CSMAA Hall of Fame

The alumni association proudly honors exemplary members of the Mines community through the awards below. Click on the award for a listing of past recipients.

Alumnus/na of the Future   Honorary Members of CSMAA  van Diest Gold Medalists 
Athletics Hall of Fame  Melville F. Coolbaugh  Young Alumnus/na 
George R. Brown Medalists  Mines Medalists Distinguished Achievement Awardees
Honorary Degree Recipients  Outstanding Alumnus/na    





Note: You'll find short bios and photographs for some individuals, but this is a growing collection. If no information is provided and you are able to supply a bio and photo, please do so. We prefer this be sent via email, but U.S. mail also works: CSMAA Communications, P.O. Box 1410, Golden, CO 80402. 

Nominate someone for an award

Honorary Members of CSMAA:

This award recognizes someone who has rendered distinguished service to the alumni association and/or Colorado School of Mines.

  • Alexander, Kay 1993
  • Ansell, George S. 1998
  • Applegate, James K. ’66 1990
  • Arbuckle, Judy 1993
  • Babcock, Henry A. 1982
  • Baker, Terrence C. 1958
  • Baldwin, Cecil C. 1972
  • Ball, James O. 1962
  • Barb, Clark F. ’25 1964
  • Barker, C.L. ’31 1979
  • Baroch, Charles J. ’54 2004
  • Barrett, William J. 2005
  • Bator, George 1978
  • Baxter, Robert A. ’23 1962
  • Beach, Roger C. ’61 2001
  • Bechtel, Stephen D. Jr. 2007
  • Benson, Einar T. ’33 1990
  • Bickart, Theodore A. 1999
  • Bisque, Ramon 1990
  • Blaurock, Carl ’16 1987
  • Borrego, Edward C. ’27 1969
  • Bowersox, Ralph B. 1977
  • Bowman, Frank C. ’02 1954
  • Boyd, James ‘32 1985
  • Bradford, A. Hartwell ’09 1959
  • Bradley, Leo N. ’49 1985
  • Breit, Kathy 1993
  • Brennecke, Fritz 1969
  • Brook, Edward J. ’23 1963
  • Brown, George R. ’22 1981
  • Brown, Hank 2008
  • Buell, Arthur W. ’08 1964
  • Burdick, H. Dean 1975
  • Burger, W.V. 1967
  • Carberry, Jack 1962
  • Carpenter, Clark B. 1961
  • Carpenter, Robert H. 1970
  • Chapitis, William J. 1973
  • Cheuvront, Harold R. 1999
  • Childs, Orlo E. 1970
  • Christie, Norman J. ’35 1993
  • Coats, Max E. ’35 1985
  • Coke, John M. ’28 1968
  • Colasanti, James ’35 1986
  • Cole, David R. ’52 1979
  • Collier, Malcolm E. ’22 1966
  • Coolbaugh, David F. ’43 1990
  • Coolbaugh, Frank ’33 1965
  • Coors, Joseph 1969
  • Coors, William 1978
  • Corbetta, Anthony ’48 2007
  • Crabtree, Edwin H. Jr. ’27 1979
  • Craig, Donald A. ’48 1984
  • Cramer, William B. 1961
  • Creager, Clay ’41 1989
  • Cronin, James W. 2008
  • Crouch, Marshall C. ’67 1990
  • Daman, Arthur C. ’15 1965
  • Daniele, Richard A. ’60 1986
  • Darden, James W. 1993
  • Davies, Joseph E. ’64 1980
  • Davis, E.W. Jr. ’52 1994
  • Davis, Eugene E. ’29 1981
  • Davis, Paul B. ’39 2004
  • de Sollar, Tenney C. ’04 1960
  • Decker, Betty 1978
  • del Rio, Salvador M. ’28 1978
  • del Rio, Salvador M. ’28 1989
  • Dempse, Stanley 2004
  • Deputy, Thomas M. 1974
  • Dieckman, Jerry ’39 1994
  • Doolittle, Thomas C. ’27 1960
  • Dumke, Walter H. ’29 1969
  • Eichler, Rodney J. ’73 1993
  • Eisenach, Edwin J. ’39 1981
  • Emerson, Guy 1964
  • Ersheng, Meng 2006
  • Everett, James R. 1961
  • Fentress, George H. ’49 1968
  • Fertig, Wendell W. ’24 1965
  • Fischer, Roland B. ’42 1996
  • Fletcher, Hilbert 1968
  • Flournoy, Ezell ’32 1984
  • Fogarty, Charles F. ’42 1979
  • Forcade, Kirk C. ’36 1996
  • Foss, F.A. 1980
  • France, Robert E. ’36 2001
  • Francisco, Robert 1995
  • Fryrear, Ben ’62 2006
  • Gary, James H. 1992
  • Giddings, Mary Jo 1994
  • Glade, Michael J. ’77 2002
  • Golden, John 2006
  • Grampsas, Anthony S. 1995
  • Grant, Lester S. ’99 1960
  • Green, Cecil H. ’52 1966
  • Guggenheim, Simon 1940
  • Hadsell, Frank ‘61 2005
  • Han, Peter 2008
  • Hancock, John 1994
  • Hancock, Robert E. ’42 1998
  • Haun, John D. 1980
  • Hausserman, John W. 1938
  • Hayes, John ‘34 1974
  • Hays, Harrison ‘31 1985
  • Hecker, Sigfried 2006
  • Henderson, Don K. ’61 1985
  • Henderson, Lyle H. ’28 1988
  • Herold, Virginia W. 1977
  • Hollister, John C. ’33 1967
  • Houssels, J. Kel ’22 1966
  • Howbert, Van D. II ’51 1987
  • Howe, W. Warren 1961
  • Jackson, Shirley 2007
  • Johnson, George 1974
  • Johnson, J. Harlan ’23 1961
  • Johnston, David C. 1962
  • Johnston, James G. ’48 1992
  • Johnstone James G. ’48 1983
  • Jordan, A. Raymond 1972
  • Kay, Marvin L. ’63 1988
  • Keating, Paul H. ’21 1965
  • Kelly, Thomas A. 1968
  • Kistler, Erle O. 1929
  • Kuhn, Truman H. 1969
  • Lamm, Richard D. 1977
  • Leckie, William E. ’49 1973
  • Leroy, Leslie W. ’33 1975
  • Lockridge, John P. ’52 1997
  • Long, V. Allen 1968
  • Love, John A. 1974
  • Lowe, Rupert B. ’22 1986
  • MacDonald, Donald S. 1976
  • Mackay, Ian ’53 1989
  • Manhart, Thomas A. ’30 1983
  • Marshall, Jerry 2005
  • Mather, Jean Paul 1980
  • Mathews, Harvey ’13 1964
  • Mathias, J. Paul ’63 1994
  • Mayhew, Eldon J. ’41 2007
  • McBride, Guy T. Jr. 1972
  • McGee, Dean A. 1968
  • McNutt, Marcia K. 2011
  • McPhee, Robert D. ’42 (posthumously) 1996
  • Melzer, Laurence S. ’39 1995
  • Merideth, George T. 1973
  • Meyer, P.A. ’50 1991
  • Meyer, Paul 1930
  • Meyer, Pierrepont A. Jr. ’50 1988
  • Mooney, Deborah K. 1997
  • Morgan, Jesse R. 1961
  • Mueller, William M. ’40 1983
  • Murdy, Wayne W. 2007
  • Myers, Betty 1993
  • Nesbitt, Allan P. Jr. ’38 1986
  • Nickerson, Ken ‘48 1984
  • Nickerson, Ken ‘48 1948
  • Nordquist, Carl G. 1976
  • Nyikos, Michael S. 1990
  • O’Malley, Ward ’42 2003
  • Orbach, Raymond 2006
  • Osborn, Robert B. 1970
  • Parfet, William “Chip” G. Jr. 1996
  • Parker Ben H. ’24 1966
  • Parker, Charles O. ’23 1962
  • Patten, A.H. 1967
  • Patton, M. Steeve Jr. ’39 1987
  • Paul, Donald 2009
  • Pearson, Robert W. ’59 2003
  • Pecora, William J. 1970
  • Pegis, Anton G. 1982
  • Perez, John R. 1982
  • Person, Waverly J. 1991
  • Petrie, Thomas 2006
  • Petty, Jack S. ’52 1986
  • Petty, Patricia Curtis 1983
  • Phelps, Robert Thayer 1984
  • Place, John B.M. 1973
  • Plummer, Thomas G. 1998
  • Pond, Robert A. 2003
  • Preston, Ronald D. ’31 1974
  • Prosser, Warren C. ’07 1958
  • Ranson, Harry H. 1972
  • Reeder, Robert T. ’49 1986
  • Reeves, John J. 1985
  • Richtmann, William M. 1968
  • Ritchie, Daniel L. 2007
  • Rockefeller, David 1974
  • Russell, Charles R. Jr. ’54 1995
  • Rutherford, Corlee 1993
  • Sayre, Bonney 2004
  • Sayre, Robert H. Jr. ’34 1989
  • Schieltz, N. Cyril 1971
  • Schlecten, A.W. 1967
  • Schmitt, Harrison H. 1974
  • Seeton, Frank ‘47 2006
  • Setter, George A. ’32 1980
  • Shakespeare, Frank 1975
  • Signer, Merton I. 1988
  • Smiley, Francis E. ’40 1974
  • Spaght, Monroe E. 1971
  • Steinhauer, Gurnett 1967
  • Stevenson, Philip ’23 1978
  • Stitt, Bob 2005
  • Stockmar, Ted P. ’43 1971
  • Strawn, Frank W. 1962
  • Sulzbach (Ammerman), Candace ’81 2003
  • Swenson, Nils 1970
  • Tchobanoglous, George 2005
  • Thomas, Lester C. ’12 1966
  • Trefny, John U. 2000
  • Van Kirk, Craig W. ’72 1990
  • Van Tuyl F.M. 1961
  • Vanderwilt John W 1963
  • Vaseen, Vesper “Bud” A. ’39 1997
  • Vest, Charles 2005
  • Volk, Richard W. ’58 1986
  • Volk, Russell H. ’26 1965
  • Waldschmidt,William A. 1981
  • Warren, Edward M. ’50 1985
  • Warren, S. Power ’13 1965
  • Watts, William D. ’52 2001
  • Weigand, Frederick L. ’39 1987
  • Weimer, Robert J. 1983
  • Wheeler, Mary 2008
  • Whitaker, Orvil R. ’93 1959
  • White, Edwin F. ’36 (posthumously) 1995
  • Wilfley, George W. 1998
  • Witkowsky, Daniel S. ’66 1995
  • Witwer, John P. 2002
  • Wolf, Harry J. ’03 1959
  • Wood, Russell L. ’49 1986
  • Woolsey, R.E.D. ’79 1987
  • Yergin, Daniel 2008
  • Zehr, Norman R. ’52 1998
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