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.
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.
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DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT MEDALISTS
This award is given to alumni or former students whom the CSM Board of Trustees recognizes for significant career achievements that enhance the reputation and mission of Colorado School of Mines.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- Abel, Roger L. ’65 (1998)
- Adami, Charles J. ’99 (1949)
- Adams, Arthur S. ’27 (1949)
- Adams, Theodore F. ’29 (1960)
- Aguerrevere, Pedro I. ’29 (1953)
- Al-Jarbou, Abdulaziz S. ’71 (1986)
- Altan, Ozer ’61 (1993)
- Altekar, Vishwanath A. ’50 (1979)
- Alwattari, Aziz A. ’52 (1970)
- Anderson, Axel E. ’04 (1949)
- Anderson, George W. ’56 (1983)
- Avery, Nathan M. ’56 (1982)
- Baekeland, George ’22 (1955)
- Ball, Max W. ’06 (1947)
- Ball, Robert L. ’68 (1997)
- Banfield, A. Frederick ’64 (2001)
- Barker, Claude L. ’31 (1970)
- Bascom, Willard ’42 (1979)
- Bassarear, John H. ’50 (1985)
- Beach, Roger C. ’61 (1987)
- Bebee, Alfred H. ’15 (1949)
- Beck, August F. ’25 (1967)
- Beckham, Leland J. ’30 (1966)
- Beech, Charles, ’26 (1971)
- Bell, Charles N. ’06 (1948)
- Bement, Arden L. Jr. ’54 (1984)
- Bhappu, Roshan B. ’50 (1991)
- Bigley, Arthur C. ’13 (1949)
- Bolender, David F. ’54 (1994)
- Bond, Fred C. ’22 (1952)
- Bonnet, Charles F. ’31 (1968)
- Borrego, Edward C., ’27 (1972)
- Bowen, Max W. ’24 (1960)
- Bowman, Frank C. ’02 (1955)
- Boyd, James ’32 (1949)
- Boyd, Jesse T. ’08 (1954)
- Bradford, A. Hartwell ’09 (1951)
- Brook, Edward J. ’23 (1951)
- Brooks, Olin D. ’30 (1969)
- Broussard, Jerome T. ’63 (1993)
- Brown, George R. ’22 (1949)
- Bruce, James L. ’01 (1949)
- Brummett, Robert S. ’26 (1976)
- Buchanan, Larry J. ’73, PhD ’79 (2013)
- Burford, Robert F. ’44 (1990)
- Burnhart, Vincent N. ’32 (1964)
- Burrell, Ivan G. ’31 (1966)
- Burwell, Blair ’19 (1949)
- Cadot, John J. ’15 (1949)
- Champion, Charles A. ’52 (1981)
- Chapin, Charles E. ’54 (1999)
- Chapman, Martin E. ’27 (1958)
- Chesebro’, Stephen D. ’64 (1991)
- Christie, Norman J. ’35 (1965)
- Christmann, John J. ’36 (1977)
- Christy, Harold H. ’22 (1963)
- Clark, James A. ’21 (1949)
- Clark, Winfred N. ’98 (1949)
- Clarke, George W. ’23 (1959)
- Clemens, Bruce ’78 (2009)
- Coady, A. Bernard ’54 (1993)
- Cole, David, R. ’52 (1982)
- Cole, William S. Jr. ’35 (1970)
- Collester, Stewart M. ’50 (1992)
- Collier, Malcolm E. ’22 (1965)
- Conger, Harry M. III '55 (1978)
- Conger, Harry M. "Red" IV ’77 (2007)
- Cook, Douglas R. ’52 (1983)
- Coolbaugh, Franklin ’33 (1956)
- Cotulla, Louis E. ’25 (1957)
- Cowart, Vicki MS ’77 (1999)
- Crabtree, E.H. Jr. ’27 (1964)
- Craig, DeAnn ’73, ’80, MS ’02, PhD ’05, MS ’06 (1999)
- Crawford, C. Clay ’40 (1967)
- Curtis, L.B. ’49 (1980)
- Dallmus, Karl F. ’27 (1961)
- Daman, Arthur C. ’15 (1956)
- Daniels, James R. ’51 (2006)
- Davis, Carl R. ’95 (1949)
- De Laat, Bart, ’30 (1973)
- de Moraes, Antonio E. ’49 (1974)
- de Moraes, Jose E. ’21 (1948)
- de Moraes, Jose E. ’48 (1974)
- De Sollar, Tenney C. ’04 (1954)
- DeFord, Ronald K. ’21 (1963)
- Deringer, DeWitt C. Jr., ’24 (1948)
- Desgrey, Charles W. ’26 (1962)
- Detmar, Arthur O. ’39 (1966)
- Distler, William F. ’39 (1977)
- Doerr, Kuno, Jr. ’27 (1959)
- Domenico, S. Norman ’48 (1976)
- Donnelly, Alden S. ’28 (1957)
- Donohoo, H.V.W. ’39 (1968)
- Douglass, William C. ’11 (1949)
- Dunn, James D. ’64 (2001)
- Dyrenforth, Donald ’12 (1949)
- Eames, Luther B. ’05 (1949)
- Earlougher, Robert C. ’36 (1960)
- Early, Patrick J. ’55 (1989)
- East, John H., Jr. ’10 (1953)
- Egen, Richard B. ’60 (1991)
- Eisenach, Edwin J. ’39 (1974)
- Elkins, Lincoln F. ’40 (1965)
- Elkins, Lloyd E. ’34 (1961)
- Elkins, Lloyd E. Jr. ’65 (1990)
- Emerson, John F., ’38 (1972)
- Enders, M. Stephen ’76 (2009)
- Erickson, William H. ’47 (1990)
- Erisman, R. Frank ’65 (1993)
- Essig, Benjamin C. ’15 (1949)
- Evans, David M. II, ’36 (1979)
- Evans, Hugh W. ’49 (1979)
- Evans, John R. ’23 (1952)
- Evans, Lauren E. '82 (2010)
- Everest, Herbert A. ’08 (1953)
- Fancher, George J. ’30 (1963)
- Fisher, Frank R., ’40 (1970)
- Flinn, Alfred R. ’13 (1957)
- Fogarty, Charles F. ’42 (1962)
- Frakes, Hoy ’75 (2011)
- Freeman, Robert H. ’48 (1977)
- Frick, Frederick F. ’08 (1949)
- Frondel, Clifford ’29 (1964)
- Fryrear, Ben L. ’62 (1989)
- Gantz, Marvin E., ’40 (1971)
- Gardner, J. Mark, ’33 (1967)
- Ginley, David '72 (2010)
- Goldberg, Burton S. ’49 (1979)
- Goodale, Stephen L. ’04 (1953)
- Grandey, Gerald W. ’68 (2000)
- Grant, Lester S. ’99 (1949)
- Gray, Joe W. ’68 (2005)
- Gregg, Dennis E. ’50 (1994(
- Grewcock, Bruce E. ’76 (1999(
- Griswold, G.G. Jr., ’14 (1952)
- Grynberg, Jack J. ’52 (1976)
- Hackett, Cortez P. ’23 (1958)
- Haddon, Timothy J. ’70 (1993)
- Haight, Harold W. ’27 (1952)
- Hamilton, Robert M. ’58 (1984)
- Hannon, Norbert M. Jr. ’47 (1999)
- Hansen, Bruce D. ’80 (2003)
- Harding, Albert C. ’37 (1980)
- Harrington, Dan ’00 (1948)
- Harrison, Robert W. ’33 (1968)
- Harrison, Thomas S. ’08 (1951)
- Harvey, Hugh ’74, ’80 (2011)
- Heagney, W. Dennis ’69 (1997)
- Hedlund, Robert C. ’75 (2003)
- Heinze, Harold C. ’64 (1987)
- Heister, S. Bruce ’60 (1996)
- Hennebach, Ralph L. ’41 (1965)
- Henry, Bruce B. ’61 (1992)
- Herres, Otto ’11 (1949)
- Hilterman, Fred ’63, ’70 (1997)
- Hinman, Dale D. ’15 (1949)
- Hintze, Alma J. ’31 (1963)
- Hoffman, Nathan D. ’55 (1982)
- Hollister, John C. ‘33 (1963)
- Holmer, Ralph C., ’38 (1971)
- Holtman, William J. ’43 (1974)
- Howell, Dyke ’63 (2002)
- Hui, Stephen S.F. ’40 (1974)
- James, Patrick M. ’68 (1995)
- Janzen, Howard ’76 (1996)
- Johnson, J. Harlan, ’23 (1970)
- Johnson, John B. ’14 (1949)
- Jordan, Charles F. Jr. ’23 (1956)
- Kafadar, Ahmed D. ’42 (1986)
- Kammerzell, Donald L. ’71 (2013)
- Keenan, Albert M. ’35 (1964)
- Kennedy, Joseph B. Jr., ’35 (1964)
- Kirby, Frederick W. ’22 (1966)
- Kissock, Allan ’12 (1949)
- Klingensmith, Harvey R. ’75 (1991)
- Korell, Harold M. ’68 (2004)
- Krug, Karen ’84 (2012)
- Kvenvolden, Keith A. ’52 (2002)
- Labarthe, Hernando J. ’42 (1985)
- Labriola, Francis J. ’52 (1988)
- Ladner, Albert L. ’27 (1969)
- Lafehr, Thomas ’62 (2003)
- Larner, Kenneth L. ’60 (1981)
- Laudeman, E. Dean B. ’55 (1985)
- Lavender, Harrison M. ’16 (1948(
- Leaf, Howard W. ’50 (1982)
- Leroy, Leslie W. ’33 (1974)
- Lesher, Carl E. ’08 (1949)
- Little, Dorrington G. II, ’50 (1980)
- Little, William W. ’34 (1975)
- Lockridge, John P. ’52 (1982)
- Lofgren, Robert D. ’54 (1999)
- Lowe, Rupert B. ’22 (1952)
- Major-Sosias, Mari Angeles ’85 ’92 (2009)
- Malkovsky, Jaroslav A. ’30 (1968)
- Mandeville, W. Harry ’71 (2004)
- Manhart, Thomas A. ’30 (1961)
- Marquez, Timothy M. '80 (2007)
- Marsh, Marvin B. ’29 (1958)
- Martin, Armor B. ’23 (1952)
- Marvin, Theodore ’22 (1959)
- Matheson, Kenneth H. ’11 (1949)
- Mathews, Harvey ’13 (1949)
- Mattson, Vernon L. ’26 (1960)
- Mayadas, A.F. ’61 (1989)
- McCallum, Jean ’10 (1949)
- McClure, Frank L. ’34 (1966)
- McCormack, Maxwell L. ’26 (1963)
- McElvenny, Robert F. ’03 (1948)
- McFadden, Dan ’63 (2002)
- McGlone, Edward S. ’23 (1944)
- McGlothlin, William K., ’40 (1973)
- McGuire, Philip J. ’15 (1956)
- McHugh, Philip M. ’11 (1956)
- McKee, Robert E. III ’68 (1992)
- McNeil, Charles S. ’71 (1998)
- McNeill, Harry L. ’24 (1961)
- McNulty, Terence P. ’67 (1989)
- McQuinn, Wendell J., ’46 (1971)
- Mechin, Rene J. ’19 (1949)
- Meissner, Fred F. ’53, MS ’54 (1986)
- Menk, Robert L., ’51 (1973)
- Merelli, F.H. ’59 (2001)
- Michaelson, Charles D. ’32 (1957)
- Miller, Donald E. ’53 (1985)
- Miller, Jan D. ’66 (1994)
- Moody, John D. ’40 (1965)
- Mooney, F. Steven ’56 (1990)
- Morales, Luis G. ’45 (1983)
- Moreno, Domingo ’22 (1961)
- Morris, W.P. ’30 (1962)
- Moulton, Frank R. Jr., ’51 (1974)
- Mueller, Willliam M. ’40 (1972)
- Myers, John F. ’13 (1949)
- Nelson, Duane O. ’51 (1976)
- Nelson, Fred M. ’25 (1952)
- Nelson, Theodore W. ’34 (1964)
- Nix, Dale ’26 (1953)
- Nolan, Philip E. ’13 (1949)
- Page, Newton C. ’42 (1986)
- Parker, Ben H. ’24 (1952)
- Parker, Charles O. III, ’53 (1986)
- Parker, Earl R. ’35 (1966)
- Parker, Russell J. ’19 (1948)
- Parkinson, Lute J. ’23 (1950)
- Parks, George A. ’06 (1950)
- Paul, Russell B. ’02 (1949)
- Payne, James L. ’59 (1993)
- Peacock, Deborah A. ’78 (2013)
- Pharaon, Ghaith R. ’62 (1980)
- Pillar, Charles L. ’35 (1995)
- Pittinger, James H. ’49 (1968)
- Poulin, John A. ’21 (1962)
- Pozzo, Robert M. ’52 (1987)
- Preble, Laurence G. ’61 (1998)
- Prentiss, Louis W. ’21 (1955)
- Preston, William A ’58 (1998)
- Price, Harold C. ’13 (1949)
- Prior, Charles E. Jr., ’13 (1949)
- Provost, Allan G. ’62 (1984)
- Raab, Hilary A. ’37 (1988)
- Ramsey, Elmer R. ’12 (1949)
- Randolph, Marcus ’77 (2005)
- Rausch, Donald O. ’54 (1978)
- Richardson, Allen S. ’12 (1951)
- Risser, Huibert E., ’37 (1970)
- Rivkin, Jack L. ’62 (1990)
- Robineau, Maurice H. ’23 (1949)
- Robison, John L. ’31 (1976)
- Rollins, Thomas W. ’53 (1988)
- Roos, Jef ’68, ’70 (1997)
- Rosenbaum, Joe B. ’34 (1968)
- Ruff, Arthur W. ’49 (1975)
- Ruiz-Williams, Enrique ’45 (1987)
- Rummerfield, Ben F. ’40 (1978)
- Russell, Donald O. ’09 (1949)
- Salnikov, Ivan S. ’25 (1964)
- Sayre, Robert H. ’34 (1978)
- Scharp, Robert C. ’70 (1994)
- Schilthuis, Ralph J. ’30 (1958)
- Schlereth, C. Quinby ’06 (1949)
- Schmale, Neal E. ’68 (1992)
- Schulte, Fred C. ’68 (1996)
- Schwemmer, Donald D. Jr. ’78 (2006)
- Sealey, Fred C. ’17 (1949)
- Searls, Robert J. ’49 (1984)
- Seemann, Arthur K. ’22 (1958)
- Shultz, Charles E. ’61 (1986)
- Smith, Lawrence E. ’31 (1982)
- Stash, Sandra ’81 (2005)
- Stephens, Frank M. Jr. ’42 (1981)
- Stewart, Hugh A. ’12 (1949)
- Stockmar, Ted P. ’43 (1987)
- Stockton, Robert S. ’95 (1959)
- Storm, Lynn W. ’02 (1954)
- Stott, Charles E., ’25 (1971)
- Stommel, Harrison E. ’41 (1972)
- Stuart, Herbert Z. ’36 (1969)
- Swiger, Andrew '78 (2010)
- Taravella, Michael J. ’77 (2003)
- Thomas, Lester C. ’12 (1954)
- Thomas, Roderick A. ’52 (1989)
- Thompson, Jack E. ’47 (1974)
- Thomson, Francis A. ’04 (1950)
- Thornton, Herbert D. ’40 (1977)
- Thorson, J. Don ’55 (2012)
- Thum, Ernest E. ’05 (1951)
- Thurmond, Robert E. ’43 (1980)
- Titley, Spencer R. ’51 (1975)
- Toksoz, M. Nafi ’58 (1995)
- Turchan, Thomas P. ’35 (1971)
- Wagoner, George E. ’28 (1969)
- Wallis, William E. ’30 (1962)
- Waltch, Mark J. ’57 (1988)
- Waltman, William D. ’99 (1942)
- Warner, Don L. '56, MS '61 (2007)
- Warren, Jasper N. ’50 (1978)
- Warren, S.P. ’13 (1967)
- Washburn, Howard G. ’04 (1957)
- Waterman, Robert H. Jr. ’58 (1984)
- Watrous, Mark U. ’14 (1954)
- Weaver, Gaylord C. ’26 (1967)
- Weinig, Arthur J. Sr. ’08 (1944)
- Weiss, Andrew ’99 (1949)
- Wendeborn, Richard D., ’52 (1973)
- Whetsel, Raymond V. ’16 (1949)
- Whisler, J. Steven ’84 (1994)
- Whitaker, Orvil R. ’98 (1942)
- Wilfley, Elmer R. ’14 (1954)
- Williams, Robert R. Jr. ’29 (1959)
- Wilson, John E. ’36 (1975)
- Wilson, John H. ’23 (1957)
- Wiltsey, Kathleen ’77 (2003)
- Wolf, Albert G. ’07 (1953)
- Wolf, Harry J. ’03 (1949)
- Wood, Russell L. ’49 (1981)
- Wright, Joseph R. ’61 (1985)
- Writz, Robert H. Jr. ’64 (1992)
- Wunder, George W. ’36 (1974)