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— VoiuME 90 NuivibER 5 'Smcirt feet' help diabetics avoid surgery

Alumni Events Calendar 5

Short Takes 8

Family Tree 13 Stones that fall from heaven Reunions 14

Space Station to help develop artificial bones

Athletics 18

Visions of Africa

For applied anything. Mines is best

Learn by fishing

People Watch 29

Students helping develop better heart valves In Memoriam 32 £

On the Move 33 I

Alumni Notes & Quotes 42

Philanthropy at Mines

J OoLol^ADO SCHOOL OF MINES Alumni Events MINES Mines is publislied quarterly by ihc Oilorndo School of Welcome to the new Mines magazine. September October November Mines and die CSM Alumni December Associtilion for iiiumni iind friends of the School. i ienver section ~7 Football: Mines of every month at West Denver /. 1 loliday parly 2 luncheon at ' at Fort Lewis thenookclifl" :)reakfast. 6:30 ClomnicMls anil siiggcstion.s This spring, Colorado School of Mines and the Colorado School of ^ 'Hie l-'elroieuni Merrick and College (Durango, Clountry t;iuh, 2730 . Sheraton Hotel, •jre welcome. 'I'hey miiy Cluh, .S:i3 ]7lhSt., Mines Alumni Association signed a historic agreement to jomtly produce Ctimpany, 24L-iO S. Colo.) Four Corners G iload. Call for Union Blvd., be directed to the phone I Jcnver. iieservation.s Peoria. Presentation section event TBA. information: John ewood, Colo, lUMiibcrs or ;iddress listed Mines magazine and to distribute it to aU alumni and friends of the School. required. (303) 273 on Cieograplhcal Howe (970) 2'12- aker: CSM 01 below. • 3293 3290. The new magazine you have in your hands is the result—a 48-page, Inlbrniation Systems, Golden Lunch 4903 or Del Ttilen lent body ' Bunch. An John I'refny,: four-color, quarterly publication that contains the most popular features I \'.^^) ii.m. (970) 236-1.118. president. $8 at informal alumni Interim President door. from each of its predecessors, Mines Magazine and Mines Today. O Grand Junction get-together at the (.iolorndo School of Minos Flomecoming We hope you like the new and improved coverage you are seeing in .section luncheon. Buffalo Rose, 1119 20 Michael VVat.scm, l')ireclor An informal aiurnni Washington St., this quarter's Mines. The changes include a redesigned and updated look, Golden, Colo., the CSM Aiumni Associiilioa get-together al noon O 1 lomecoming more articles, in-depth looks at alumni and their activities, and much more. second Thursday of the third 'Thursday game: Mines I,cali McN'cill, Co editor. of every month at every month, The change is more than skin deep. This joint publication of the CSM hosts Mesa Stale al Director of {:SM Ofiice 11:30 a.m. the hookclilf 1 ji.m. 'lailgate parly of Public Alhiirs Alumni Association and the Colorado School of Mines represents the (Country Ciub, at liroolcs Field, 2730 (.; Road. Call ^ Football: Mines Maureen Keller, tio editor interdependent relationship we have and our growing partnership. We • I !.:.30.a:m: for inlbrmation: hosts New (;SM Ahimni A.ssocf(Uion uiteiid to bring you the stories that you—our alumni and friends—care John Tlowe Mexico Highlands Soccer: Mines Contri!>uling Writers about from across the campus, as well as from alumni around the world. ('J7()) 242-1903 at 1 p.m. Tailgate 2V hostsDlJat Mi.sti Brady or Del Tolen party at Brooks Fioneor Field, 1 Although our partnership on Mines is new, the CSMAA and the School JefrDugyau (970) 236 1118. Field, 11:30 a.m. p.m. Tailgate pLU ly Marsha Konegni have always been partners on many issues and levels. For example, by at noon! Tickets: S2 O Grand Junction iJob Pearson O Z I'ootbali. Mines each for a group of Colorado law, the Board of Trustees must have a minimum of four ' section luncheon. Jo Marie Reeves ' hosts I't. iiays 20 or more, (lall An informal alumni Howard Stablclord members who are Mines alumni. One member of Mines' Board of Stale at I p.m. Tailgate Bob Pearson at get-together at noon Krys Strzelec Trustees serves as a member of the CSMAA Board of Directors. And party at Brooks (303) 273-3939. Jane 'i'aylor Fieki, 11:30 a.m. the third Thursday members of the CSiMAA Board and the School's Board of Trustees serve Fliotography on the Board of Directors of the CSM Foundation. These three groups all Doiij^las Biildwin Misti Brady work together, dependently and interdependentiy, for the good of Mines. CSIVIAA Mines Marbles KarlGehring Even as we make changes, our goal remains the same—to keep you Marsha Konegni : ORDER FORM Joe Lange connected to the School and each olher. We look forward to hearing from Ship to: Jane Taylor you about your magazine—Mines. Name Cover jihoto Karl Clchring .Atidress Vicki Cowart Frank Erisman John Trefny Grnphic Design CSMAA President CSM Board of CSM Interim City State Hmelene Ku.ssell Trustees President President Advertising & Design Telephone

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Although pam suppression is often the goal of medical these parameters can be used to predict the extent of potential attention, diabetics need to be able to feel their pain. ulceration. So a flexible sensor which fits inside the shoes or socks of The sensors can be linked to a handheld device, enabling the diabetes sufferers has been designed by researchers at Mines to patient to monitor a color map of temperature gradients on the prevent diabetes patients from developing ulcers and burns that foot. The information can also be transmitted automatically to a often lead to amputation. clinic, where medical staff can page the patient to alert them as The problem is extremely significant, according to Dr. Rahmat problems arise. Shoureshi, the G.A. Dobehnan Distinguished Professor of The research team is currently carrying out field trials with Engineering. Half of the amputations carried out in the United diabetes patients. States are due to diabetes. "Our long-term goal is a device cormected to part of a nerve A tragic complication for people with diabetes is a loss of blood that still works normally, which would send a signal to the brain," circulation to body extremities, such as the hands and feet. This Shoureshi said. "The bram would then react in a completely leads to numbness and lack of feeling in these areas. natural way, with the patient once again Teeling' the pain in his or Consequently patients don't realize if their feet are too close to a her foot." gas fire, for example, or if there is a small stone in their shoes that Shoureshi speculates that this technology could eventually be they are treadmg on all day long. Normally the brain would direct used for other conditions, too, such as lower-back pain. that the stone be removed immediately, but without any sensation And the military is even interested in combming it with the stone remains. Left undiscovered it can result in ulceration robotics to develop exoskeleton suits for soldiers that would eventually leading to amputation. enable them to jump higher and see farther! Shoureshi and research assistant Tim Romig '00 have worked with physicians at the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center to By Howard Stablefoi'd and Leah McNeill develop user-friendly sensors that measure temperature and pressure over the surface area of the sole of the foot. Changes in

Large photo at left: Potential hot spots on a diabetic's foot are displayed on screen as sensors in his shoe send data to the computer.

Insets: (Top) Dr. Rahmat Shom-eshi, left, and Tim Romig review data from the sensors. (Bottom) Sensors arc placed in the shoe of a patient tOR^;D"0"SCHO0L OF MINES during clinical trials. Shoirt

Trefny named academics, research and the CSM Alumni Association, and technology and mathematics Teachers for his work in helping Marr receives Dr. Marr is one of only eight other friends of the School." education in 1997. determine the needs of future engineering educators from Interim President community. Wliile serving as Dow Outstanding He also received the graduates, leading to improve­ universities across the country vice president, he led a successful Accepting the appointment, Faculty Award Dr. John U. Treftiy, vice endeavor to reform the Mines Trefiiy said, "The School is in an Excellence in Science Teaching ment in K-12 science education. to receive this distinction, and president for academic affairs curriculum, an extensive effort excellent position for producing Award in 1992 from the Trefiiy served as head of the Chemical Engineering the only one from Colorado. and dean of faculty at Colorado which has been acknowledged leaders in science, engineering Colorado Association of Science CSM Department of Physics Assistant Professor David Marr He earned a B.S. from the School of Mines, has been by the Colorado Commission on and business who can use the p.,, (top of next page) from 1990 to 1995 and has received the Dow Outstanding University of California, named interim president by the Higher Education as a model for current explosion in technology authored over 70 technical New Faculty Award at the annual Berkeley, and holds an M.S. CSM Board of Trustees. other educational institutions." to help raise the standard of publications on such topics as conference of the American and Ph.D. from Stanford Trefiiy has been a member of He added, "John is respected living around the world. I am quantum mechanics, solid-state Society for Engineering University. the CSM faculty since 1977. and well lUced on both the looldiig forward to keeping physics, acoustics and direct Education (ASEE) in St. Louis, His research interests Named interim vice president campus and in the city of Mures on a steady course for the energy conversion. Mo., on June 21. include interfecial phenomena, for academic affairs and dean of Golden. Residents of Golden, he next year or so, as our Board He holds a B.S. In physics Since 1969, the Dow Award complex fluids, scattering faculty in 1995, he was formally and his wife Sharon are widely conducts a world-wide search from Fordham University and a has been bestowed annually techniques, and density appointed in June 1997. known for their work on the for our next president." Ph.D. in physics from Rutgers upon an engineering educator fimctional theory. In making the announcement Jefferson Symphony Orchestra Tre&y has won several University. After a post-doctoral of outstanding ability who has on June 26, CSM Board of Board and have participated in teaching excellence awards, appointment at Cornell recently entered the profession Trustees President Frank many other civic activities. We including the fames R. Wailes University, he taught at of engineering education. Erisman stated: "Dr. Trefiiy was know John will do a fine job Award by the Colorado Alliance Wesleyan University before chosen to head the School for maintaining good relations with for Science in recognition for coming to Mines. his leadership abilities in the Golden community, the his leadership in science.

New scholarships National Renewable Energy was announced by NREL with our MEL. It integrates guarantor and administrator. Cost Management National Laboratory (NREL) endowed in April. Other private an'^ hands-on learning from a The Foundation helps to awarded in honor of Awards Program in June. the scholarship fund last corporate contributions variety of disciphnes - advance higher education These awards are presented first CSM alumnae. fall with an initial gift of have brought the fund to engineering, environmental through support of research by The American Council Columbine High School over $25,000. under $40,000. on Education (ACE) and the science and metallurgy - which and sponsorship of programs An additional gift of USA Group Eoundation. translates into savings for these and engages in charitable In honor of the first women $10,000 for the fund CSM was selected from departments," explains Dn Joan giving. graduates of Mines, the School more than 120 entries. The Gosink, director of the Division ACE is a comprehensive awarded new scholarships to prestigious awards of Engineering. association of the nation's three female students this program, held in In addition to being featured colleges and universities spring at the annual "Take Our Washington D.C, at the June 12 awards ceremony. dedicated to analysis of higher Daughters to Work" luncheon recognizes innovative Mines will be highlighted in a education issues and advocacy sponsored by the Colorado strategies at colleges and publication of effective on behalf of quality higher Women's Chamber of universities that practices available later this year education programs. Commerce. strengthen academic quality to U.S. colleges and universities Counted among ACE's CSM has also awarded three while containing costs. and to the news media. members are more than 1,800 new NREL Columbine Spirit Mines wins cost The School's The USA Group Foundation accredited, degree-granting Scholarships to Columbine effectiveness award Multidisciplinary Engineering is the research and colleges and universities and High School seniors. The managing partners and Colorado School of Mines Laboratory (MEL) was cited as philanthropic arm of higher education-related employees who operate the was named among the winners an exemplary program. Indianapohs-based USA Group, associations, organizations, Department of Energy's of the Academic ExceUeiice and "One way we trim costs is the nation's largest student loan and corporations.

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Three honorary degrees for designing these units. was presented to minerals Engineering's Gosink Since 1991 Gosinic has been Transfer Award from the were awarded to: The Edmond C. Van Diest management consultant receives ^Unique at Mines, where she helped Colorado Photonics and 1 Dr. Mary Good, the Interim Medal was presented to Dr. Gary Hutchinson. develop the rationale and Opto-Electronics Program. 1 Dean of the College of Penny Iwamasa, the principal The Mines Medal was also Woman Award' framework for the Women Two years ago, CSM received \ Information Science and process engineer for The Timken awarded to independent Engineering Division in Science, Engineering and a grant to partner with ITN \ Systems Engineering, as well Company, an international petroleum geologist and Director Joan Gosink received Mathematics (WISEM) program Energy Systems Inc. to develop \ as the Donaghey University manufacturer of highly consultant Fred Meissner, who the "Unique Woman of Colorado that was created three years ago. new technologies for the thin \ Professor at the University of engineered bearings and develops exploration projects in Award for 2000" at a banquet "I hope this award brings film material industry. Arkansas-Little Rock. alloy steels. the and other on May 8 prior to the "Unique attention to programs such as Through work performed Ralph Peterson, chief Distinguished Achievement U.S. and foreign areas for sale and Lives and Experiences Lecture" WISEM. Engineering needs under the grant, Furtak executive officer of CLJ2M Medals went to Gerald Grandey, promotion to industry partners. that evening. women for design. They have developed the Parallel Detecting LULL Companies, Ltd., an president of Cameco The lecture series, sponsored new ideas and can make Spectroscopic Ellipsometer employee-owned Corporation; Bob Irelan, annually by The Denver Post, significant contributions," (PDSE), an instrument capable organization of more than executive vice president of featured Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto said Gosiidt. of sensing the optical properties 8,000 people, operating in 100 worldwide operations for as fhe keynote speaker. of a thin film material during Spring Furtalc wins tecFi transfer offices, on six continents. Occidental Oil & Gas Gosink is one of only a production. Commencement 2000 Dr. Octave Levenspiel, emeritus Corporation; and George Off, handftil of female engineering award for improvement Only one award is presented chairman of the board of Pifty-nine graduate students professor of chemical engineering department heads/deans in the to thin film process each year, recognizing excellence at Oregon State University. His Cataiina Marketing Corporation. United States. At MIT, she was in research related to improving and 353 imdergraduate students Physics Professor Tom Furtak primary interest is in chemical The Mines Medal, awarded one of 14 female students in a small businesses in Colorado. received degrees at the 126th recently received the Technology commencement in May, reactors, and his teadiing, writing to those individuals who have class of 1,000. including a record-setting and research ahn at finding rendered unusual and number of double degrees (20). general principles and methods exemplary service to the School,

WERC,WERC,WERC which must be disposed of Women's experiences Muskogee Creek. During her academic career, ever found. She has a skuU the to fully appreciate and and then some by being placed in 55-gallon are focus of new A graduate of Columbia Vivante has given nearly 75 size of a refrigerator and understand the significance of drums for shipment. University, she received her lectures and presentations '12-inch teeth - an amazing 'Sue,' according to Dr. Gary CSM engineering senior design The current method is tedious Hennebach Professor Ph.D. in classics from and has authored several dinosaur specimen the Museum Baughman, director of the CSM teams placed first and second in and labor intensive, so CSM The experiences of women in Stanford University. pubUcations. wants to share. Office of Special Programs and the U.S. Department of Energy's students took on the challenge different cultures are the research In addition to her pubhc So they contracted with Continuing Education (SPACE). Waste Management Education to make this procedure more focus of Bella Vivante, the new Hennebach lectures on women's Colorado School of Mines to "With its vast resources, the and Research Consortium efficient and safe. Hennebach Visiting Professor in cultural experiences, she will collaborate on designing and Museum could obviously have (WERC) design project In another winning project, the Humanities for the 2000- teach a unique senior seminar teaching a K-12 teacher's created its own program, but competition held in late a freshman EPICS team called 2001 school year. on the roots of traditional institute "Sue and Paleontology" because they were aware of the spring in Las Cruces, N.M. "CRATER" presented their The first scholar of Greek and cultures while at CSM. this summer. quality of our Denver Earth Over 20 U.S. and international "mining" project to a classical languages to serve as the Why would a museum in Sciences Project module, they universities competed, including NASA/Houston panel, taking Hennebach Professor, she is a Chicago Field Museum Chicago, an international leader decided to use our program in Purdue University, Louisiana top honors. classics scholar in the Humanities selects Mines forT. rex in evolutionary biology and its entirety," he said. State and Michigan State. The CSM team defeated rivals Program at the University of workshop paleontology research, select an The K-12 teacher enhancement The Mines teams received University of California, Berkeley; Arizona-Tucson. engineering school in Colorado program at Mines may be Its Last May Chicago's world- $5,000 for dieh eflbrts. Pennsylvania State University; Having resided in several to help with teacher best-kept secret. For over renowned Field Museum of The teams designed a bench- California Technology Institute; countries, she speaks or is enhancement training? 25 years, SPACE has been Natural History unveiled Sue, scale model to deactivate and Umversity of Maryland and others. hterate in more than 10 The Field Museum wanted a training thousands of teachers the most complete T. rex ever decommission thousands of Even better, the judges' languages, including Greek, high quality hands-on/minds- around the country in discovered. contaminated pieces of decision in favor of the CSM Latin, Hebrew, German, on program to provide K-12 curriculum-rich programs. Sue, who hails from South equipment and glove boxes. team was unanimous! French and Native American teachers in the Chicago area Dalcota, is also the largest T. rex with the information necessary

/ 0 '^'^.^RADO SCHODt OF'MTNE?' Bickart retires Gifrs of AppREciATEcl Property Dr. Theodore A. Bickart, the 14th president of Colorado School of Mines, announced his Are AppREciATEd ... rethement in May, effective July 31,2000. ... and can provide for you and the School, for example: Dn John Trefny, vice president for academic affairs, was named Interim President in " You may receive a tax deducdon for the full market value of your property. mid-June. • You may avoid any taxable capital gain. The Bickarts were honored by the campus Byron Poos Bobbie Jo Poos • You may be able to provide lifetime income for yourself and your family. with a farewell reception on September 6 in • You may realize estate- tax savings. the Green Center, where he was presented • With gifts of $1,000 or more in value, you are recognized as a with a silver diploma and a spherical triangle member of the CSM President's Cotmcil. desk ornament. Undeveloped, revenue generating or environmentally sensitive land may be In announcing his plans. Dr. Bickart said accepted by the CSMF Property Management Corp. The unique expertise and he felt he had met his goal of helping the talents of the CSMF Property Management Corp. coidd help relieve you of the School transition from a period of long-term liability of property with environmental issues. stability in the fields of applied science and Gifts of property, stock or other capital assets can be used in making a charitable engineering to an era of rapidly changing gift to your alma mater. As widi any gift to the School, you will have the technology. satisfaction of knowing that you are providing for fiiture generations of students. Born August 25,1935, he joined Mines on For more information, August 1,1998. Previously, he had been dean contact the IVIanaging Director, CSM Foundation Inc. of engineering at Michigan State University. Prior to his tenure at Michigan, he was a John Rovero Veronica Poos Rovero H. William Poos )i. Susan Poos Linda M. Landrum at (303) 273-3142 member of the Syracuse University electrical engineering faculty for 26 years, serving as dean of engineering for over five years.

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to CHOOSE pm*t The Poos Family Tree The Poos femily and their spouses and cousins together working, has been an engineer for the government. account for eight Amines graduates. Poos siblings Veronica, They have three children. Henry ("Bill") and Byron aU attended Mines and H. William "Bill" Poos Jr. BSc CPR '81, MSc Mjn married Mines graduates. In addition, they have two Ed '84 is an operational research consultant in > ^ f>Lius sHiPPiiiia> iiAfi(t>i.i)iia> in^uiR'ANcf: second cousins, Roger Witte PRE '66 and Gerald Litdeton, Colo. His wife, Susan Reeder Pbos . Harrow BSc CPR '77, Who also attended. Witte BSc Min '82 is senior mining engineer for is regional sales manager for John Zink Co., Pincock, Alien & Holt Inc., also in ; ; : in Tulsa, Okla. Harrow is owner of Ascent Littleton.' ' Training LLC in CarroUton, Texas. By ron P. Poos BSc Econ '96 is married Veronica Poos Rovero BSc BK '79 is to Bobbie Jo Poos BSc Econ '99 and they : married to Lt. Col. John L. Rovero, BSc BE live in the Denver area. Byroh'is a Javii , , TO QttvmV^ C*ML (303) 27Sr$20^ ott '79. He is a career U.S. Army officer stationed e-Commerce programmer wifh:Irainedierif;: in Concord, Mass. Veronica, currently not Bobbie Jo works for Aggregate Industries.; i

/ 2 '^'f^ll^RAtlO SCHOOL 01- MINLS liADO SCHOOl OF MINB Faces at reunion 2000 Photo Credits: Douglas Baldwin, Richard Sturm

Two hundred and thirty-seven alumni relived theh days at various departments; tours of CSM's Experimental Mine and Mines during an event-packed reunion weekend May 3-6. Ocean Journey; and drives to the cherished "M." Represented at Reunion 2000 were the classes of 1940, '45, '50, Individual fraternities sponsored breakfasts, and Sigma Alpha '55, '60, '65, '70, '75, '80, '85 and '90—^with the spothght dearly on Epsilon hosted a Reunion Golf Tourney and Barbecue at the the 66 members of the Class of 1950 who returned to campus for Applewood Golf Course. their Golden Anniversary. The class A favorite event was a golf outing at breakfasted with President and Mrs. Westwoods Golf Club. It drew 43 alums and their spouses—-16 &om the Class Bickai't, received commemorative Mines "Tlie alumni dinner is what I ties, posed for a new class picture on the of 1980. steps of Guggenheim HaU, and received enjoyed most. It gave us time to "Command Central" for the weekend commemorative gold-on-silver get reacquainted with each other was Hospitality Room #149 at the Denver diplomas during commencement and to catch up on the last 10 Marriott West. There, CSMAA staff ceremonies. greeted alumni, handed them reimion years. Reunions are important The Class of 1960—the second largest packages and souvenirs, and let them mix, represented at Reurnon 2000—^paid for sharing memories from the mingle and reminisce. tribute to "royalty" of its own at a past and our hopes for the future." The culminating event was the All barbecue at Ken and Nancy Earner's Alumni Banquet. Bill Mueller '40 home. The class presented Dr. Anton -Ward Whiteman presented the School with a check for Pegis, hrmianities professor from Reunion Gift Committee Chair, $2,317,224 representing the total giving for "A reunion allows you to reconnect with people who were so integral to your day-to-day life in 1954 to 1982, with a silver diploma , the 11 reunion classes. Volunteer alumni recognizing his honorary membership Class of 1990 who worlted on the Pfenning and Reimion the intense years as students. Old friends are important. It was also an excellent reminder of in the Class of 1960, and voted to Gift committees were recognized, and the time we all took to be a little crazy. Going to Mines was a lot of fun besides being a lot of endow an undergraduate scholarship in several alumni were presented with awards. work-sometimes we only conveniently remember the work." his name. Reunion 2001 is set for May 2-5 for the classes of 1941, '46, -Roger Abel Recreation was in abundance for the alumni and guests at '51, '56, '61, '66, '71, '76, '81, '86, and '91. To keep abreast of the Reunion 2000: individual class receptions and diimers; tours of the details, visit the Alumni and Friends web site at Reunion Gift Committee Chair, Class of 1965 <^?S6iKliS.'' campus and the National Earthquake Information Center; visits to http://www.alumnifriends.mines.edu.

Clockwise, from lop: Left to right: Waverly Persons, Keith Brownlee, Cleveland Deer '50, Hemy Ehrlinger; retmion Alumni spend time during the weekend io experience the expertise of Waverly Persons at the Earthquake Center. The Golden Anniversary Class of 1950 applauds the School's newest alumni, the Class of2000. Chappy '50 and Cathy Chapman enjoy the view at Ocean Journey. Bill Wilson '65 gets smiles from Craig Gan-ett Left: Michael Banschhach '80, baby daughter, and wife, Gayle, partake ofthe '70, Cindy Garrett and John Wltite '66 at the Alumni Reception. weekend's final buffet at the All Alumni Banquet. Above: Jeff Fodor '90, Carrie Podor,Wayne Costa '90 and Lisa Costa check in for their first reunion.

/ ^ ^ '!?II^RAt>OTCi-IDOt OF WINES Artist JanAkey's "Growth ofBone" is composed of wood, cotton, copper and raffia, while the artifical bone created by CSM's Frank Schowengerdt and John Moore is made of titanium and glass ceramic. Here Dr. Schowengerdt examines Akey's sculpture on display at Golden's Foothills Art Center.

One of the first experhnents to be carried out when the Titanium metal and other artificial bone materials are currentiy role that gravity plays in determining how a range of porous promising because they are light and strong. International Space Station opens for business over 200 miles used by surgeons, explains Moore, head of the Department of materials may be produced with ideal properties for bone Calcium phosphate could also prove useful because it can be above the earth's surface next year wUl be testing of manmade Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and director of the replacement. re-absorbed into the bloodstream as natural bone grows into il. A materials for use in bone reconstruction surgery. Advanced Coatings & Surface Engineering Laboratory at Mines. With this Imowledge scientists will be able to design materials mixture of titanium and glass ceramics is also being tested. Early Two Mines researchers, a physicist and a metallurgist, are Although these materials may have the necessary porous that mimic the structures of real human bone precisely and to results show promising signs of in-bone growth rates. collaborating to produce artificial bone material in the zero gravity . structure to allow blood to flow through them, there are always manufacture them to formulaes that can be mass-produced and The candidate materials must have precise and complex conditions of space. problems, such as promoting natural bone growth and matching be readily available in hospitals. properties in order to be suitable. They need to be between 40 and Dn Frank Schowengerdt and Dr. John Moore hope this wiU help the mechanical properties at the interface between the natural The Mines team is working towards the day when hospital 60 percent porous. The pores need to be between 100 and 500 create the desired characteristics to overcome the limitations of the bone and the artificial material. technicians can select the perfect match of artificial bone straight microns in size. They also must be biocompatible and bioactive to current bone replacement materials. Furthermore, because the porosity and elasticity of natural off the shelf and use it immediately on a patient, confident of no encourage the growth of natural bone over them. In cases where patients' bones need rebuilding after an accident, bone differs greatly in various areas of the body, current implant future complications. So selecting the right material is no easy task. But the Space or where genetic defects need correcting due to disease, surgeons techniques take a long time to design and several hours to Over the past months Moore and Schowengerdt have been Station results will provide vital information that wiU help write currentiy must use animal bones, reconstituted bone, or even manufacture. Additionally, replacements need to match the experimenting with prospective suitable material compounds in the basic rules from which these revolutionary new materials will artificial material such as reconstituted ground-up coral, according properties of the original bone precisely. For mstance, the stress the reduced gravity environment of NASA's "Vomit " and be created. to Schowengerdt, who is the director of CSM's Center for loads on the tibia are far greater than needed on a cheekbone. then testing materials for bone compatibility. So far, they say, Commercial Applications of Combustion in Space. The Space Station experiments will establish the fundamental mixtures of a compound of titanium with other substances look By Howard Stableford and Leah McNeill

/ 6 ^^l^ll^fWDO !;CH00L OF MINE!; 14 student-athletes named to RMAC's spring 2000 All-Academic list Mines 2000 AU-Academic student athletes are:

Athlete Sport Year Major GPA

Brian Hack Men's Tennis SO Chem. & Petroleum Refining Eng. 4.000 Geno Fallico Tennis SR Chem. & Petroleum Refining Eng. 3.203 Charity Garrison Outdoor Track & Field IR Chem. & Petroleum Refining Eng. 3.726 Leslie McCandless Outdoor Track & Field SC) Chem. & Petroleum Refining Eng. 3.568 Tiffany Mensing Outdoor Track & Field SC) Econ. and Chem. & Petr. Eng. 3.'! 97 Michelle Roberts Outdoor Track & Field SK Engineermg Physics 3.809 Brandon Desh Outdoor Track & Field SO Civil Engineering 3.'179 Jertson wins District VII spring qualifier 2000 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees announced Paul Fisher Outdoor Track & Field SR Mechanical Engineering 3.840 Sophomore golfer Marty Jertson placed first at the District VII Mike Sharkey Outdoor Track & Field SO Mechanical Engineering 3.356 InduLlees (he 2000 ..la.ss of ihe Alhlelii. I Kill of Fame are: spring qualifier in his hometown of Phoenix, Ariz., April 17-18. Geoff Streit Outdoor Track & Field JR Economics and Petn Eng. 3.753 Jertson, who prepped at Mountain Point High School in Tom CarroH - football, baseball, basketball and boxing '/.aiie Kuenzlcr Baseball JR Economics and Petr. Eng. 3.488 Phoenix, shot rounds of 69, 71 and71 (211) to finish at-5 and Kerry Petranck Softball JR Economics 3.235 win by four strokes. Mflce Coffodi - foothall and baseball (1968-71) Softball SO Math & Computer Science 3.450 As a team. Mines finished eighth out of 11 teams in Phoenix. Amanda Kelly Jim Swain • basketball (1974-78) Freshman Ray Rodriguez tied for sixth place with rounds of 75, 70 Rachel Wilde Softball SR Metallurgical & Metals Eng. 3.836 Richard Hickman • i.^ >-i- I "•• '•< and 76. Dick Stapp - head track coach, assistant lootball and 11 athletes named All-RMAC assistant wrestling coach (1967 89) RMAC are selected for this award. It is the highest academic Swimming Teams of 1934-35 through 1937-38 - >i- In addition, tennis player Geno Fallico and women's basketball honor an RMAC student-athlete can achieve. Following the 2000 spring season, seven baseball and four three conference titles player Kristin Dillard were selected as Mines' Phillips 66 Honor To be named to the RMAC's AU-Academic list, a student-athlete Softball players were named to All-RMAC teams. The baseball Walter and Grace Lofgren ui l^• i '• i • ^.ip '•> v-'^ Student-Athletes for the 1999-2000 school year. Dillard, a senior, is must have a 3.200 or better cumulative grade point average, be a team, which finished 14-37 overall and 4-20, had four second majoring in chemical engineering and petroleum refining and starter or key reserve on the team and have been a student at their team and three honorable mention selections. After finishing at The fifth annual Athletic HaU of Fame weekend, Sept. 1-2, wUI currentiy has a 3.869 cumulative grade point average. Each year, school for at least two consecutive sem. ' 10-28 overall and 6-22 in conference play, the softball team had feature the annual golf outing and brunch on Friday, followed by one male and one female athlete firom each charter school in the one first team and three honorable mentions. Mines' 2000 baseball the induction dinner that evening. Saturday, the Orediggers kick and softball AU-RMAC players are: off the 2000 football season hosting Mid-America Nazarene at 1 Men's tennis team wins 2000 Four track athletes earn p.m. at Brooks Field in Golden. RMAC championship All-American honors i|i Baseball For more information, please contact the athletic department, 303-273-3360. The RMAC men's tennis championship Student-athletes Dayven Johnston, Eric belongs to Mines this year with a 6-3 victory Stellmon, Jim Beideman and Ben Lengerich over rival Metro State in the titie match of each earned AU-American honors for their Taylor Goertz Third Base 2nd 'lisani the RMAC men's tennis tournament in finishes at the NCAA II Outdoor Track & Chad Herbers Second Base 2nd 'learn Grand Junction, Colo., April 22. Field Nationals May 25-27 in Raleigh, N.C. Chris iVUchna Lefty Pftcher 2nd 'learn The Orediggers (17-5 overall, 5-1 RMAC The four-man 1,600-meter relay team David Naibauer Catcher lion. Mention in 1999-2000) defeated host Mesa State 9-0 placed sixth with a school-record run of Clalin Nelson Righty Pitcher Ilim. Mention in the first round of the tournament and the 3:11.64. Fernando Sacn?: Shortstop lion. Mention University of Nebraska-Kearney 5-4 in the Johnston also took eighth place (47.75 semi-finals to advance to the final match. seconds) in the 400-meter dash and Singles winners for the Orediggers were Stellmon took fifth (51.78 seconds) in the .Solihail David Rademacher, Brian Buck and Matt 400-meter hurdles and seventh (14.49 Walsh. Geno Fallico and Rademacher, Brad seconds) in the 110-meter hurdles. Howe and Kevin Yu, and Buck and Walsh For his efforts, Stellmon earned All- Stacey Martinez Third Base I st Team won as doubles. American honors in each of his three Kristen Kraynalc Catcher Hon. Mention Olher members of the team included Pat events. Johnston was AU-American in both Rachel Wilde Outfield Hon. Mention Calvert and Matt Reynolds. of his events. Beideman and Lengerich both Carrie Wittlcopf Designated Player T-Ton. Mention garnered All-American laurels for the relay Terry Packer Outfield 2ntl Team team's sixth-place finish.

Far right: Ben Lengerich was a member of the 2000 CSM All-American Stacey Martinez is a first team all- 1,600-meter relay team. Near right: Eric Stellmon was named a three-time RMAC selection at third base in 2000. All-American jor 2000. -.

:drado sci-iooL of mines Heart valve team members are (from left) Drew Holland, Isaac Rutenberg and Brandon Rodgers.

•.: v:J airiesj^Rlylsi'thje^ dej^ftinenf';;-:';;;^'^ :;!E593ertience for Undergraduates (REU) •~,hea"d'"fbr GSM's;'S:epartm"ent of "Cherhical--.^,-~ |;pf9gtam sponsored by the National . Ehgineefing.irid"'^ettpleu i 'Spi^nce Foundafion will help •(GEiTl).;-:^;:.^>'V ^ ^ ; ''S^^r) •.•^defgraduates to participate in / . Ely'sigo^.isvto'.positibn CEPR in the top ';. iSiiiniiier research projects. ; 25;perceht bf chemical engineering v vEhable more students to broaden their .'prograrnsTdr graduates and research, while .•;gxpemences through co-ops, maintainihg-the.tbp'^tier;§taW •fhternational study, and internships. Ely undergraduate.progr ain." ' ' " . ' ''i ^yWoiIld like to see the number of •'^ Hpwevery hfe.reali&S'l^^^ sdnie ;p£^ticipants in these programs increase Original heart valve dehcate..b^ancihg of thfe graduate and . ••frpin 5 to 25 percent. idtrasoimd image ;undefgj:aduate prograrns ift pxdef to be /.'f \ :successful:anboth;. • " fp- $ • • Cdntinue to refine the curriculum. •, Objectives for the uridergfadu^te : V-'' ? Many chemical engineering students program include the following: s;<..;;.s; rhave:expressed concern that after their : juhidi" year they have only been exposed , Tniprove the quality of iindergraduate . j Tpl'theory in their classes and have not education by involving^studehts in ", • had an opportunity to have hands-on Even the heartbeat of a young child can : research projects, providing a better feel experience within chemical engineering. cause wear and tear on an artificial valve, . for their chosen field. The Research so hard plastic is currently the material of choice for these life-saving devices. But the rigidity of hard plastic stresses the heart, which may lead to the need for Students replacement during open-heart surgery, a New department heads envision costly and potentially dangerous procedure. help A team of three CSM students took on strengthening top programs the challenge of helping develop a better heart valve as their summer field session develop project in the Mathematical and Computer Sciences Department (MACS). Working with bioengineer Robin iiiti^ergi'^duate physics major program. Shandas at Denver's Children's Hospital, better This will be accomplished by having ^af-CSMpI?^^ fhey have developed a software program Deparlment, which has 120 undergraduaLe ;.gr^|tef depth and breadth of elective that provides a previously missing link in ^ithd^gfadhj^ ^ii|3^^'^s|^|il|^;|^^ courses, and improved mentoring of Other projects developed by MACS the process of developing a better heart heart ^^{^mtj^-M^rhhfe^l; '^"^^ JJ^: IstiiqeJttsWithin the department's "mixed students this summer include; valve. j?:^^&yiaoh^^tt^^ •^iqyisifig^'mode," where student advising is Dr. Shandas wanted to conduct a finite • 3-D crystal modeHng software to help ;^£aUgati|f^ all ;j|prceiiht4o with engineering faculty. element analysis on ultrasound images of valves for scientists study why different metals :fe;tiyi|i|s^ in ; ; The third objecth'e is to improve experimental valves to determine how crystallize into their characteristic ;tfe(d;(ie^artme^^ : ;gr^qM^t?J^'i'^^^ti'^^ research. "The various valves hold up inside a pig's body. lattice patterns f; ?^E^aTh:^ij^fof^^ ;depaxtment struggles to recruit graduate However, unenhanced ultrasound images, children • "Showtime," a computerized service ;xi^yiseq\£t;ti^i^^ pl^;-;^;;^;~T; studentSiiWe need to identify a target are too indistinct for this type of study. for real estate agents allowing them to marketand go after high-quality graduate So the students have developed software "This project is typical for our summer use computers for after-hour and ^uhda*gra4ua)te^^;^^^:^^ istudents " said McNeil. that refmes ultrasound data into high field session. We try to find real-world remote scheduling, cancelmg and ;"^furidefpa,OT^ He would also like to see a greater depth resolution 3-D "pictures" that can be problems for the students," says MACS viewing of their showings - someday ^^if3ip^S;pfipf^^ •andbreadth in graduate electives to create rotated, measured and otherwise studied Associate Professor Robert Underwood. "If even using cell phones and palm-held "frdiitseyM •"•^^v--;:?/:^:'"-^'^:-^ ^ --v^^".':'' antiht^llectually stimulating environment for deformation of the valve by the heart they are commercially feasible, even better. computers to perform these functions . "Because Physics I,.II and III supp'or't the ;Wh^rS 'gfaduate students can develop their muscle. Not only does this motivate the students own metliod of scientific approach and • Optimized hydrothermal scheduling, a "entir^-cufriG^ ;;.. In this way. Dr. Shandas hopes to test but it provides them with valuable model for power plants which will •deparfrhentto dHiVef'higli. qiialitylea^ discd^efy. various designs and materials to develop a business experience in deafing with a allow more cost-efficient operation. •e3q)eriehces".he.sa^ -. •i''Thaf's what graduate training is about," long-lasting flexible valve that is not so client. It also looks great on their resumes \ ^Ihl secbhd departmehfal;gpal'fo '.s^id^Mci^eil. stressful to its host heart. when they start job hunting." By Leah McNeill on irnproving an alfeadyiSfrorig: ; ByMisti Brady

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es that fall fr Speak. In this way he also discovered a 770- Museum near Sedona, Ariz. Nininger collection donated pound meteorite, the second largest thoroughly studied the Meteorite Crater in recovered meteorite in the world. Arizona and determined that when great to CSM's geology museum Nininger's success at locating meteorites strilce the Earth, they explode was due in part to the search method he outside their craters rather than burrow devised. After a meteorite had been into them. Previously, scientists had spent spotted, Nininger followed up eyewitness years looking inside craters for the accounts by drawing their lines of sight on meteorites that caused them. In the late a map. He would begin searching where 1950s, Nininger sold part of his collection the lines intersected. His collection to the British Museum of Natural History eventually included many thousands of and eventually negotiated with the meteorites from hundreds of "fall" sites. " ^' ' ger was more than a The donated collection included wonderful old books written by Nininger. ector. He had a loctorate in zoology National Science Foundation to sell the from University of remainder to Arizona State University at California and was Tempe before he and Addie retired. teaching biology Nininger helped found the when meteorites Meteorological Society, an international caught his attention organization that honored him in 1966 and he switched by naming a complex sulfide of , sciences. During his , , calcium study of meteorites, he and chromium found in meteorites . jloped radical new "Niningerite." A fossil discovered in 1926 theories that were at first scoffed at the Grand Canyon also was named In the early 1800s, two Yale collection," says Ginny Mast, at. Nininger was the first person to conduct after him. In 1986, a National Geographic professors on a visit to museum curator. Nininger a complete excavation of a meteorite crater, article entitled "Invaders from Space" Connecticut witnessed a large helped put it together. "This one he found in Haviland, Kan. He also featured him. to earth. No one laddiyionl is a great demonstrated that meteorites collide with could quite beUeve it. Thomas complement. There is one of To celebrate Nininger's 95th birthday, Earth about 1,000 times more often than Jefferson, then president, every land of meteorite— the scientific community named reportedly commented, "If s stonys, stony , nickel 2421 "Nininger" to honor him. He proudly easier to beUeve two Yankee irons and find-grained rock described it in a note to McKinney as "of The star, made from polished spheroids, was designed fbr possible use as decoration for the Stardust Lounge in that looks volcanic." moderate size, 25 mUes in diameter, equal professors would He than that Las Vegas. The star site atop other meteorites donated from ihe collection of Alexis and Irene McKinney, stones would fali from Heaven." "Meteorites are so popular to 10 or 15 Pikes Peaks rolled into one." A century later, Harvey H. now," Mast continues. Nininger was the first scientist to previously believed. He offered proof that theorize that Earth's geography was shaped Nininger saw another large Addie and Harvey Nininger circa 1936. "Twenty years ago it was gold meteorite streaking across the His interest in meteorites created a whole new science. everyone wanted to find. But different meteorite "falls" overlap and that by impacts from outer space, a theory so sky. His reaction was to see if he because of the Mars meteorite it's possible to identify a meteorite by its accepted today it is used to explain the fall. In 1942, Nininger suggested fhat the extinction of dinosaurs. In the early 1930s, could fmd it. A museum authority at the time told him he could la recent discovery showing the possibility of water on the Red shape of space-vehicle nose cones be though, most scientists believed the spend a Ufetime looking for meteorites and he'd be lucky to find Planet], they have become the darling of collectors. Today, their patterned after meteorites, which they later moon's pitting and scarring were the result one. On his first excursion, he found two! Chasing down value is totally out of sight." were. He also correctiy predicted that of volcanoes, not meteoric bombardment. meteorites became a hobby, then turned into his life's work. He Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Nininger devoted much of when astronauts landed on the moon they The same was thought for Mars and amassed the world's largest personal collection of meteorites and his time to tracking down meteorites throughout the western would find deep, impact-created dust, a Mercury. But Nininger believed that Earth turned the study of them into a science. United States and Mexico. Although not lucrative at first—in surface pulverized by meteorites, would also appear pitted and scarred if not Nine autographed copies of Nininger's books and 14 meteorite 1925-26 he and his wife, Addie, and their three children lived in a and . for its vegetation and oceans. Once again, samples have been donated to CSM's geology museum by a close homemade trailer—^Nininger did forge for himself a unique his theories turned out to be right. friend of Nininger's, Alexis McKinney and his wife, Irene, widow career. He began his search in his native Kansas by visiting out-of- In 1930, Nininger established the of P. H. Stevenson, EM '23. In addition to meteorites, the the-way community schools and attending small-town gatherings Nininger Laboratory in Denver and later collection includes trinitite formed at ground zero of the first sharing his theories. He was an excellent speaker and his lectures was curator of meteorites at the Denver By Maureen Keller atomic blast in Alamagordo, N.M., and polished spheroids included a display of meteorites. His enthusiasm for the subject Museum of Natural History, where he also mounted on star-shaped aluminum made for possible use as was richly rewarded by his audiences, many of whom led him to temporarily housed his meteorite Ginny Mast, curator of CSM's geology museum, holds one of the collections meteorites. strange rocks turned up by Kansas plows. One year, his lectures collection. Several years later, he and decorations in Las Vegas' Stardust Lounge. It may not look exciting, but meteorites have become valuable and sought after. Addie founded the American Meteorite "We have a small and very fine, very complete meteorite yielded 31 meteorites brought in by people who had heard him

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and they stress fundamentals. Come into our lab at Mullen, and Phelps Dodge Corp. In Morenei, Ariz. you'll see something going on that's real." Denver's J.K. Mullen High School is a Catholic college preparatory Thomas' students choose to attend a variety of higher education school. Thomas, B.A., M.S., teaches geology, physics and institutions. "But for 'applied anything' Mines is the best. The kids chemistry at the school. He describes himself as "an academic ^For applied who come out of there do very well," he notes. gypsy," but says his "favorite niche is mining." Dr. Tibor G. Rozgonyi, head of the Mining Engineering In addition to teaching, Thomas consults for mining companies. Department, notes, "I am impressed with the depth of Mn Thomas' With income from his consulting work and donations from major knowledge and with his unparalleled enthusiasm for teaching. I companies including Marathon Oil, Thomas and his students anything, hope he will work with us for many years, bringing the best minds have built a well-equipped laboratory, unlike any other. According and the most talented individuals to Mines." to Thomas, it is probably the only high school in the United States Thomas asks his students to report on their college experiences. that has three atomic absorption spectrophotometers. "I want to keep tabs on what is going on in the university classrooms "If you teach, you have to love what you do. Kids know when Mines is so that my instruction prepares them. One thing I know is fhat they you connect, when you love your subject, and your excitement is have to Iearn to generate formulas, not memorize them. I teE my catching," says Thomas. "You maybe can't be up and ready to fly students if you depend on memorizing, you're dead." everyday as a teacher, but if you are up a good part of the time, Thomas also follows the successful careers of those he has taught. you've got it whipped." the best' "He is a truly gifted and determined individual who lives to see Always learning, Thomas constantly adapts his curriculum, doing his students go on and do great things," says former student Lorraine whatever it takes to keep his courses interesting, relevant and current. Miller, BSc Min 1996, who is now an engineer/shift supervisor for Just don't ask him to take you on a mine tour.

By Marsha Konegni

Michael Thomas

C&ecl^ oat aiid otd^t H e's emphatic about it. "I don't take my students to Edgar chemistry, geological engineering," Thomas says. "I see my Mine for a tour," says high school teacher Michael Thomas. students in raetaUurgy, chemical engineering, electrical Although this was the 25th year that Thomas has taken J.K. engineering." Mullen High School students to CSM's experimental mine in Thomas beheves that the inspiration for an engineering career Idaho Springs, they don't go to sightsee. Instead, the students begins with application. "My classes are not just theory from books. complete two-thirds of a work shift. Labs are 99 percent motivation," he explains. "I attended university They drill, blast, load and sample the ore. For three weeks prior in Germany, and I pattern a lot of what I do from gymnasium in Frontier-Kemper to the visit, students prepare in the lab at Mullen, and they must Germany—their application of things and the way lab work is not pass a mine health and safety test. divorced from theory. Th''" Constructors, Inc. Thomas's hands-on, just-do-it approach not only involves use demor students in a work shift at Edgar Mine, it also influences their techniquef Heavy Civil & Mining Construction college and career decisions. Of CSM's seven bachelor of science addition t( statistics. graduates from the Mining Engineering Department in May, three SHAFT SINKING were former Mullen students. One of those graduates was Matthew Lengerich, who says of his RAISE BORING TUNNELING former high school teacher, "There is no greater advocate in Colorado MINE DEVELOPMENT high schools for mining technology and the importance of natural m THE LAST 24 HOUiiS? CAN resources in our society. And there is no one more responsible for VOUR REMEMBESTWO? the direction of my career." fi»X$ + hahy hih$ * staffed GROUND FREEZING THIS IS ONE ADVERTISEMENT At CSM Lengerich made the Dean's List every semester and was animals + jijarbles * lUrtgS + THAT ¥00 NEEB TO REMEMBER the recipient of a number of scholarships and awards, including FOR ALLY05JRTAX PLANNffiG P.O. Box 6548 towels • pens + liceiiSe-plate AND STRATEGY the Colorado Engineering Council Graduating Senior Award, ESTATE' Pi.ANNlNf: AND Evansville, IN 47719-0548 has accepted a position with Kennecott Energy's Colowyo Co ftoIdefS * Xey c&aiJiS + s6ot COMPLEX REAT EST-\TP 812-426-2741 TRANSA{:TI0NS!! Mine in Craig, Colo. glasses • oMjaiijentS * playing TELEX 27-2141 "I usually have one or two students a year who go into cards * biiMper StlcKefS ti-niail- Taxlawyer! @aoi.com FAX 812-428-0337 mining engineering at Mines. A lot do other things -

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Fishing Corson '58 Consults Pettigrew '92 In Mainland China Organizes VI ullen High knew about fishing—-where to fish, how to fish, which knot to tie School teacher and which fly to use. But the most important thing he taught me Experiments Michael Thomas was: 'Be quiet. You'll scare the fish.' Although semi-retired since 1994, John T. Corson Geop E was an inspiration Today I am just beginning to understand what was really meant. for International to recent CSM It wasn't about scaring the fish at all. Always being focused on '58 StiU works a few months a graduate Matthew the goal of catching fish meant that the rest of the time was year, usually in an exotic Lengerich. But unimportant, so I fdled the space with idle chatter. The same is location. Last fall he spent Space station Lengerich had many true of any experience, if the only focus is the goal, the meaning is three months in the Republic influences. lost. This is especially true in engineering. ^aaa of China performing a I n May, Penny J. Pettigrew BSc In the following The final product in many cases—be it a bridge, a machine, a BUMm feasibility study on a proposed Chem '92 became a project excerpts from his mine, a map, or a substance—is never really beautiful in itself, W ^^^^M 1000-kilometer railroad. The scientist for NASA's Materials •u*i wKKIi^ Chinese government wants to Matthew Lengerich, center student address although functional and • Science Research Facility at the George C. Marshall Space Fhght at spring practical for sure. What ... build a line between Hefei and Center in Huntsville, Ala. She acts as the liaison between Xi'an, home of the famous terra cotta soldiers, and was commencement, Lengerich explains the influence of family—• makes it enjoyable to the scientists designing experiments for the International Space borrowing $300 million from the Asian Development Bank. As a and fish. engineer is the process Station and engineers building the rack and experiment modules condition of granting the loan, the bank required an outside The family camping trip is perhaps the greatest adventure and experience that that wall contain those experiments. The first rack, approximately group of consultants to review the proposal. China is building known to the American family. So it was with my family each went into the design, 6 feet tall, 3.5 feet wide and 3 feet deep at its deepest point, is the $3 bilhon fine to open up the plains beyond Xi'an to summen Every other weekend, packing up the trailer, off we and what we learned in scheduled to launch in 2002. Two additional racks are also being development and to gain better access to major coal fields would go, to some unknown destination for days of exploring, getting there. built to accommodate more experiments in the future. located north of that city. eating, fishing, hiking and just plain fun. 'Be quiet, you'll scare "Experiments have to just plug in the existing hardware and be ready to go," Pettigrew explains. It will be the job of the Of course, my family had its own litde twist on this American the fish' had so many "I was surprised they gave it to us," says Corson about his firm astronauts on board the Space Station to switch out and run the adventure. We didn't just camp—we engineered. We chose our meanings. It was also being chosen to participate. "It was only three months after we experiments according to a schedule that she helps devise. campsite carefully—trees, wind direction, water and bathroom my dad's way of Ithe U.S-l had bombed their embassy laccidentally during a proximity were of utmost importance. The spot for the trailer was teaching me how to NATO raid in Yugoslavia]." Corson says the Chinese weren't Currentiy, Pettigrew's job is to make sure this first rack can imperative. It had to be level and spacious, with enough sunlight enjoy being outside, and eager to see any of the consultants because "they Icnew they were provide the power, heating, cooling, vacuum or whatever other for the morning and enough shade for the afternoon. about how powerful better than us." They had spent many years developing their own conditions an experiment might require. She also must try to complicated feasibility study. But they tolerated the consultants So much was learned on these trips. How to pack a pop-up being alone with your predict what conditions future experiments might need because as a condition of the loan. trailer so the total unused space was less than half a cubic foot. thoughts can be. It was each rack has a life expectancy of 10 years. Only two experiments How to spend an entire afternoon whittling one stick. How to on those trips that the As one of five consultants on the project, Corson had the task can be accommodated into a rack at one time. The time and tell which direction was north without a compass. And how a first engineering instinct of reviewing the environmentai impact study. He was given two conditions needed for each experiment will vary so all perfectly built campfire could be the pinnacle of engineering. became evident. I would reports—1,100 pages, semi-translated—and had to condense instrumentation changes will be predetermined by Pettigrew and However, the greatest of all adventures in camping was going spend entire afternoons them into one 20-page document. "It took weeks just to pick out software controlled. "I imagine it wih be a scheduhng building pools, dams what they were saying because the Enghsh was so convoluted," he fishing. My dad taught me nightmare," she says. and bridges on the says. In the end, the consultants approved the project and everything he "The Space Station wih offer opportunities to conduct recommended the bank proceed with the loan, which it did. Matthew and his dad . microgravity experiments that the United States has never had The Chinese people "were very intent on being hospitable," Before I leave I before," Pettigrew continues. For example, unfilce on Earth where says Corson, although sometimes he wished they weren't. would Idee to thank those professors, faculty, family and friends convection can be driven by gravity, perfect crystals can be Although most of his time was spent In Beijing, Corson did visit who have helped teach this lesson: that education is a journey with grown and the information learned from them can be applied in every major city along the proposed railroad route. "Every town no final destination. Those who have challenged us to look beyond numerous fields such as the pharmaceutical and semi-conductor we came to had a big banquet for us serving all Idnds of rare the question of 'how' and to ask the harder question 'why.' To industries. Currently, the Space Shuttle provides the only delicacies. At one place they served a whole turtle, cooked intact. those who have pushed us to change our focus from the final opportunity for such experiments, which must be completed T tried to say no but they said as the guest of honor, I had to eat grade to understanding the concept. within a three- to four-day time frame. it." Corson managed a few bites before passing it on. "I didn't like I am not sure it really matters if you're quiet when you're Another of Pettigrew's duties is to determine which it," he adds. In another incident, Corson sprained a back muscle fishing. I don't think the fish really care. In the future, though, I investigations will get aboard and when, although NASA will try while working out in a gym and had trouble walking. "Every hope to take many more family camping trips, and should 1 have to accommodate as many people as possible. NASA has night they'd brmg me different doctors who would massage me the privilege of having a son, I will tell bun the same thing my determined a minimum percentage of investigations for until 1 was really in pain." father told me: 'Be quiet. You'll scare the fish.' university research and CSM expects to have an experiment Since his semi-retirement began, Corson has worked in New aboard the first launch, according to Frank Schowengerdt, By Matthew Lengerich Guinea, Vanuatu (in the South Pacific), Thailand and Romania. director of CSM's Center for Commercial Applications of This year his prospects include Bulgaria or a return to China. Combustion in Space.

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After graduation from Mines, Pettigrew went to ttie University and it is taken at the highest level of intensity and vigilance within Warren '48 drives a school bus Hesselbarth '73 helps of Alabama in Huntsville and earned a master's degree in this group." chemistry and is finishing up another in materials science. She is Axler's group comprises the largest assemblage of nuclear After retiring at age 55 from his position as a chief inner-city residents qualified for her new position, she says, "because 1 have a strong materials expertise in the nation. They perform optical and metallurgist, Mflton "Gene" Warren Met E '48 now finds himself science and materials science background plus I've been involved electron microscopy, dynamic testing, surface science, back at work, this time behind the wheel. "It's just one of those with flight experiments in the past. None of my degrees are in crystallography, thermodynamic and kinetic measurements and I was a typical college student things," he says about returning to work. "I retired too early." engineering, but since I went to Mines, I have a basic engineering phase investigations. trying to figure out 'Who am 1 and what Today, Warren drives a school bus for Laidlaw Passenger am I?'" says Dennis Hesselbarth BSc background." Pettigrew's flight experiments were for her graduate Providing materials characterization support to the weapons Services in Seymour, Conn. "I'm providing a public service and Met '73 about his college days. "I went research and they flew on the Space Shuttie and the Russian Space design community is another aspect of Axler's job. "The science- there's nothing better than to Mines because they offered me the Station MIR. based stockpile stewardship is comprehensive beyond my group," that," he says. biggest scholarship." Pettigrew could make a career of this new position since the he says. "It engages what is arguably the most sopliisticated "As a whole, the rethed Although Hesselbarth has never been employed as an engineer, data from the experiments will need to be constantly monitored computer modeling in the world. We develop the specimens and men that work here are some he hasn't shied away from hard work. Today he is pastor of the after the racks are in place in the Space Station. Also, any necessary conduct some of the dynamic experiments that feed data to the of my best employees," says Evangelical Free Church in a depressed neighborhood in Wichita, trouble-shooting wUl be done as part of ground support for the modelers. It's a synergy between our advanced materials character­ Pam Newton, Warren's Kan. "I'm still an engineer type," he says. "I even keep a mechanical project. In addition, various launches will send new experiments ization and the sophisticated computer modeling done elsewhere supervisor. "They" re pencil in my shirt pocket, when I'm wearing that kind of shirt." and return old ones so scheduling and support will always be at Los Alamos. Lamenting at the end of underground nuclear punctual, always willing to needed. Pettigrew has a different goal, though. She wants to he an testhig, the modelers have a saying, 'If you can't shoot it, you have Hesselbarth's congregation is small—ahout 40 to 50—but he help out, reliable. It's a astronaut aboard the Space Station and has had her apphcation to compute it.' Our groups' role is to physically investigate the plays a significant role in the community according to an article in pleasure to work with them." in for several years. "It would be a dream come true," she says. materials." The Wichita Eagle. His community, called Hilltop, is a rundown Warren has been driving area built as temporary housing during World War II. Sixty years Pettigrew would like to continue working with NASA, but would Because of the radioactive nature of the materials, nuclear since he was 12 growing up later, the neighborhood still struggles with its "temporary" stigma. eventually hke to transfer to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. weapons degrade over time. Radioactive materials corrode from in Alabama, but still had to People move in hoping to eventually move somewhere else. "I've had the opportunity to see several Shuttle launches including the inside out In addition to corroding from the outside in. "The undergo rigorous testing. Homeowners don't upgrade their homes and landlords don't Sen. Glenn's return to space. "I would love to be able to attend radiolytic reactions influence diftusion, allotropic phase stability, "It's not easy to become a maintain fheir properties well for fear the city will decide to such events regularly." mechanical properties, etc.," explains Axler. "Therefore, the school bus driver at any age," says Newton. In addition to condemn the whole area. "Probably, if it wasn't for Dennis, the prediction of mechanical and structural property changes draws written tests and driving tests. Warren had a Department of situation would be worse," a local resident told the Eagle. "In fact, his weighty materials science challenges. On many occasions, we have Axler'90/94 Transportation physical. "I'm in good shape," he reports. "When I everlasting optimistic outiook is a good influence to a lot of people." enhsted the expertise in the Mines Metallurgical and Materials know I'm not as sharp as I was, I'll quit." assesses nuclear Engineering Department under Dr. John Moore. Those After graduation from Mines, Hesselbarth decided to spend a weapons collaborations have aUowed us to gain unique resources needed in Currently, Warren's schedule includes two routes—a 100-mile few yeai's working for Campus Crusade for Christ. "Two years trip to dehver a special-education student to school in the effectiveness complex problem-solving. For example, specific corrosion became three, then four," he says. "After about five or six years, I problems have been addressed with our colleagues in the morning and back home in the afternoon, and a 10-mile trip decided to burn my slide rule behind me." midday to deliver two other special-education students. The Hesselbarth earned a master of divinity degree from the Denver The end of the Cold War Advanced Ceramics and Surface Engineering Laboratory (ACSEL), 200-1-mile trip takes him seven hours. Seminary. He and his wife then moved to the Watts area of Los created complex technical a consortium hosted out ofthe Metallurgical and Materials Warren recentiy moved to New England to be near his three Angeles and the experience "got to our hearts," he says. When the challenges in the nuclear- Engineering Department at Mines." sons but he had hved in Florida for 20 years. While there, he wrote opportunity to start a ministry in another depressed urban area disarmament field, and Keith Axler came by his job at Los Alamos serendipitously. He a non-destructive testing manual for NASA. In addition to his arose, they decided to take it on and moved to Wichita. Axler MSc Mat Sc '90, PhD Mat received a chemistry degree from S.U.N.Y. at Cortland, N.Y, in degree from Mines, he also holds a degree from Washington Sci '94 is working on them. He 1979. "I was on a cross-country motorcycle trip but I ran out of "In this kind of ministry, helping people develop is the focus," University in St. Louis. After graduation from Washington and was recendy appointed division group leader for nuclear materials money in Santa Fe IN.M.] on my way to Cahfornia," he says, "so I Hesselbarth says, and his rewards are watching people in the before attending Mines, Warren served in the U.S. Navy in Guam science at Los Alamos Laboratory. With the discontinuation of started working as a technician at Los Alamos doing metal community succeed. where he worked with Henry Fonda and played tennis on the underground nuclear testing, science-based stockpile stewardship purification." Apparentiy, Axler took to the work because Los "I owe a lot to my Mines years," Hesselbarth adds. "When I was admiral's fancy courts with Bobby Riggs and Don Budge. has evolved to determine the reliability, safety and longevity of the Alamos then sent him to Mines for his master's and doctorate interviewing for a job after graduation, the thing 1 heard over and U.S. nuclear arsenal. His group collaborates with weapons degrees, "The education 1 received at Mines was very powerful and over from interviewers was 'anyone who made it through Mines designers and investigators to extrapolate these materials changes very vocational," Axler says. "I can honesdy say that on a regular knew how to work hard, could Iearn, had a degree of flexibihty to provide lifetime and rehability predictions for the nuclear basis, I use the majority of what I learned at Mines in my current and could work in a team setting.' That's the part of Mines I use all stockpile. His group also conducts disassembly and postmortem job." Axler fell in love with Colorado and one day plans to retire the time." examinations of retired nuclear weapons. "We have to determine here. how long our weapons can be safely stored and retain their In May, Axler was one of many Los Alamos residents evacuated reliability," explains Axler, who oversees a department of more from his home in the middle of the night as fire swept across than 80 scientists and engineers, including quite a few Mines northern . Fortunately, his home was spared though alumni. "Underwriting the safety and rehability of nuclear some of his coworkers weren't so lucky. Axler is married and has a stockpile systems is a tremendous responsibility to our country four-year-old daughter. He can be contacted at [email protected].

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1939 Howard B.Hebi>le Jr. Donald E. Wilson Geop E Earth Sciences, Inc. John R. Tower PE is Geop E is retired in is retired in Kittredge, Colo. E-mail: [email protected] John F. Finn on Canton Islands and in Europe with the "No matter how far he traveled he was senior petroleum engineer SoLitharapton, Pa. www.earth-sciences.com John F. "Pat" Finn PE '42 died of natural AUied Forces. always happy to return home. He was 7 959 for Z Inc. in Dallas. Robert H. Schlosser EM (303)279-7641 • FAX (303)279-1180 causes April 2. He was an active member of Gardner's professional career in the oil highly respected in his work and many Roger L. Kaesler Geol E is retired in Bnnvnsvillc, 910 12th Street • Golden, CO 80401 the Alumni Association and President's business began with Phillips Petroleum Co. coworkers told me at his service that he had 1940 is director, Paleotological Ore. Council. While he was at Mines, he was on He served as senior vice president of hired them when no one else would M.S. Patton Jr. PE is an Institute and a geology Charies A. Sorvisto EM the football team. Loffland Brothers; president of IDECO; because they were Japanese American. They owner of Graybol-Patton professor at University of Roland B. Fischer, Met. E.'42 Co. in Tulsa, Olda. is retired in Tucson^ Ariz: Kansas. He is also curator- Anna Fursova vice president and director to Delta Drilling said, 'He was a man of high integrity and U.S. Army 1942-1946 1954 in-charge of the Natural Anna Fursova Co.; president and dhector of Zapata morals and I hope I can pattern my hfe 1943 Battelle Memorial Institute 1946-1963 Offshore Co.; executive vice president of after him.'" Albert J. Matthies EM is History Museum in MSc Geol '97 was Peter G. Burnett PE is Rocky Flats Plant 1963-1983 Advance Engineering and most recently, retired in New Bern, N.C. Lawrence, ICan. Retirement Projects 1983-present killed in a car Panesi is survived by his widow, a son retired in Kenilworth, 111. senior vice president of Quest. Before accident May 27, and a daughter, four stepdaughters, a 7 955 James D. Shamhach Met one week before joining Quest, he founded High Seas, Inc. 1949 E is an independent stepson, a brother and a sister. Bernard Radovsky Geol Appraisalsi her marriage to and served as president and director Robert B. Coleman Met consultant in Columbia, U is retired from Texaco, ELLIS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC. Ilya Kats BSc Eng E is senior technical adviser Md. K^W-^' Geology* EconomiDS* Appraisals Gardner was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Louis Landers inc. anti lives iu San Diego. ^""^""^ TREVOR R, ELUS 78 '96. She was 31. for Hazen Research Inc. in Mineral Economist Theta Tau, Beta Theta Pi, the Houston Louis L. Charles II. Stewart PE is 7960 Golden, Colo. Certified Minerals Appraiser 1993 According to Kats, Club, Pauma Valley Country Club and had Landers Met E Certified Professional Geologist 6740 retired in Ciasper, Wyo. Thomas M. Carroll 111 600 Gaylord St. • Property Valuation Fursova was been a longtime member of BrookhoUow Marvin H, Estes Met E is '50 died in his PE is an independent Denver, CO eOZD6-3717, USA • Reserve Evaluation driving from Country Club. He served many years on the sleep May 17 at vice president of Risk 7 956 Phone: (303) 309-4361 • Invsatmenl Analysis consulting engineer in FAX; ;303) 309-3151 • Market Studies Dallas, where she worked for Arco, to Houston Council of Alcoholism, and was a the age of 74. He Management Services Inc. Cliarles D. Ebinger Cicol trevor_el I la ©prodigy, net www.mlnevalu ation .com Lakewood, Coio. Austin so they could spend Memorial Day member of Lovers Lane Methodist Church had just attended in Wheat Ridge, Colo. E is president of (Aimplelion COMPUTERSi Richard A. Daniele Met E weekend together. Near the end of her trip, in Dallas and Chapelwood United his 50th class James M. Perkins Geol E Engineers in Larayette, La. has started a consulting Richard Banks '53 less than two mUes from Kats' house, her Methodist Church in Houston. reunion earlier in has retired from MobU OU Ronald L Lewis PE, MSc car hydroplaned on the Mopac Expressway, business, Daniel Metal Scientific Computer Applications, Inc. Gardner is survived by his wife of 65 the month. Corp. and lives in Pet '63 is retired in spun around, and was thrown onto the Mineral Services in years, Charhne Highberger Gardner; a son, Landers was Oklahoma City. Sheridan, Texas. 2815 Skelly Drive, Suite 820 918-293-0306 oncoming lane, where her car was hit on Lakewood, Colo. a daughter, six grandchildren and five retired from Asarco Inc. where he had been II. Boyd Moreland EM is Tulsa, OK 74105 800-552-4106 the driver's side by another vehicle. The 7950 G. Wesley Hoagland Met great-grandchildren. employed for 30 years. He is survived by his retired in Casper, Wyo. [email protected] Donald G. Ashe Met E E is field director for impact killed her instantly. widow, Frona Lee, and three children. (iail E. Penfield PRE is has retired as president of Northwestern Mutual Life Serving the Energy Industry Since 1969 Fursova and Kats met at CSM m 1994, George T. Gould retired in Novato, Calif. Ecolaire Pump Co. and lives in Denver. • Bi-directional economic and production dala where she was worldng on her master's George T. Gould PE '32 died earher this Charles M. Jo.seph '1'. Teeters Geol K in Naples, Fla. Dennis B. O'Neil MetE conversion {ARiES, OGRE, FEGS, degree under Roger Slatt, and Kats was an year. He had been president and owner of Schneider is an independent Richard C. Siegfried retired from CaterpiUar Inc. PowerTools, etc.) undergraduate in engineering. Gould Engineering Co. and was an active Charies M. mathematician in Lake • Geop E is retired president and lives in Golden, Colo. • industry's fastest economics and graphics Fursova was born in Moscow, Russia and member of the Alumni Association. Zurich, Ml. Schneider Jr. EM of IGG Resources-Calgary system: Forecasting, Economics and 7967 had earned a master's degree in petroleum '48 died March 23 who now lives in Chandler, 1957 Graphics System (FEGS) John H. Calianan EM engineering with a "Red Diploma" (4.0 Richard C. Panesi at the age of 75. Ariz. John E. Hoffman Geol E • Non-gridded, multisurface, fault handling grade point average) from the Oil and Gas is retired in Rainbow Lake, Richard C. Schneider was an Brook D. Tarbel PE is is retired in Golden, Colo. contouring system: Mapping-Contouring Institute in Moscow. She worked as a N.Y. Panesi EM '34 active member of retired in Tulsa, Okla. Jerry W.Tuttle PE is System (MCS) research assistant at CSM to gain American David H. Fruhling Geop died Nov. 11 after the Alumni Carl J. Watson PE is retired in I'ort Worth, Texas. • Gas Balancing System (GBS) academic and industry experience. Her E is a consultant for Spring open-heart .' Association and retired in Arvada, Colo. • Consulting Services work at CSM was recognized by the faculty surgery. He was was a member of 7 953 Consulting Inc. in Dallas. 7957 David L. Bowler PE is and several commercial firms, who 86. According to Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. In 1951 he Joseph E. Gust Jr. Met E Call m today about placing a professional supported her education. Harry L. Shively EM is retired in Houston, Texas. his widow, Rena, married Winifred Wimberly. He served is retired in Flagstaff, Ariz. (800) 446-9468, Ut 3294 A memorial service was held in Texas "He was always so in the Navy and was an engineer with retired in Oro Valley, Ariz. Bruce E. Rii.ssell Creol E is John B. Robertson Geol E CONSULTANTSi and then Katz accompanied her body to happy and proud SheU OU. 7952 a consulting geological is hydrogeologlst for engineer in Cypress, Texas. Moscow for burial. that he received Schneider is survived by his widow, two Gerald W. Jefferies PE, HydroGeoLogic in Reston, R. Bret Rhinesmith,P.E., BSc. CPR '86 such an extensive education from the Jerry Tuttie has retired sons, a daughter and three grandchUdren. MSc Pet '56 is retired in Va. President Colorado School of Mines." from Lockheed Martin John Marcus Gardner Sterling, Colo. Fred A. Thebus Met E is a Corp.,in Texas. John Marcus "Mark" Gardner PE '33 Panesi was the retired chief engineer for Richard A. Lowery EM is metaUurgist for Scottsboro Richard W. Volk PE was died April 29 in Escondido, Calif He had the Denver Water Department. He worked Also in Memoriam retired in Midland, Texas. Aluminum in Scottsboro, lived in Pauma VaUey, Calif since last for the department for more than 40 years. named chairman of Denali Ala. Patrick M. McCarlliy BSc 7 953 August. He also had lived in Houston for He also spent five years in the U.S. Army Inc. in Houston in March Eng'93, MSc Engr Sys:'90 Unknown 7 962 36 years and in Dallas for 14 years. Corps of Engineers in Alaska and the George L. Freeland Geol 1999. Last January he was E is rethed in Coral Gables, Gerald W. Berk PE Born Christmas Eve 1911 in Topeka, Aleutians building the Alaskan Highway. Carroll Z. Morgan T^E'43 Feb. 1,2000 appointed president and RO. Box 117 • Pine, Colorado 80470 • USA Fla. is capital project manager Kan., Gardner was raised in Denver, Colo. " He enjoyed traveling, fishing, gardening L. Voyle Osborn EM '42 Marcii J999 chief executive t)ffreer. 1 le Phone: (303) 838-8090 * Fax: (303) 838-1423 for PhiUips Petroleum Co. During World War II, he served as a major and time with his family," says Mrs. Panesi. also is alliliated with E-maii [email protected] Paul W. Wagenbach PRE '50 March 2000 in BartiesviUe, Okla. Richard Volk & Associates. mobii (303)887-7835

'^'Jiif^liADOiJCHOOrOFMINES he mo Ve COHSULTANTS CONT.i Executive Searchi (303) 770-4235 : (303) 770-0432 NATIONAL EXECirriVE :-mail: [email protected] John E Messner PE, MSc Stephen B. Self (Jcol K is 797? 1973 Stephen C. Weston BSc Daniel's environmental Web: www. HSgitalFram ation .com Pet '69 is a consulting .self-employed in Silt, Coki. Mi. Long BSc Pel is Eugene D. Glower Jr. BSc Geol is a partner for PLAN director at the Batu Hijau NERI RESOURCES, INC. Mctiarf Holmes 73 engineer in Littleton, Colo. Robert K. Towner EM is [•ursidenl/ gencrLiI uiaiuiger Geop is division exploration B Co. iu I-*arker, Colo. project on the island of ALAN N.PIKE 71 Consulling Dominic Holmes '91 • log analysis - taservcir charadarizaBon Allan G. Provost EM is a self enipioyed consultant of The liai'lon l\ngiiiOi;Ting manager for EOG Resources Sumbawa, Indonesia. He is • petrophysical reservmr descriptions 7976 5445 DTC PARKWAY, SUITE P4 303-721-7672 • equity deternilnations chief executive officer and in Tempe, Arix. Croup Inc. ill Cnlgaiy, Inc. in Denver. now assigned to Krasnodar, Michele K. Mudrone BSc |ENGLEW00D, COLORADO 80111 800-886-7672 chairman of the board for Donald E. Vaiuicnbcrg Kewal K. KohH M Eng Russia supporting Albertii, (innad.i. Pet is a petroleum e-mail: [email protected] Earth Science Software Directory Harrison Western Mining Pli is presidenl, oil/gas John li. I'fticI/eHScCPR Min is a senior mining construction of a crude oil engi neer/senior vice Exploration Earth Science Computer Applications; Corp. in Lakewood, Colo. sector, for H.M. Mubcr in • ••• i.s cli.tiinutn of llic engineer for the Office of pipeline from Tengiz, • Mining Sottware Evaluations president for Tcxas Capital lIoLislon. Surface Mining in Kazakhstan to • Program Searches and Comparisons 7963 CongiesssuiKil ki'porler in Bank in TMllas. ROBERT A. METZ '55 Conlact: Bvtly L. Gibbs, '89. '73 Liltlelon, (^olo. Pittsburgh, Pa. Novorossiysk, Russia. QIBSS ASSOCIATES Larry G. Barlcsdale EM is 7 965 James D. Reed BSc Math MINING GEOLOGIST [email protected] Kandy Weingarl iVlSc William L. MacBride Jr. Thomas W. Windle BSc EXPLORATION P.O. am TM, Bouldtr, CO B0306-070e (303) 444-0032 retired in Cedaredge, Colo. Han-Ling Ong DSc is an information Min is (]iiality .iiid [^loiluct BSc Geol is an attorney Geop is a computer EVALUATION Jay L. Kratz Met E is Chem is managing director lechnology speciali.st for PROJECT MANAGEMENT researcii dii'ector for Luck with Gough, Shanahan and programmer for Broadwing 1S7S N. HoughWn Soad Pbone/F«x(S2I»885-1877 Decision Precision^ branch chief, information . of PT. Gcoscrviccs in I lewlett-Packard Co. and ^Tucson, Ariiona 8S74B Waterman in Helena, Mont. Communications in Austin, Training and Assistance in Risk and Economic technology and planning Bandung, Indonesia. His e- Sloiie Cor[>. iii Riclmioiid, lives in Englewood, Colo. Decision Analysis and Project Ristt Management Va. Texas. JOHN SCHUYLER cam, cma. cmc. for Defense Supply Center mail address is 7974 Richard P. Wilson Jr. BSc Kinnickinnick Exploration Inc. CSM '72 77 CU '77 ccE, cpim, pmp of Philadelphia. He hves in bdgolTC(i'geoserviccs.co.id: 7972 Joseph E. Burford BSc Met is a gas turbine 7978 Onshore S. La. Experience (800)214-3916 Aurora, Colorado Stephen A. Willner Met (303) 693-0067 [email protected] Cherry Hills, N.J. I. Lcif Col.son BSc Phy is Math owns VaUey Feed spccialisl for Reliant ivnergy John A. Bettridge BSc Pet 3D & 2D Prospect Generation fax: 693-2827 http://www.maxvalue.com Donald G. Meyers Met E E, MSc Met 70 is an ;i cniiipiitiiig ceiiler iiKUiager Yards Inc. in Morrill, Neb. in Webster, Texas. is operations manager for Steven S. Anderson, Geop. Eng.'TS is retired in Roseburg, Ore. engineer for Willner foi- Scliliimberj',er (leotluest Hugh E. Harvey Jr. BSc Duncan Oil Co. in Denver. 133 S. Audabon, Lafayette, LA 70503 DAVID J. DUNN 7977 Charles N. Speitz EM, Engineering in Denver. ill I'ligk'wootl, C lolo. Min, MSc Pet '80 is a John P Griffith Jr. BSc 318-261-0211 • Fax 318-261-0218 Metallurgy/Materials Consulting Robert D. Deister BSc MET. ENG. CSM 1959 MSc Min Ec '74 is president Thomas C. Pool EM is Roberl 1. Jolm.son BSc partner for Intrepid Oil and Met is chief financial officer Met is a financial planner William C. Pearson 70 30 Years Industrial [ 1 Current Passport of American Industrial vice president of Mill is ;i senior milling Gas LLC in Denver. for Nord Resources Corp. in E)q}loriiSon Sai^ilclsi Experience , Frencli, Spanish for Wells Financial Services p

JitHOUL Oh MINI.S iRADO SCI-lOO!: OF MINUS he mo Ve Metallurgical Engineering FRED R. SCHWARTZBERG, P.E. Phyllis Fett Halvorson '80 Venezuela (PDVSA) in Donald B. RatcliffMSc Michael T. Schwein BSc 1984 John L. Wheeler liSc Geol Barbara Slayman BSc JOHN SCHWARTZBERG, P.E. Consulting Geophysicist Caracas, Venezuela. His e- Min Ec is a vice president Pet is project manager for David A. Baska BSc Geol is an environmental : Geop, MSc Env Sc '93 is ROCKY MOUNTAIN 610 Thayer Road • Bonny Doon, CA 95060 mail addresses are for I'helps Dodge Sales Co. U.S. West and lives in is president of Cascadia consLillanl for CiSI Inc. in project manager for ENGINEERING AMD MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 831-471-9351 ' Mineral Explorallon [email protected]. ve Kichard P. Smiley BSc Pet Golden, Colo. Earthquake Consultants West Des Moines, Iowa. Research Systems in An Engineering Consulting Firm • Aquifer Definition • Oil Research (home) and is a drilling engineer for Gerald C. Smith Jr. BSc Inc. in Mercer Island, Wash. Boulder, Colo. 2452 Soutli Trenton Way, Suite H (303) 306-0660 • Gravity and Magnetic Surveys 7 985 Denver, Colorado 80231 Fax: (303) 306-0990 [email protected] IVurlington Resources, Inc. Pet is an engineer for Jeffrey S. ChUds BSc Pet James M. Thorson BSc JeffV. Bialek BSc CPR, Mineral EcoNOMics (work). in Spring, Texas. Northeast Utilities and lives is a commercial manager Geop is a manager of MSc Min Ec '92 is project GC Robert R. Vogel BSc Min in Moodus, Conn. for BP OU Europe in MUton exploration and new Kenneth R. Story MSc manager for Murphy MICROGEOPHYSICS COItPORATIOH Geop is senior geophysicist is vice presidenl, soulhciisl Keynes, England. His ventures for Resource * ENGINEERING MARY ANN FORE 7983 Company Mechanical MINING INVESTMENT SERVICE GEOPHYSICS DAVID BUTLER for CAEX Services, Inc. in division of Vulcan Materials business e-maU address is Solutions and lives in Richard A. Degner BSc Cx)ntractors in Denver. • ENVIRONMENTAI PHONE: (303) 424-0499 Houston. Co. in Atlanta. [email protected]. Littleton, Colo. GEOPHYSICS FAX: (303) 424-0807 Geol, BSc Geop '83 is Bratlf(n-d B. Bredehoft • Research Into equity mining Investineiitg INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS SINCE 1974 Jonathan C. Goodman • Multi-client surveys 7980 president of Petroleum BSc Pet is a webmaster for 7986 • Registered Investment Advisor BSc Geol is president and David A. Bouvier BSc Noei H. Ginest BSc Pet is Geo-Services Onshore Inc. thc Science Museum of John C. Barkmeier MSc 3441 Baintree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85741 (520) 575-8467 -G$M.:.m COULDN'T chief executive officer for DO IT WITHOUT YOU! CPR is senior engineer for protluclion/completions in Houston. Minnesota in Minneapolis. Math is vice president of Dynamic Mutual Funds Noosh Inc. in Palo Alto, engineer for Saudi Aramco Scott A. Haberman MSc Kevin K. Elliott BSc Pet is investments for Robert W. Ltd. in Toronto, Canada. Andes Nevada Mining Corp. Calif. He and wife Karen C. in Udhaiiiyah, Saudi Arabia.: Geop is manager, Latin branch manager for Agra Baird and lives in Boulder, Thanh D, Le BSc Pet is Underground Mining & Management Consultants (Barker) Bouvier BSc CPR, Her e-mail address is American operations for Infrastructure in Colo. Practical Solutions for Difficult Mining Problems commercial team leader for worker production manager [email protected] System Technology Henderson, Nev, Cynthia L. Beech BSc Thomas Kelly, E.M. , M.E. '74, '95 Ik. Brian Moseberger 98 Geophysics BP Amoco in Sugar Land, at Raychem Corp., live in Michaei G. Malsam IJSc Associates in Denver. Michelle M. Foss MSc Met, MSc Met '89 is (912) 897-6900 Nate Davis 97 Geowivsics Texas. 22 West Bryan St., #397 (912) 897-0057 Paul Kos '96 Geological San Carlos, CaHf. CJPR is senior project Todd R. Habhston BSc Min Ec is assistant research technical manager— Snvaniiiih,GA 31401 [email protected];Din C. Barclay Macau! II BSc ^ Mike Culig '88 Geophysics Henry C. Cook Jr. BSc developmeni manager for CPR is resource professor in the college of pickling department for AK "*JoE Nelson '84 Petroleum Min is corporate account Mining i Min, MSc Min '86 is a AUU Lurnnuis Glabal in development manager for biEsiness administration and Steel Corp. in Newburgh, manager for Sybase Inc. in EriiliuilUin • AiiilUn • t'liinnlnn " /•'nivl/jl/Hr/ • (.'mrv 17301 W COLFAX AVE SUITE 265 GOLOEM.CO 80401 design engineer in mining Kingwood,'lexas. Seven Seas Petroleum m director of the Energy Ind. Alpharetta, Ga. • Worldwide Mining Service • PHOME (303)279-0171 FAX (303) 278-0135 • for Vulcan Materials Co. in Martin W. Sharps BSc Grand Junction, Colo. InstitLite at University of J. Glen Honstem BSc Pet Bruce D. Peterman BSc Ih • VSTEVE L MILNE, P.E. '59 Birmingham, Ala. Geop is chief geophysicist Tanya L. (Mueller) Inlcs Houston in Texas. is senior project engineer Geol is project engineer for Underground Mining David M. DeSonier BSc for Unocal Vietnam in Ho BSc Geop, MSc Geop '87 is Richard E.GabcrJr BSc for DrUtek in Bakersfield, Consultant SAIC and lives in m Geop is vice president of Chi MinhCity.S.R. president of Vector Geol, MSc Gcor92 is iv CaHf. 1651 CALLE EL CID • TUCSON. AZ 85718 Hazen Research, Inc. Broomfield, Colo. investor relations, a Vietman. His e-mail address Interpretation Services Inc. software engineer for US James F. Mattern BSc Scott D. Ryan BSc Geop Process Development corporate officer position is [email protected]. and Timothy J. Inks BSc Pet West in Denver. Geop is president/founder GROSVENOR is senior systems engineer for the Mineral and reporting directly to the William A. Warmack BSc '82 is a reservoir engineer Tyler PI FFoovlcr BSc Pet of Hydro Sciences Inc. in ENGINEERING COMPANY Environmental for Rhythms NetConnections CEO, for Leggett & Piatt Min is a water resources for Hallwood Petroleum is an independent Reading, Pa. Niles E. Grosvenor, E.M. '50 Industries Inc. in Englewood, Cx)lo. David E. Krebs E.M. '66 Inc. He also shares project engineei: for Inc. in Denver. consultant in Golden, C^olo. Daniel J. Pratt BSc Pet is Edmond G. Suher BSc (Si 4601 Indiana Street responsibility for corporate TLiUle/Applegate '\\\ Denver. David M. Macary BSc M'ari Angeles Major- assistant director of 709 W. Littleton Blvd. Golden, CO 80403 U,S.A. Geol is project manager for Uttieton, Colorado 80120 Mining & Tel: (303) 279-4M1 communication and CPR is manager of quality Sosias BSc Geop, MSc Min Dumont Pharmeceutlcal in 7982 AEI-CASC Engineering in Office: (303) 79B-0181 Geological Consultants Fax; (303) 278-1528 participates with senior engineering for Boston Ed '92 is a nraninm analyst Amesbury, Mass. Aiva L. Kuestermeyer Riverside, Calif.. management io strategic Scientific-Meditech in for USI-C Inc. in Jon S. Price BSc Met is MINE DEVELOPMENT MSc Min Kc is director, Brian G. Tilton BSc Geol planning efforts. Sussex, N.J. Gaithersbm'g, Md. senior metaUurgist for ERA ASSOCIATES New York operations, for is senior civil engineer for Hasbrouck Geophysics, Inc. RusseU W.Kemp BSc Joseph A. Nenni BSc Gina M. Morrison BSc Technology in Katy, Texas. Mining, Qroundwator. Envtronmontal S En^nearlng Pincock, Allen & Holt, Inc. Foster Wheeler Corp. and Neil Prenn, P.E. E.M. '67 CPR is business manager CPR is staff engineer for Geoi is associate water Anthony R. Rossi BSc .iU'Jersey Gity, N.J. hves in Golden, Colo. 210 South Rock Bivd. Reno Nv 89502 for Rhodia Inc. in Bechtel in Idaho Falls, resoin;ces control engineer Eng is senior strategic Phone: (775) 856-5700 Fax: (775) 856-605: James C. Hasbrouck Stefan G. Magnusson BSc Jean-Michael H. Tourre Fictldlnl/OaoplVBlcill Robbinsville, N.J. Idaho. for North C\>asl Regional planner for Lower Colorado Evaiuation > Audits > Planning > Feaslbliilv > Costs Geopj MSc Geop'8.5 is MSc Met is vice president of 2307 James Slreet Phone/Fax; (970) 262-8768 James V. Mahoney BSc Matthew L. Nolan BSc Water Quality Control River Authoirty in Austin, Montross, CO 81401 USA E-Mali: jlmOhasgeo.com senior vice president of strategy at Teris in Croissy- 303-279-4901 CPR is senior associate for Geop is an eight-grade Board for (California in Texas. JOHN F. ABEL JR. HSBC Bank USA in New Siseine, France. His e-mail FAX 278-8163 Pi Technology Associates teacher for Denver PubHc Santa Rosa, Calif. Cahtleen M. Speak BSc MINING ENGINEER [email protected] York Cit/. His wife, Elicn address is [email protected]. Inc. in Katy, Texas. Schools. John M. Ryding MSc Geol is executive vice Morris BSC Geop '83 is Jonathan F. Wade BSc David F. Mayer BSc Pet is Gary J. Sanchez BSc Geol (jhcm is a regional engineer president, operations for principal of Sustainable Met is an information 310 LOOKOUT ViEW COURT PRECISION GPS APPLICATIONS a reservoir managment is operations manager for fbr the state ofWashington Arcadis Geraghty & MiUer GOLDEN, GO 80401 Energy Solutions, Ltd, specialist for U.S. West and engineer for Retex, Inc. in Lakewood, health department in and iives in Golden, Colo. Satellite-Based Differential GPS Eric 1'. Peterson BSc Pet lives in Westminster, Colo. LLC in Bakersfield, CaHf. Colo. Seattle. John W. Stinson BSc Eng JAMESM. LINK'59 Portable Systems for Fieid Exploration is vice president/senior Dean M. Warne BSc Min PRESIDENT Karen E. Miller BSc Geol William K. Schenderlein Fred Seymour MSc Math is support manager/mining • Hand-held data collector section manager for Karth is an airline pilot for Great is sales promotion and BSc Chem is a consulting is process engineer- industry group, rotary drill LINK • East-to-use software Tech in Umg Heacli, Calif. Lakes Aviation and lives in advertising manager for engineer for ESA measurements for division, for IngersoU-Rand JAMESM. LINK, INC. • Precise positions (better than 1 meter) Rebecca L. Wickert BSc Conifer, Colo. CONSULTING ENGINEERS Special Metals Corp. in Consultants in Fort CoUins, Newmont Mining Corp. in Co. in Dallas. 5752 W. MnrqueMe Drive • Wide area coverage (all North America) CPJt. is a technical adviser Denver, CO 80235-3121 Huntington, W.Va. She lives Colo. Denver. (303) 985-798S George Downs GE '61 for Eederal Express in in Flatwoods, Ky. Scottsdale, AZ Coiorado Springsv Colo. 602-607-3836 Fax 602-607-2932 Hire an alum!

J6 ^'f^il^RADO !;CHOOL OF MlNEy »•—JT' Petroleum cont. Minikg-Brazili he m ove iNTESNATICJNALENeHJEE!lEANOCONSlJ(.T*HTS. INC. PETER B. JONES, D. Sc. '66 GEMCOM - TOtlTTLEREP . Acad., Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (NTEC LTDA. Robert N. Wagner BSc Daniel IT. Silverman MSc engineer for Mountain Peak J. Ben Wesley MSc Cieol is engineer for Valleylab in Mark Vessely BSc Geol '94, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, VLLC Control and lives in a systems jirograniiiier for Boulder, Colo: Stephanie (Morales) Pet is vice president of Min Kc is execulive PETROLEUM EXPLORATION FO&L in Ausliii, 'lexas. MIMING ENGINEER-GEOLOSJET engineering for Quicksilver president fur Pelrominet als Lakewood, Colo. 7 995 Passarelli BSc Eng '93 and MANAGING DinECTOR PH: (403) 233-0494 FAX: (403) 262-1629 Resources Inc. in Keller, Corp. in lltjuston. Betty J. Wilt BSc Geol is Lisa Nuttleman BSc Geop E-MAIL: [email protected] ABEACO0E55O2I C. POSTAL 12192 1991 Roxann (Mackenzie) TEL/FAX 257-4942 COPACABANA. 330/404 Texas. an assistant transportation '95. RIO DE JANEIHO Surjan Wi rjad i |)u I ra BSc Hayes, BSc Eng is county BRASIL Dennis M. Vidmar BSc systems engineer in the Daniel S. Wilkinson BSc CPR is now Snryan Wit ya engineer for Archulela 7996 ^ SERVIPETROL LTD. ^ Petroleum I CPR is an OlMS adviser for regional office of the USDA Geop is senior DSP Simunovic. I ie is an (.bounty. Matthew H. Hayes, Daniel M. Edwards BSc — /nternotiorml PBtralBum Consultants software engineer for Sytex Exxon Mobil Gorp; in Forest Service in Juneau, bidependenl OH and Gas Produces APP, Inc. associate willi I'lnion BSc C>PR works for Donoho CPR is a process engineer ROBERTO AGUILERA Houston. Alaska. A \ Peiroleum ConsulSng Services Inc. and Colleen R. Europe Ltd in London. and Associales, Architects for Baxter Hemoglobin M.Eng. '71. Ph.D. '77 P ANDREW PFAFF, P.E, 74 Wilkinson BSc Geop '85 is Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Pr«tltl«nl 1989 7 990 and telecommntes as a Therapeutics in Boulder, 1992 Log Interpretation • Well Tesl Analysis P / 18912W, 74th Avenue a geophysical consultant for Bryan Wayne Baird BSc design engineer for Phoenix, Colo. Arvada, CO 80007 USA Gregory R. Cahill BSc Patrick S. Carlin BSc Eng Performance Forecasts [email protected] Wilkinson Research. They Geop is a gas consulUinl for Met is senior business ['.xchangcr Works, ""fhey live Reservoir Modeling is project {•ngineer for Soils 7 997 Economics PhiHiK (303)424-4046 FAX: (303)424-8481 live in Golden, Colo. Navigant (.'.onsullanL'; and associate for Equilon in Pagosa Springs, Colo., and and Materials C A)ii.siilianis Mary (Wasgatt) FauUt Petroleum Sliort Courses Hves in Broomlield, (]olo. Enterprises LLC and lives in can be reached by e-mail at MALKEWiCZ • HUEN! ASSOCIATES 1987 Inc. in Arvada, Colo. BSc Eng is project 736 6 Avenue SW, Suite 1640 Woridwide Pelmleum Consultants David A. Ellcrbrock MSc The Woodlands, Texas. roxandniatt(«?yahoo.com or Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3T7 Michael A. Ferranro BSc Russell A. I'lishmuth BSc coordinator for the Env Sci is supervising John H. Fronczalc BSc inbhaye,s(«'pagosa.net: Tel; (403) 266-2535 Fax: (403) 264-8297 A cllsnt oiiented'consulting fim pro\^dihg Met is a business analyst for Eng is senior enviroiiinenial Directorate of Public Works http: //wivw. servipetrol. com practical solufions to reservoir msiagement Maxtor Corp. and lives in hyilrologist for Pet is a senior engineer for EMAIL: AGUILERA(i^SERVIPETROL.COM problems. engineer for Duke Liiergy and Tyler K. Faulk BSc Eng Monlgoniery Watson Baker Hughes Inc. in Broomfield, Colo. Field Services (Airp. in is a 1st lieutenant In the Mining Group in Midland, Texas. C^sta En^neeringCorporathn Steve Maikewicz (74) Deborah Waterioo ('88) Joanna M. Forbes BSc Denver. U.S. Army Corps of Brenda Bain fSS) Dan Simpson ('93) Steiiniboat Springs, Colo. Vincent J. Hamilton MSc Internalional Petroleum Consulting Math is product marketing Scott A. Gustafson iJSc Engineers in Germany. 14142 DenvH WesI Park*ay, Suite 190 Ofiice: (303) 277-0270 engineer for Agilent Michael W. [.ongshaw Geol is president and Eng is amechanical Their e-maU address is Dr. John D. Wright '69, '85 Dave 0. Cox 74, '77 Golden, Colorado 80401 Fax:(303)277-0267 Technologies Inc. and lives BSc Eng is a materials director of Mart Resources engineer for Mei i ick ^ (!o. [email protected]. Richard F. !lilcC!ure '82, '86 Nancy R. Sahr '82 in Loveland, Colo. engineer tor Ritchie I'aving Inc. in Sevenoaks, United in Los Alamos, K.M. Daniel R Freed MSc Min Louise M. McCiure '85, '87 Paul R. Onsager 'S4, '97 J. Scott Kimbrough BSc Inc. in I lolconib, Kansas. Kingdom. H. K. VAN POOLLEN Gillian L. Harri.son liSc Ec is an economist for Russeil C. Schucirar "86 Scott L. Stockton 71, '76 Chem is senior compliance Andrew B. McDonald Errol P. Lawrence MSc Amy Doran hikell, BSc Eng '50, '55 Engis a cybi'.jrian lot- Totalfina S.A. His business SpeciaHst for Glaxo Wellcome. BSc Eng is a sales Geol is owner of Hydro married CFL Patrick Daniel PETROLEUM CONSULTANT Affinia in 1 K'livef. address is Paris—La 1010 Tenth Street Golden, CO, USA 80401 He lives in Cary, N.C. representative for Swagelok Solutions in Lakewood, Ptlatini, U.S. Army, July 29 lit Phone 303-277-1629 fax 303-277-0119 Box 712, Penrose, CO 81240 Randall K Suite HSc Min Defense, France. His e-maU Steven T. Marts BSc in Hinesville, Cia. Colo. the St. Illizabelh of 1 lungary www.questaeng.com (719) 372-3625 email: [email protected] is an engineer inr Wilco address is Ifeth Mensing-Niihttma Michael D. Mishak BSc Church in Denver. Pflaum, [email protected] Geop is an environmental Chemical i In. in i.iiic(jln. [email protected]. BSc Pet is an engineer for Eng is an electrical engineer ofOJney,Md.,isa !995 Haley Enqineering Inc. engineer for ThermoRetec Neb. Tammerin K. Stover BSc 'rofessional Services/Legal^^^^h PETflOLEUM C0N5ULTANTS - DC»^ESTIC & INTERNATIONAL Aera Energy and Joseph A. for Agilent Technologies, graduate in environmenlal in Billings, Mont. Eng is a geosynthetic Kurt A. Ranzinger BSc Nahama MSc Pet '90 is vice Inc. in Fort CoUins, Colo. 7993 engeineering of thc U.S. 5601 SOUTH BROADWAY, SUITE 360 specialist for Contech LITTLETON, COLORADO 60121 president of f lanama Janice (Purfield) Nelson Jeffrey Morganileld is Military Academy at West DAVID L.NELSON '66 Geop, MSc Geop '90 is a Construction Products in donn D. Haley '48 Phone; 303-785-8578 senior software eiigiiu'er liir Attorney at Law President FAX: 303-795-5058 software engineer for Geo­ Natural Gas. They live in BSc Math is a senior Poinl. I Ie currently attends Raytheon in Aurora, Ciolo. Wheat Ridge, Colo. 14142 Denver West Parkway - Suite 285 logic Systems and Hves in Bakerslield, Calif. consultant for SheU Services law school at the University Golden, Colorado 80401 7998 (303) 273-9387 - Office/ (303) 273-9395 - FAX Call (800) 466-9488, ext. 3294 Louisville, Colo. David J. Mulligan BSc International and Ronald 7 994 of tiolorado, Boulder. Inkell to place an ad (8 a.m.-5p.m. MST). Melanie (Marquardt) Eng is project manager for D. Nelson BSc Pet is a Steven D. Buck BSc Met is in her fifth year as a Shawn D. Green BSc CPR Westergaard BSc Geop is Agilent Teelmologies Inc. senior subsea systems is vice presidenl oi'(ireai project engineer with is a mechanical engineer for engineer for SheU Merrick & (."otnpany: in RMH Group in Lakewood, senior geophysicist for and lives in Liltieton, Colo. Plains Staink'.s,s, Inc. in Holme Roberts & Owen, Vastar Resources, Inc. in Thomas A. Oliver BSc International Exploration Tulsa, Okla. Aurora, Cob., and recently Colo. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Houston. Chem is a hydrologist for and Production in New Budi Nataatinadja MSc earned her license as a Courtney L. Smith BSc P.E. "67 Pacific Weslern and lives in Orleans. Colorado Registered Math is an associate J. Stevens Zuker MSc Env Sc is n Ted Stockmar '43 909 Fannin, Suite 3810, Houston, Texas 77010-9998 Geol is an exploration Lakewood, C^olo. Russell M. Fulling BSc of Marina Inlerniisa Professional Engineer. The appHcation software 713-660-6828 • Fax 713-6SO-8B05 Frank Erisman '65 geochemist for Harrods Stephen ]. Rule BSc Geol Math is executive director Pratama,PT in jawa Baral, wedding ceremony was engineer for Lockheed of New Development M followed by a dinner Martin Corp. Husband Tad Ross Breyfogle '79 STA Natural Resources Inc. in is geotechnicai manager for Indonesia. reception at Tlie Westin E. Smith BSc Math is a Stan Gradisar '74 System Technology AsBociates, Inc. Golden, Colo. Midland Grouting and Power Solutions Inc. He Carla (Maguire) Drilling Co. Ltd. in West lives in Highlands Ranch, Westminster. Joining the software engineer for Petroleum & Environmental Consulting 1988 Gustafson BSc CI'K isa Broniwich, Englanil. His e- Colo. process design engineer lor couple on their special day Longhair Technologies. A Full-Service Patricia Glora Chambers Alan Burzlaff 77 Andrew Prestridge '85, '91, '96 niail address is Shelly Stanton BSc CPR Merrick & (.'.o. in l.{)s were several .Mines alumni They live in Colorado Intemationai Firm Stanley Obernyer '78 Raymond Stewart '69 BSc CPR is vice president, Stcphcn.Rulef'Hi kga teway.nel. '90 is senior consultant for Alamos, N.M. including Wendy BSc Eng Springs, Colo. K. Papakonstantinou '98 George Vassiieliis '93 operations for Tango with Offices in Denver, Boulder, Paul M. Veatch BSc CPR Nexant LLC, an Samuels. Koushar liSc '96 anti Jason Johnson BSc Technologies Ltd. in 7999 Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, is senior engineer for independent Bechtel Engis a striiciiiial engineei" Kng '96, Yulee BSc Pet '94 4700 Stockdale Hwy. 14142 DenverW.Pl(wy. Boulder, Colo. Robin L Ausbrooks MSc and London Suite 110 Suite 300 Burlington Resources Inc. technology and consulting for Stone and Webster and and Joe Cordis BSc Eng '93, Geol is a geologist for Bakersfield, CA 93309 Golden, CO 80401 Paul A. Ferre BSc Geop is in Midland, Texas. company serving the global Hves in Aui'ora, (.'lolo. Renee BSc Eng '93 and 303-861-7000 Tel. (661) 325-0038 Tel. (303) 271-1478 a graduate student at Barrett Resources Corp. in Fax(661)325-4178 Fax (303)271-1482 William Wagner III BSc energy industry. Kristen M. (iVlorahaii) Michael I,ul«j BSc CPR '93, University of Arizona in Denver. Eng is a c

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ROLANO H. SHUBERT Donald W. Budiolz PhD Railvvorks Midwest in Service Industries; Laura C. for Andersen Consulting for Andersen (.Consulting is an equipment engineer PATENT ATTORNEY Met & Mat Eng is vice Contrncrco City, Colo.; Will Sweezey is a geological LLP. l.,LP; MatlhewV. for NEC Electronics; Dcd Qock Qcsoiirccii. Ltd. MAILING ADDRESS president of technology for I',. Edeen is ii construction engineer for Yeh & BSc Mat & Comp Sci: Ammerman is a prujecl Brandon K. Miera is a lan H. Mackay D.Sc. P.Eng. 1664 BACHAM COURT POST OFFICE BOX 2339 Geol Eng 53 Conforma Clad, Inc. in site engineer tor Bechtel; Associates and lives in engineer for Archer Western device engineer for RESTON, VIRGINIA 20190 RESTON, VIRGINIA 20195 Miranda C. Albracht is a 440 Aqmlaine Tower New Albany, Ind. Davit! A. Estabrook is an : Lakewood, Colo.; Lana R. software engineer for IBM Contractors in San l)iegi»; Motorola, Inc.; Mark C. 540 Fifth Avenue SW PHONE (703) 435-4141 Calgary. Alberla. Canada FAX (703) 435-1842 Robert D. Ciark BSc Eng analyst for Andersen Wilson is staff engineer for in Boulder, Colo.; Amy S. Duslin i... Ballinger is a 2nd Moon is an analyst for is a rolling miU electrical Consulling LLR . Environmental Reclamation Bollinger is an information licLitcnanl in iheD.S. Air Andersen Consulting LLP; GOUGH, SHANAHAN supervisor in the Seattle BSc Min: Stephen A. Inc. in Englewood, Colo. technology analyst for Great I'orce; Amy A. Biithursl: is a Michael L Morrissey is JOHNSON & WATERMAN division of Birmingham Dulccy is jircsidcnt of K'cl- BSc Pet: Sabrina L. English Western Life & Annuity; seniiciistoni design engineer software engineer for Core Attorneys at Law Steel Corp. He lives in (Ilon Service Co., Inc. in is an oU and gas research Matthew C. Cooper is a for Motorola, Inc.; Glendon Systems Inc. in Boulder, Federal Way, Wash. Weatfierly, Kevin J. analyst for Petrie Parkman software developer for J.D. W. Berrett is an engineer Colo.; Christopher R. Serving the Mining industry "Engineering Sofiwart for Solving Real World Problems' Matthew W.Juth BSc Gunesch is a mining & Co. in Denver. John Edwards & Co.; Steve E. Ibr TST Inc. in Englewood, Nalepa is an intern at U.S. Since 1878 ' Database Statistics Min is a mining engineer engineer for liHP; Matthew Jerome Estabrook Jr. works Jeitema is a software Clolo.; Damon |. Burnet t is West; Angel Daniel Nieto is • Graphics Modeling Geoslabslics PO Box 1715 for Southdown Inc. in D.Lengerich is an engineer for Alyeska Pipeline Service developer for U.S. West; a grduate student at a production engineer for • Pii Design • Reclamation Monitoring Helena, MT 59624 Lafayette, Colo. Tor Colowyo Coal Co. in Co.; Tyson S. Foutz is a Haifeng Liu is a software Rensselaer Polytechnic Texaco Inc.; Patricia R. Data Analysis (406)442-8560 • l,erehs-Grossman 3-D Optimizer URL: http://www.gsiw.com Susan A. Rainey BSc Eng Meeker, Colo.; l.iam N. DSE for Schlumberger Ltd.; developer for Lucent Inslilute; Jennifer D. Ochoa is an environmental Michael N. Norred '78 William L. MacBHde, ]r. '74 is an engineer for Thermo Sdicnk is an engineer/ Kimberly E. Kloppel is a Technologies Inc. in Cartwright is an engineer at engineer for the U.S. MINEsoft Ltd. Retec in Lakewood, Colo. eslimator ibr Kiewit petroleum engineer for Denver; Nathan D. Muggli (MM; Duslin D. Duncan is Environmental Protection 165 South Union Blvd.. Suite 510 Lakewood. CO 80228 Shannon R. Rasmussen ConstruGlion Co. Vastar Resource Inc. in works for Lockheed Martin aji engineer (br Community Agency in Denver; Nathan Phone: (303)980-5300 FAX; (303) 969-0022 JORDAN MICHAEL FOX - CPR '89 BSc Eng is a plant engineer BSc Mel & Mat Kng: Uric D. Houston; Henry C. Lowrey Corp.; Jess D. Odum is an Power Ciorp. in Littleton; Lee Peterson is a sales

ATTORNEY AT LAW for Holnom Cement Inc. in Bcmiss is n process : III works for BP Amoco; associate software engmeer Colo.; Shivayam Kllis is a : engineer for Ingersoll-Rand •Commercial Litigation Laporte, Colo. nictailiirgisl for Lone Star Alvaro L. Ranero-Celius is in technical operations for design engineer for Co.; Christophe G.P. •Domestic Disputes Randy A. Wampler BSc Steel in Lone Star, 'Ibxiis; an engineer for Anadarko Lockheed Martin Corp. in conmiimity Power Corp.; Ponsai't is an analyst for •Oil and Gas Eng is project engineer for Christopher LaPolc is a Petroleum Corp. in Aurora, Colo.; Jeffrey W. Paul D. Fisher is an Andersen consulting LLP in is an integrated system whidi ofers ttie maamum flexibility and power for geologic mottellng. mine frfanning •Energy and Environmental Law J.F. Sato in La SaUe, Coio. sleel business associale wilfi Englewood, Colo.; Sally J. Pinkal is an associate engineer/scientist for IBM; Denver; Ryan J. Redman is and mine evaluaticm vi^ich can be applied to all Ij^es of The Timken C]o:; Rautio is a petroleum consultant for Braun Paul R. German works for an entry-level engineer for mines (underground, open \A\ and strip mines). Mile High Center 2000 Wade A. Liimpkins is a engineer for Kerr-McGee Consulting in Denver; Eric (.'.aterpillar Inc. in Dindap, VStructural; Thomas R. Mintec employs a [wofessional staff of niinii^ engineers, 1700 Broadway, Suite 1006 Recent graduates had gecdogists and tedinldanE who are avall^le to piaMe mctaMurgist for the Corp.; Adan I. Saenz is a K. Pinkston works for III.; Aaron L. Gicsick is a Repp is an engineer for Denver, CO 80290 great success finding jobs. maintenance, tr^ning and tectmioal ^jf^ott for Chaparral Steel Co. in junior field engineer for computer programming nieclianicai engineer for Martin/Martin Inc.; Craig HfllneSi^t*/MHJsvsTEM" as well as otoring a hill airay of They are listed below by consulting sen/ices to 9ne mining industiy. (303)894-0875 .Midlothian, Tbxas; Tan M. Schiumberger Ltd.; Arman support for Lockheed Solid Systems Kngineering A. Schlott worics for the discipline. Nickerson isn metallurgical A. Tulegenov is an engineer Martin Corp. in Aurora, in Boulder, Colo.; Nathaniel Kansas Department of Richard A. RaU BSc Econ MineSight^/MEDSYSTEM" software is now used by over engineer for U.S: Sleel for Texaco, Inc. Colo.; David E. Stoclcton is P. (iraf is an engineer-in- Transportation in Garden 300 diente in more than 20 counWes woiidwide and DENNIS A. CARUSO '82 is executive director for offers one of the most ctnnprehai^ve mine planning Internalional Inc.; Nickolns BSc CPR: Robert B. a programmer for J.D. training fnr I'uhrmann City, Kan.; Aaron I. Pezold, Ricliey, Csriiso & Barker Mountain Side Home packages available—470 individual technic^ programs R. Pigottis an inside sales Alexander is a process Edwards & Co.; Jessica R. Fngineering Services in Springfield is an electrical fliat comprise a \odi idt for use in mine operafons, Attorneys At Law Improvements. feasibility studies and for exploration. engineer for engineer for Texas Trundy is a technical Denver; Jastm A. Greene is engineer for Bechtel; Travis 15 W. Sixth Street, Suite 2800 Double degrees: Samuel Marnion/Keyslone Clorp. in Instruments Inc. and lives analyst for Andersen an associale lest engineer J, Starns is a process Iblsa, Okialioma 74119-5415 E Harms BSc Phy, BSc Eng LDenver; Ryan W. Ratlibun in Richardson, Texas; Geno Consulting LLP; Geoffrey for Lockheed Martin Corp.; engineer for ADA 3544 EaBl R. LDWSU Road (918) 584-0506 is a 2nd lieutenant in the Tucson. AZeS716-1705 is a gradiiale student at L. Fallico is a process M. Vasil is a graduate Joshua J. Harris is a Environmental Systems; Phwie; (5203795-3891 Fax: {520)325-2SM REMOTE SENSIKG ^W^—H^— U.S. Army; Zachary S. CSM; Shannon M. engineer for Motorola, Inc.; student at New York mechanical engineer for Gregory R. Stowers is a E-Mail: maftet9mliilec,coni Herman BSc Math & Comp Webslle: www.minlec.com SflNDRfl L PERRY Stephenson is a Jason E. Gamble is a University; Jason CIC. Walp (•Jechlei; Joseph A. Hirnim is facilities engineer for Sci, BSc Eng is an engineer MSc. Gool. 85 management assistant lor geoscience intern for is a software engineer for an analyst tor Andersen Evergreen Resources Inc., in Tel: (303) 77(3-4235 for IBM; David M. Kleiman Fax:(303)770-0432 • Satellite Image Analysis & Processing L^S. Steel Inlernationai Inc.; Marathon Oil Co.; Michael IBM; Sarah J. Wheeler is a Consulling LLP; Bradley S. Denver; Hobie Troxell E-mail: infoglSgitalFcsmaBon.com BSc Phy, BSc Eng is a Web; Wirww.agitalFoiination.com • Photogeology • Training • GIS Rachel S. Wilde is in the J. Littiehorn Jr. is a graduate student at CSM. Johnson is a product works for Motorola Inc., in FORMATION Perry Remote Sensing LLC graduate student; Michael J. Mdia^ Holmes 73 Ford College graduate telecommunciations BSc Phy: Danny C. engineer for (]alerpillar Austin, Texas; Renee D. DonilnicHolmeE "Bl 22 Sedgwick Dr. Phone: (303) 761-7777 Liedtke BSc CPR, BSc Econ program at Ford Motor Co. consultant for American Inc.; Brandon L. Johnson is Tschannen is an equipment Engiewood, CO 80110 Fax: (303) 761-7778 is a business consultant for Fisher is a research engineer in Dearborn, Mich.; Management Systems in an analyst Ibr Andersen engineer for Motorola, Inc., Analytical Imaging Andersen Consulting LLP; for the Rocky Mountain Raymond (Jhi-Wai Yeung is Golden, Colo.; David J. Consniting LLP; Doug K, in Mesa, Ariz.; Michael S. and Geophysics LLC Bryan R. 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fiank Seeton EM '47 is the industry, promoted goodwill the Denver Equipment Co., chairman of Phelps Dodge recipient of the first Arthur C. both within and outside the Arthur C. Daman EM '15, Daman Lifetime Achievement industry, and made a significant Medalist '56, Hon Mem '65. Award, an honor created by impact on the mining industry The inaugural presentation the Colorado MPD (Minerals in either property development, was made at the SOth annual Association. close of the company's annual operating officer in 1997. He Processing Division) of equipment design or meeting of the Coiorado shareholders meeting in May. became chief executive officer Throughout his career, SME (Society for Mining, engineering serivces. MPD section in May at the Whisler began his career with last January. Whisler has been active in Metallurgy and Exploration). The recipients of this Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Phelps Dodge in 1976, when be In addition to his degree various community, business The award was created to award are to be of the highest Springs, Colo. Two similar joined Western Nuclear, Inc., an from Mines, Whisler holds a and educational endeavors. He recognize lifetime achievement professional and ethical awards were given posthumously affiliate of Phelps Dodge. He bachelor of science degree from has served as a member or on in the mining industry and is standards and must have at the same time Seeton has held numerous positions University of Colorado and a the boards of directors of many given to those individuals who character that is above was honored. with the company and its juris doctorate from University organizations including the have contributed significantly reproach. The award is named subsidiaries during the past 25 of Denver College of Law. He Phoenix Thunderbirds, to the image of the mining in memory of the founder of years. In 1981, he joined Phelps also completed the Harvard Barrow Neurological Institute, Dodge's exploration and Business School's Advanced Metropolitan Phoenix YMCA, international mining group. Management Program. He is a Scottsdale/Paradise VaUey Whisler was elected vice certified public accountant and YMCA, The Heard Museum, president and general counsel is a member of the Society of Rocky Mountain Mineral Law of the corporation in 1987 and Mining Engineers (AIME) and Foundation, Western Regional Council, Arizona Town Hall, joined the company's senior the Mining and Metallurgical Retired humanities professor emeritus Anton G. Pegis receives honorary Arizona State University Dean's J . Steven Whisler MSc Min Ec management team in 1988. He Society of America. membership in the Class of I960, presented by Bruce Heister MetE at Council of 100, CSM's Visiting '84, Mines Medalist '94, was elected president of Phelps Whisler is a director of the iheir class reunion dinner in May. Pegis, who also served as CSM vice Committee and the Montana president and chief executive Dodge Mining Company, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe president for development and student affairs, was the first person to be officer of Phelps Dodge Corp., company's mining and metals Corp. and the Southern Pen given honorary membership in ihe class. "Tlie course. History of Western assumed the additional role of division in 1991, a director in Copper Corp. and is chairm Civilization, that he taught opened my eyes and my life to literalure-— history, philosophy and much more," says Ken Larner Geop E '60, chairman of the board at the 1995, and president and chief of the Copper Development Medalist '81, who hosted the class dinner. "He is the youngest SO-yea. you could imagine—right down to his unchanged crewciitand absok unchanged gentlemanly ways and appreciation for continued learnin; addition to awarding Pegis a "silver diploma," the Class of '60 set up . endowment in the CSM Foimdation for the Anton G. Pegis Scholarsh Fund for undergi'aduates.

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3 Seeton '47 wins O tb Whisler '84 named Lifetime Achievement Award

Rank Seeton EM '47 is the industry, promoted goodwill the Denver Equipment Co., chairman of Phelps Dodge recipient of the first Arthur C. both within and outside the Arthur C. Daman EM '15, Daman Lifetime Achievement industry, and made a significant Medalist '56, Hon Mem '65. Award, an honor created by impact on the mining industry The inaugural presentation the Colorado MPD (Minerals in either property development, was made at the 50th annual dose of the company's annual operating officer in 1997. He Association. Processing Division) of equipment design or meeting of the Colorado shareholders meeting in May. became chief executive officer Throughout his career, SME (Society for Mining, engineering serivces. MPD section in May at the Whisler began bis career with last January. Whisler has been active in Metallurgy and Exploration). The recipients of this Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Phelps Dodge in 1976, when be In addition to his degree various community, business The award was created to award are to be of the highest Springs, Colo. Two similar joined Western Nuclear, Inc., an from Mines, Whisler holds a and educational endeavors. He recognize lifetime achievement professional and ethical awards were given posthumously affihate of Phelps Dodge. He bachelor of science degree from has served as a member or on in the mining industry and is standards and must have at the same time Seeton has held numerous positions University of Colorado and a the boards of directors of many given to those individuals who character tbat is above was honored. with the company and its juris doctorate from University organizations including the have contributed significantly reproach. The award is named subsidiaries during the past 25 of Denver College of Law. He Phoenix Thunderbirds, to the image of the mining in memory of the founder of years. In 1981, he joined Pheips also completed the Harvard Barrow Neurological Institute, Dodge's exploration and Business School's Advanced MetropoHtan Phoenix YMCA, international mining group. Management Program. He is a Scottsdale/Paradise Valley Wiiisler was elected vice certified public accountant and YMCA, The Heard Museum, president and general counsel is a member of the Society of Rocky Mountain Mineral Law of the corporation in 1987 and Mining Engineers (AIME) and Foundation, Western Regional the Adining and Metallurgical Council, Arizona Town Hall, joined the company's senior Retired humanities professor emeritus Anton G. Pegis receives honorary Society of America. Arizona State University Dean's J . Steven Whisler MSc Min Ec management team in 1988. He membership in the Class of 1960, presented hy Bruce Heister Met E at Council of 100, CSM's Visiting '84, Mines Medalist '94, was elected president of Phelps Whisler is a director of the their class reunion dinner in May. Pegis, who also served as CSM vice Committee and the Montana president and chief executive Dodge Mining Company, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe president for development and student affairs, was the first person to be officer of Phelps Dodge Corp., company's mining and metals Corp. and the Southern Peru given honorary membership in the class. "The course. History of Western assumed the additional role of division in 1991, a director in Copper Corp. and is chairman Civilization, that he taught opened my eyes and my life to literature— chairman of the board at the 1995, and president and chief of the Copper Development history, philosophy and much more," says Ken Larner Geop E '60, Medalist '81, who hosted tbe class dinner. "He is the youngest 80~year-old you could imagine—right down lo his unchanged crewcut and absolutely unchanged gentlemanly ways and appreciation for continued learning. In addition to awarding Pegis a "silver diploma," the Class of '60 set up an endowment in the CSM Foundation for the Anton G. Pegis Scholarship Fund for undergraduates.

Photos: Douglas Baldwin Philanthropy Reunion Gift Bolsters Need-Based Barrett Scholarship "/ knew that eveiy dollar was important to Mines and woidd he used to benefit the students"-—Larry Barrett

The Baiter Hughes Foundation contributed Larry Barrett's dream as a of International Exploration years," said Barrett. "While I roliowing is a sampling of gifts Unitrust Affirms Preston $25,000 to the Baker Hughes Scholarship boy growing up in rural Craig, and Operations for Ladd was giving money to Mines, my received between December 21,1999, Commitment to IVIines Program for 17 scholarships in the Division Colorado, was to become an Petroleum Corporation. wife was giving money to her and June 30,2000. of Engineering and the departments of engineer, travel, and excel in In recognition of thc alma mater, Mt. Holyoke. A few Individual Gifts William A. Preston (Class of '58) and Chemical Engineering and Petroieum his profession. A fuU-tuition importance of his scholarship, years back, Charlotte and I scholarship to Mines for two decided we wanted to do more Johanna P. Collester, widow of Stewart his wife, Janet, have established a charitable Refining, and Petroleum Engineering. Barrett in early 1999 established years, an Advanced ROTC for both our schools, so we set M. Collester '50, contributed an additional h remainder trust: fhat gives Colorado School A gift of $30,000 from BP Amoco the Lawrence E. Barrett Endowed stipend and help fi-om his up scholarships, for whomever, $65,350 in appreciated securities to the : of Mines an irrevocable 50 percent interest : Production Company provided support to Scholarship Fund with a parents paved the way for him to help toward a degree. Our Collester charitable remainder trust. vcurrently raiued;in excess of $L6 million. the Department of Geology and Geological commitment of $200,000. to accomplish all three. This year, in honor of his 50th hope is that the recipients will Additional distributions of $182,071 The balance of the trust remainder will go Engineering's Mesa Verde Almond Study. reunion, he contributed an use their degree to help better were made to the Bart and Helen Ryan r to other charitable interests. The trust will • Gifts totaling $35,000 from BurHngton He graduated in 1950 as a additional $128,025 toward themselves and the De Laat Scholarship Fund. make quarterly payments to the Prestons Resources Foundation are supporting the petroleum engineer at age 21; fijlfilling his pledge. The ftrnd community." Frederick F. Dueser '49 renewed his for their lifetime. The trust was established departments of Geology and Geological served as a combat engineer in provides four-year, need-based membership in the Simon Guggenheim with appreciated securities, a strategy Engineering, and Petroleum Engineering. Korea and Japan; traveled with Individually endowed scholarships for undergraduate Society with a gift of $25,000 to the Mmes that allowed the Prestons to re-invest for DuPont Company continues to support his wife to Europe, Asia, South scholarships, such as Barrett's, students, and is a testimonial to Annual Fund. additional income without paying capital Professor Dianne Ahmann in the America and Antarctica; and recognize outstanding students initial gift of $25,000, which can embarked on an illustrious 33- a man who embraces Wilma Fogarty donated $28,035 in stock gains taxes. Environmental Science and Engineering and assure them of monetary always be augmented. In many year career in the petroleum philanthropy at Mines. to the Charles R Fogarty Scholarship Fund. In addition to the trust. Bill and Janet Division with a gift of $25,000. support so they can pursue their families, adding to a scholarship engineering industry, where he or fellowship fund established Gerald Grandey '68 contributed $25,000 • have made annual contributions to the , Gifts totaling $66,000 from Elf Exploration, "I've always supported the studies through graduation. rose through the ranks to years ago has become a multi- to the Gerald W. Grande)^ Endowment for Renewal Fund, an endowed scholarship Inc. are supporting the Genetic Stratigraphy School monetarily, and have Need-based scholarships are become Senior Vice President generational tradition. the McBride llohors,Program. fund for students in their junior or senior Research Program. increased my support over the awarded to young men and women who meet Mines' high William Chun Lim Hui contributed year. BiU and his classmate and close A gift of $36,800 from Hazen Research, "I remember my first gift to academic standards, but who $100,000 to the Stephen and Anna Hui friend, Robert H. Waterman, Jr., established Inc. will provide support for Dr John 2000 Reunion Class Gifts Mines; I made it in 1956," said do not have the financial Endowed Fellowship Trust. the fund in 1993. Hager, the Hazen Research Professor in Reunion Class Class Gift Class Participation Barrett, who for the past 15 to ability to attend Mines, while 20 years has been soliciting Francis J. Labriola '52 contributed $250,000 Extractive Metallurgy. Cliissof 1940 $1,462,677 40% merit-based scholarships contributions to the Mines to the George AnseM Distinguished Chair in Family Research Endowment, which ICI Technology contributed $53,650 to primarily recognize and Annual Fund and the 1950 Metallurgical Engineering. supports Engineering Design. The support the research conducted by the Class of 1945 $950 40% reward academic excellence. Reunion Giving Committee. John P. Lockridge '52 contributed endowment is also the beneficiary of a $1.4 Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry Class of 1950 $357,406 under the direction of Professor Kim R. The School's current 125 "It was very small, $5, but I knew $40,000 m stock and cash to support the million trust set up through Mr. Slater's estate. Ciass of 195.5 $317,520 Williams. endowed scholarships assist that every dollar was important Geology Department. J. Don Thorson '55 established the J. Don Class ofl 960 $57,682 37% 800 undergraduates. These to Mines and would be used Carolyn Mann donated an additional Thorson Endowment for Engineering Senior ISS Foundation continues to support Dr. t;iasson965 $91,493 scholarships can cover tuition, to benefit the students. To me, $50,000 to the John and Carolyn Mann Design Fund with a gift of $100,000 and a John Speer in Metallurgical and Materials fees, books, or other legitimate my fondest memory of Mines Graduate Fellowship in Geology Fund. pledge of $100,000. - Engineering with a gift of $25,000. Class of 1970 $55,334 academic expenses within the was 'getting out' (graduating). L Robert Maytag contributed $175,000 Lucent Technologies Foundation jasper N. Warren '50 gave $25,000 to the Class of 1975 $29,265 2i)% guidelines of the CSM Hopefiilly, the students who to support the CSM Andes Scholarship. donated $25,000 to the Young Scholars Math Mines Armual Fund. Class of 1980 $36,812 lO'Vo Foundation's spending policy will be awarded this scholarship Camp Program. The program encourages A cash gift of $39,000 was recendy each year will enjoy their graduation at-risk American Indian students to stay in Class of 1985 $23,720 !6% distributed ft-om the estate of Corporate and Foundation Gifts Endowed scholarships can be experience as much as I school so they can enter college programs Class of !990 $7,355 12% Robert H. McMullin. The following companies donated established with a minunum did mine." in science, engineering and math. Isabel McNeill donated $50,000 to computer software to the Petroleum Grand 'Iota! $2,440,214 2.3% establish the Harry L. McNeill Endowed Engineering Department during the 1999- The Mikkelson Foundation contributed Scholarship Fund. 2000 academic year: Computer Modeling $25,000 to the Engineering and Applied F. Steven Mooney '56 contributed Group, Halliburton Company, Kappa Technology Program. Excellence in Mining Engineering with a gift Sutter, Department of Physics. Oil Company Foundation support the $25,781 in appreciated securities to the Engineering, Maurer Engineering, Merak Contributions totaling $60,000 from of $200,000. In addition, the Phelps Dodge Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc. Department of Geophysics. Mines Annual Fund. Projects Ltd., NSl Technologies, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation support Foundation made a $40,000 gift in support contributed $25,000 to support the biofilm This year, the Edna Bailey Sussman Fund James D. Mulryan '54 donated $25,402 Schlumberger, Scientific Software the research of Dr. David Tai-Wei Wu in of the Department of Mining Engineering. research of Dr. Junko Munakata Marr will support nine Mines graduate students in stoclt to the James D. and Lois H. Mulryan Intercomp, Inc., and Theta Enterprises. the Department of Chemistry and Phillips Petroleum Company reaffirmed Schlumberger-DoU Research continues as interns with government agencies and Endowed Scholarship Fund and the Mines Chemical Engineering. With a gift of $75,000, the Adolph Coors its commitment to the "Phillips Scholars its support ofthe Department of Geophysics companies focusing on environmental Annual Fund. Motorola donated a Rapid Thermal Foundation provided scholarships to 17 Program" with a gift of $60,000. PhiUips with a cash gift of $25,000. issues. The ftind awarded CSM $41,022 John V. Newhouser '50 made a gift of students in the Minority Engineering Processing unit and other equipment to also contributed an additional $40,000 for The SEQ Foundation contributed fi-om its Environmental Internship Program. $50,000 to establish tlie John V. and Charlotte Program. support Chemical Engineering's new scholarships and unrestricted support to $25,000 to the Seismic UNDC Project. Tlie Texaco, Inc. gift of $37,341 supports Newhouser Geology Endowment Fund in A $25,000 gift from ARCO Technology undergraduate silicon processing laboratory various departments. Sercel, Inc. donated seismic recording Marc Jager, a graduate student in Chemical honor of his SOth reunion. and Operations Services is funding under the direction of Dr. Colin Wolden. A gift of $35,000 from the Research equipment to support the Department of Engineermg and Petroleum Refining, with Prior to his death in March, Willard R. Geophysics fellowships for two graduate Phelps Dodge continued contributions Corporation is supporting the chemical Geophysics with thek summer field camps. his studies in gas hydrates. Slater '40 contributed $25,000 to the Slater students. to the Phelps Dodge-AnseU Endowment for Continued on page 45 contrast unaging research of Dr Peter W. Two separate gifts of $25,000 from Shell staying Thank you To all who participated in the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association's 16th Annual Golf Tournament to support the CSMAA Student Financial Assistance Program.

Southwest Region Corporate sponsors: Prizes and Donations:

Aramark Campus Dining Applejack Liquor Coors Brewing Company Appleton Electric CSM Student Life Banks Insurance Agency John Bauer '84, '90 Patrons: Candlewood Suites Capstone Planning St Control Candlewood Suites Coors Tek Denver Marriott West CSM Alumni Association Liberty Mutual CSM Athletic Department West Texas Ken Nickerson '48 CSM Special Programs The newly rejuvenated Midland-Odessa section hosted a picnic Union Bank Be Trust—Golden & Continuing Education supper for the petroleum engineering field-session group in May. Einstein Bros. Bagels John Gould BSc Pet '80, MSc Mm Ec '95 and Aimee Edwards BSc Hole Sponsors: Arizona Enstrom's-Denver West Pet '96 coordinated the event with the support of Chevron, BJ More than 25 people attended the CSM special mine tour put Foss General Store Services, Antero Production (Larry Gillette, BSc Pet '76), Gel John Bauer III '84, '90 on by Phelps Dodge at its Morenei, Ariz., mine in June. The tour Golden City Brewery St Pub Technologies Corp., and Rex Marshall BSc CPR '80. Eood and Collins & Aikman Floor Covering was led by Lorraine Miller BSc Min '96 and Matt Reilly BSc Min Jackson's All American Sports Grill drink was provided to alumni, faculty, family, friends and Dick Daniele '60, Daniele Metal Mineral Services '87 and Harry "Red" Conger BSc Min '77. Everyone enjoyed the Kenrows Family Restaurant students. Tim Thompson Geol E '57 and Mike Banschhach BSc Hugh Evans '49 competition and learning experience of playing Copper King Soopers-Golden CPR '80 had planned to attend but didn't make it. Look for John Loclcridge '52 Jeopardy, seeing the massive operations and getting together with WaltKordziel'81 another get together this fall! CSM Professor David Matlock Liberty Mutual fellow Miners. Chuck Melbye '50, Western Strontium Corp. Macaroni Grill-Denver West McLemore Pump, Inc. Mimi's Cafe-Denver West Doug Miller '64, Applied Research Concepts Ronald L. Morse, DDS & PC Gulf Coast Region Mines Annual Fund On the Border-Denver West Mutual of Omaha Pizza Hut-Golden M.S. Patton Jr '40, Graybol-Patton Co. Houston Safeway-Golden Project Assistance Corp. More than 50 alumni fi"iends and family attended a Houston Siegel Oil U.S. Bank-Golden Astros vs. Colorado Rockies baseball game at the new Enron Field Scott Siler Wells Fargo-Golden in May. Vicky Jackson BSc Pet '92 organized the event and Sprint International provided the photograph. Table Mountain Inn And special thanlts to members of the . • Wendy's-Golden 2000 goif committee: Woody's John R Bauer III '84, '90, chanman Bob Francisco, co-chairman Lynn Brown '50 Kathy Breit and Janis Strong, CSMAA staff Metro Denver Region

Denver The 16th annual Art Meyer Memorial Golf Tournament, held June in Arvada, Colo., raised nearly $6,500 for CSMAA's financial assistance program, boosting the total amount raised to more Welcomes than $95,500 since the event was started. Ninety-eight people played 18 holes but no one won either of Denver West Village the hole-in-one prizes ($10,000 and a trip). Prizes raffled off at this year's event included a large-screen color television, patron passes for two to Sprint International golf tournament, teeth whitening by a local dentist, a gigantic botde of wine, dinner at The Millers made the tournament a family affair. From left. Grant, Trevor, CSM Alumni! local restaurants and more. Bob Geol E '59 and Doug Phy E '64, MSc Math '69. Fabulous New Rooms • Sensational Restaurant The tournament was named in honor of Pierrepont "Art" Meyer and tlie renowned West Village Sports Club Lounge. Geol E '50, who along with Ed Warren Geol E '50, founded the event. Serving you with the fiair we are so noted for! 14707 West Colfax, Golden, Colorado 80401

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Whether attending chemical engineering classes or cheerleading at football games, Traci and Trisha Olson double their efforts at Colorado School of Mines. The twins are juniors this fall