Jeff, who rode Sorge and Dave (ChE 81) and from Seattle to New York

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City over 60 or so days. We Both of us volunteer in town so his commercial pilot training spent time at the end of the it's not like we are just sitting and just started his career with trip in Sioux Falls with friends, around watching television!” Envoy, a regional carrier for including Rod Determan (CE American Airlines. I continued Brian Powers (GeolE 82) 83)." Pictured: Rod (on the “After my running career after track left) and Jerry at Falls Park in 18 years living and working and cross country at SD Mines Sioux Falls. abroad, Marsha and I returned and ended up running nine to the US after I suffered a marathons including the Mt. Chris (MinE 81) and Diana stroke in October 2010. We Rushmore Marathon twice.” Walla are still living in Cheyenne lived briefly again in Denver and “are blessed to have three before relocating to Ohio in Lonny Stormo (EE 85) of our four children living 2012, to help care for Marsha's “After a great career segment here too! Chris is a manger, aging mother. To continue with at Medtronic, I left in 2015 as Environmental Services for my stroke recovery, I retired one of the founders of a diabetes RESPEC . The attached picture from BP in 2012, after 30 years startup, POPS! Diabetes Care. is the Winning Team (3rd flight) of service for Amoco and BP. POPS! Diabetes is a diabetes Jay Miller (GeolE 88) visited at this year’s Hardrocker Golf After Marsha's mother passed in management service through Mike Soukup (ME 82) in Classic Scott Kenner (CE 77), 2014, we purchased her parent's a digital platform. It has been Houston, TX. The weekend Chris Walla (MinE 81), Joe retirement home and land in the a great change of pace and was filled with golf, grilling, Corbett (GeolE 82), and Gary rolling Appalachian foothills of change of work to get into and catching up on old times. Gaulke. southern Ohio. We remodeled startup mode, and we were and updated the home in 2016. proud to win the American Rich Schmidt (CSc 88) “Dana We winter in Naples, FL, where Diabetes Association Venture we will travel soon to deal with to Stop Diabetes Challenge Hurricane Irma damage.” last year. We are based in the Minneapolis area, so, yes, digital James Unruh (CE 84) “I am health innovation does happen completing my 17th year with between the coasts! Check us HDR Engineering in Sioux out at popsdiabetescare.com.” Falls, after spending the first half of my civil engineering Tim Kroeger (MS Geol 85) Al Goldschmidt (EE 82) retired career working for another “After 23.5 years as a professor and I came back from a four- and is living a nice peaceful life consulting engineering of geology at Bemidji State year stint in the Netherlands in Tehachapi, CA, about 125 company in Minneapolis. It University in Bemidji, MN., I in late 2016. We have really miles north of the hustle and has been a privilege to work as am retiring from the university enjoyed being back and near our bustle that is Los Angeles. “I a senior project manager on the in December.” daughter, 26, and son, 22. Our do not miss the traffic at all. planning and design of multiple son graduates as an electrical My wife, Pam, and I love to complex transportation projects engineer this December, and travel so we try to spend our in the Sioux Falls area. I have as he starts his career, I am summers traveling around the also worked on many projects looking to move to retirement world. This year we were in in the Twin Cities area, North in 2018 after 30 years at Shell. Europe and next summer we Dakota, Illinois, and across We have enjoyed our travels will drive around the country South Dakota over the years. around Europe, and like to visiting numerous national My wife and I celebrated our cruise and meet new people parks and other scenic spots. 33rd wedding anniversary this Jaymes Galvin (EE/CSc 87) in new places. We now live Earlier this year we climbed summer and our two grown , Doreen Wenzel Shrivastava in the Houston area, and are Mt. Kilimanjaro–gotta do these daughters are married and (CSc 86), Randy Reynolds happy to reconnect with folks. things while you can! All we can live in the Sioux Falls area. and (EE 86) say is that retirement is the best. Our son recently completed got together during

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the Redfield (SD) High School McDonnell, a full-service mother’s exhibit in the Arts and R-Jim Zwijack (MinE 93), reunion in July. engineering, architecture, Education Building where she Greg Rolland (CE 79), Tom construction, environmental was sharing her new book about Loomis (GeolE 82), Jay Miller and consulting solutions firm her experience growing up next (GeolE 88), Bruce Anderson that plans, designs, permits, to Harvey Dunn’s sister Carrie (CE 79), and Tim Ogdie (ChE builds and manages facilities and some of her experiences 80) gather after 35-plus years to all over the world with one with Harvey. The book is called, construct a private access bridge goal in mind: to make clients “Shyster and Harvey” and has crossing Box Elder Creek in successful. She manages the some interesting stories of her the Black Hills. Jim Zwijack Los Angeles, Orange County, childhood growing up outside (MinE 93) and Susan plan to and San Diego offices for the of Manchester, SD. plainsman. retire to their dream property Lee (EE 88) and Karen (ChE employee-owned firm, which com/article/memories-of- in April 2018. 88) Swindler “I retired early is among the top 16 employers harvey-dunn-shared-in-book. from my job as Manufacturing on Fortune magazine’s 2017 list I was very proud to assist Sr VP and am spending my time of “Best Companies to Work with my nephew, Gabriel consulting and volunteering. For.” Under her leadership, the Wieczorek, transferring from 1990s Lee and I split our time between offices have expanded work in the University of Nebraska at After 10 years in the Tucson our log home in Fort Collins, renewable energy technologies, Kearney (Lopers) to become a area, Mike Zachmeier (ChE and our townhome on the environmental studies and SD Mines Hardrocker majoring 79) and Carla Schanzenbach water in Houston. Our most permitting, facilities design, in physics. He is enjoying it and (ChE 91) are looking forward exciting news is that we are environmental remediation doing very well.” to moving back to the Black grandparents! Our daughter, and electrical transmission Hills in the summer of 2018, Mark Rantapaa (GeolE 87) Kara, had our first grandchild, and distribution. Mollman, just in time for their daughter, Elliette Ruth, on February 14, PE, LEED AP, has more than “After 26 1/2 years, my time Micaela, to attend Mines as a and we truly enjoy our time with 25 years of experience in design with Barrick is coming to an freshman in the fall. Their son, her and of course, we think she and construction of commercial, end as my wife Cassie and I are Luke, is finishing his freshman is adorable!” industrial, military, and aviation ready and eager to look for new year in high school this spring, projects. challenges. We plan to take a so he still has a few more years short break from work and do to go. Mike has been active Bruce Halter (MetE 89) “I am some traveling before getting in real estate in Tucson since still in the aluminum business; back into the job market. Our moving there in 2008, having however, our company Alcoa children are doing great. Dylan completed over 250 residential split a year ago into an upstream is in his second year at UNR transactions. Carla has had rough materials side and a (mechanical engineering) and enough of the desert and longs downstream value-added side. Stephanie and her husband to return to four-season living. The upstream company is still Steven have provided us with Alcoa, while the downstream two beautiful granddaughters, Renita Mollman (CE 88) company is new and is called Madeline and Zoey. was the recipient of the 2017 Arconic. We are still producing Mujeres del Año Excelencia the same products to the same Award from the Regional customers at our plant here Hispanic Institute. The Institute at Davenport, IA. We are as celebrates women leaders in busy as ever making aluminum southern California for their sheet and plate for aerospace, outstanding contributions in automotive, and industrial community leadership in the applications. I was back in Joseph Peterlin (MS GeolE 90) areas of impact, influence, Huron for the South Dakota has been feeling much better and inspiration. Renita is a State Fair and got to see my Alumni construct a Black since his death on 8/11/2015 vice president at Burns & Hills Bridge. Pictured L to

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(see Hardrock Summer 2017 Beast course the day before. Jayhawk!) has no shortage of big brothers. I’m now working page 31). “My wife, Anne challenges in today’s world. I on a part-time basis for Parsons Peterlin, is relieved to no longer spend a fair amount of my time on the LAX Landside Access be a widow. Since my graduation traveling the country working Modernization Program, a in 1990, I’ve been working as on projects I would have never $5.5 billion program which, a professional geologist (PG) dreamed of in college. It’s hard as part of the Program, will add and professional engineer (PE) to believe I’ll be celebrating my an automated people mover to for Parsons Corporation in 25th anniversary at Burns & the airport in anticipation for Cleveland, OH. I have worked McDonnell in February. What the Olympics in 2028.” in more than 35 states, Puerto an amazing company and Michael Robb Peterson (IE 96) Rico, and Canada mainly on Coach Tinker, journey. We travel every chance “My Hansen (ME 90), and Thomas environmental projects. My we get and enjoy catching up son, Quaid, is in his second Montoya (EE/Phys 87) work has allowed me to put after with classmates. How the years year at Mines. My daughter, into practice all that I learned the Western State game. have flown by. A highlight for Rayleigh, is a freshman and at SDSM&T. My most us this year was traveling to plays volleyball for the Lady recent project involves the Washington, DC to attend Rockers. After 12 years of management of radioactive the distinguished retirement engineering work at General hazardous wastes. In addition ceremony of a dear friend, Scott Motors, and seven more years to my work, I do a couple Loeschke (ME 92) from the of operations management wilderness canoe/kayaking Navy. Well done, brother! If positions at Freudenberg and trips a year, and sometimes in Kansas City, we’d love to see Minnesota Rubber, I have long-distance backpacking you ... if we’re not traveling for started my own manufacturing company, Glacial Lakes Rubber trips (AT Thru Hike in 2008). Jackie (Dittus) Schroeder a St. Louis Cardinals game.” & Plastics in Watertown. We And to demonstrate how much (ChE 91) has enjoyed a Steven Rieck (ME 93) recently are four years in and still better I’m doing since my death, wonderful career with 3M attached is my second selfie ever. got a new job assignment as growing strong. We are one of Company as a chemical engineer technical lead for combine two suppliers for military boot It was taken during the August and statistician. She currently 2017 total solar eclipse.” harvester engine platform soles in the country. We also works out of the 3M Brookings at John Deere. He says it is do automotive, industrial, and facility. During her career she hard to believe it has been 17 agriculture parts in rubber and has held various engineering years working at John Deere. plastics. Jodi and I are enjoying roles and completed her MS He also just completed a the empty nest and getting to in applied statistics in 2013. master’s certificate program for travel a bit more now.” SD Mines prepared her well System Engineering at MIT in Seth Davis (ME 98) for each and every opportunity. Cambridge, MA. and his Not only is she a proud alumna, wife, Jennifer are expecting but also a proud parent of two the arrival of their first child Mines students. Son Jacob in May. Seth is currently a Alumni ran the Spartan Sprint graduates this May with a degree pricing manager and has lived at Breckenridge in November. in industrial engineering and and worked for Emerson The five-mile race included daughter Haley is a freshman in Marshalltown, IA, since some grueling obstacles between engineering student. graduation. 9,600-12,000 feet elevation. Richard Wendland (CE 92) Marijane White (CEng 99) Left to right in the picture is “Maura and I continue to live Sheri Soldatke (CE 95) “We “I have obtained a faculty Leo Nee, Loren Thomson (IS blessed lives in Kansas City. appointment in the library 94), David Hartmann (CE welcomed our third child, Her job as a child psychologist Elizabeth, on March 1, 2017. at Oregon Health & Science 94), and Mike Pridgeon (EE at the University of Kansas University, and I am still part 04). Mike even ran the 14-mile James (4) and Gabriel (3) Medical Center (Rock Chalk, couldn’t be more excited to be of their Ontology Development

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research group. My new title and Herb Kistler (IS 01) “In 2003, rank are Linked Data Librarian, I co-founded the Rushmore Assistant Professor.” Curling Club; the only curling club in western South Dakota. Today, I am club president and handle most of the publicity. 2000s We currently have one team of Kevin Millslagle (ChE 00) Hardrockers. In the past we’ve Matthew Jeschke (CEng 04) “Following graduation, I spent had as many as three. We had “Some of the best years I have had Correction from Summer seven years ‘submarining’ on a free open house December 2. were at Mines as a student. I'd 2017 Hardrock magazine - the USS Alexandria. While in We have coordinated for years love to say studying, but perhaps Wes Roth (CSc 04) entered the Navy, I earned an MBA with SD Mines to increase the it was the new-found freedom his 12th year working for US from The Ohio State University. university’s participation. As as a young adult. Coursework Senator John Thune in Rapid After separating from the Navy always, we encourage students really paid off though. I could City as his constituent services in 2007, I moved to Nashville and faculty to join us for the clearly see the advantage Mines representative. “My wife, Kim, with my wife, Amy (ChE 00, greatest game on ice.” gave me in the workplace. I switched jobs and is now University of Tenn). In Nashville, was frequently tasked as an the Western Region Career I traded in my TI 85 for a engineer with problem-solving Development Specialist for the financial calculator and spent activities that eluded engineers South Dakota Department of five years with an investment who frankly were much more Education. We welcomed home banking firm. Currently, I am intelligent than I. Mines really our daughter, Elsie, from China the chief financial officer for taught me the practical side of in 2015! Both Elsie and her Touchstone Medical Imaging. engineering though. Over the brother Kaleb are thriving!” Touchstone owns/operates 47 years I've worked on numerous medical imaging centers around Dickson Pongrekun (MetE engineering projects for different the country. Amy and I have 04) companies–consulting on three beautiful daughters - will be starting his sixth implantable medical devices, Kennedy (8), Taylor (6) and year with Freeport McMoRan aerospace R&D, and designing Parker (1), who I hope to take and has spent the last 3 1/2 test equipment. I am now a on a family trip to the Black years with their Bagdad salesman. I find sales is really Hills in the next couple years.” AZ, operation as a Senior Metallurgist. His wife, Katie, has teaching people how to get what Eric Nelson (MetE 00) has been teaching English, grades they want.” Correction from Summer 2017 been the lead in creating a sand 9-12, at Bagdad High School. Hardrock magazine–Matt reclamation system at Dotson Starting in December of 2017, Soukup (EE 05) and his wife Foundry in Mankato, MN, as Dickson will be transferring have three children, Dina, John, the director of operations and to Freeport’s Climax operation and Joseph. The boys were born technology. as Concentrator Operations premature at 26 weeks gestation. Superintendent in Leadville, Karen (Balo) Brady (CE 01) Leap year twins born Feb 29th! CO. The family is looking and her family (husband Mike forward to this opportunity. Craig Grunenfelder (ME and three kids) are moving back His kids, Faith (8) and Michael 06) “I was deployed to Puerto to Wyoming after 16 wonderful Nick Newell (CEng 04) and (6), plan to spend a lot of time Rico with the US Public years in Alaska. Karen will Jesse Suek (CEng 04) at 14,264 skiing, hiking, and camping in Health Service in September continue to work for PDC feet on top of Mt. Wilson in the beautiful mountains. and stayed for six weeks. We Engineers remotely. She feels Colorado. initially were there to support blessed to have that opportunity. the health care needs of the US Virgin Islands from Hurricane

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Irma. We remained on site as now. “My husband John and I Ups of Downs Group. Pictured Hurricane Maria formed and still live in the Cleveland, OH. left to right are Sam Voegeli were the first personnel on the area.” (ME 10), Tyler Artz (MinE ground immediately after the 15), Kevin Heiberger (ME storm had passed. 07), Pete Rausch (CE 10), and Teresa Whitney. Joy (McClure) Mueller (MetE 07) and Brian welcomed Brent Alex Bachwich (ME 15) and Jacob Mueller, born on May Jin Kim (ABS 16) after Lambda 12, 2017. Mom and dad are Chi’s initiation this past spring. hoping he will be part of the Hardrocker Class of 2039.

Adam Schulz (CEng 09) married Lindsay on July 2. He Ty Murphy (ChE 15) and also recently changed jobs and Kati Johnson (ChE 14) were now works for Vantage Point married in Rapid City on Solutions of Mitchell. Miners October 14, 2017. Stacy Watters Langdeau Patrick Jenkins (ME 15) attending the wedding included: (GeolE 06) married Chloe on October 14, has accepted the Jim (ME 74) and Connie position of State Engineer for Green, Josh Green (ME 11), 2017. Patrick is in the center South Dakota. She and her kids Ashley Fraser (IE 08), Mark of the photo with Lambda Chi Alpha members in attendance. now call Pierre home! (ME 11) and Cigi (ME 10) Rose Luvaas (ChE 08) Hughes, Chris Bultsma (EE “After nine years in Houston, 09), Arlen Schamber (CE 74), I am being transferred to Alex Brech (CEng 11), Dale Champaign, IL, as Operations Brech (EE 99), Rob Denind Follow us (CEng 97), Adam Freese Sam Papendick (PhD CBE and Maintenance Manager. The 15) (CEng 07), and Eric Walz “Hay Camp Brewing Co on Facebook for Luvaas' also welcomed their relocated this last year to the old more third child, Lane, in September. (CSc 05). Oldsmobile/Cadillac dealership @SDMinesAlumniAssociation Everyone will need to get used on the corner of 6th and Kansas to the cold again!” City Street. We bought the 2010s 37,000 square foot building and are transforming it into a multi- use business hub. The brewery scaled up from a 450 square foot tavern to 3200 square feet space with an eight-fold increase in production!

Sara (ME 08) and John Lee welcomed Margaret Perpetua A group of four SD Mines/ to their family in September. RESPEC alumni did the Polar Brother Jack and sister Emma Plunge this past April. The are happy to be the "big kids" RESPEC team joined with the

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The Kerrville-San Antonio Alumni Chapter met on Sept. 16, 2017 at ‘The Grill’ in Leon Springs (outskirts of San Antonio) to inaugurate the new alumni chapter and to celebrate M Day; Houston Bashus (MinE 13) and Sam Begeman (ME 64) are serving as co-chairs, and Clyde Ericsson (MetE 72) and Brogan Pappel (ME 14) volunteered as ‘committee.’ Initially a couple meetings a year are planned. Around 50 alums are in the general surrounding area–and all are invited to attend. Stand by for details. A meal, socializing, and a good time was had by all. Rear (l to r): Alex Pappel, Brogan Pappel (ME 14), Houston Bashus (MinE 13), Linda and Wayne (CE 73) Grace, Laura Schock (ChE 92), Louise and Loren Peters (ME 61), Front (l to r): June and Sam (ME 64) Begeman and Clyde Ericsson (MetE 72).

Sioux Falls Area Chapter kicked off this summer with an alumni event. One alumnus had not been to a SD Mines alumni event since graduating but had an amazing time and saw old friends he had not seen for 25 years!

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In October, Dr. Mike West and Dr. Jon Kellar (MetE 84) guided a group of 25 SD Mines students (ME, CEE, CSC, IE and MetE) on a tour of the Nucor Steel facilities in Norfolk, NE. The facilities toured included Nucor's Cold Finish, Vulcraft Division, Detailing Center and Steel Mill. SD Mines alumni helped to give the tour. Daniel Tiede (ME 11), Jordan Smith (MetE 13), Myriah Santistevan (MetE 15), Bryan Ellefson (MetE 13), Kevin Gray (MetE 11), Derek Nordby (MetE 12), Matthew Hicks (MetE 13) and Terry Rasmussem (MetE 91).

Delta Sigs gathered in Las Vegas in mid-October.

Front row: Steve Miller (EE 69), Row Darrow (CE 69), Mark Stoebner (ChE 69), Steve Stahly (Ex 69), Bob Bendick (ME 70), Randy Parcel (MinE 67), Bob Glodowski (MetE 67), Steve Nordaker (ChE 69), and Bill DeGroot (CE 69). Back row: Marty Amble (CE 68), Paul Axtell (ChE 68), Larry Stember (ME 72), Ron Jeitz (CE 69), Dennis Hinders (Chem 67), and Steve Wider (GeolE 71).

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This picture was taken after enjoying another great noon shore lunch. Back row: Les Thiel (ME 67), Pete Birrenkott (ME 71), Lee Zacharias (ME 73), Mike Bates (EE 70), Dave Krull (EX 70), Jim Brown (CE 70), Dr Pete Rodman, Wally Sieck (ME 70), and Joe Vig (CE 71). Front row: Bob White (CE 72), Garry Power, Pat Rodman, Dean Rafferty (ME70), and Dr Jim Kullbom. All 10 Miners are Triangle Fraternity Brothers.

A group of Theta Tau members have gathered each June for the past Kim Haarberg (MetE 79), Tom Winkler (CE 79), Alan Larson 10 years for a weekend of walleye fishing based out of South Whitlock (ME 79), and Mark Brown (ME 79), four Triangles (left to right Resort north of Pierre. What started out with a few guys staying at a in the photo) recently got together for their annual boys weekend in single cabin has grown to be much bigger with campers, boats, and Denver for a pheasant hunt and a Broncos game. The pheasants and, several cabins. The weekend now starts with about 25 people meeting unfortunately, the Broncos did not fare well. for a meal on Thursday at Bob’s Steak House overlooking Whitlock Bay.

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