Presidents
of the Colorado School of Mines
Date
following name indicates year in which term began.
E.
J. Mallett (Professor in Charge)-1873
- Professor
Mallett, a chemist, came from Columbia College School of Mines
in New York
Gregory
Board (Professor in Charge)-1875
- Certificates
from the Birkbeck School of Science and Art, London (chemistry
and mineralogy), Royal School of Mines, London (chemistry, physics,
geology, mineralogy), British Museum. While at the British Museum
he was in charge of the Department of Minerals.
Milton
Moss (Professor in Charge)-1878
- Studied
at technical schools of Munich, Frieberg and Clausthal in Germany.
Received Ph.D. from Clausthal
Albert
C. Hale (Began
as Professor in Charge, became the first President)-1880
- A.B.
- University of Rochester
- A.M.
- University of Rochester
- Ph.D.
- Heidelberg, Germany
- E.M.
- University of Rochester
- 1873-77
- High School Vice Principal, New Jersey
Regis
Chauvenet-1883
- 1862
- A.B. Washington University
- A.M.
- Washington University
- 1867
- B.S. Harvard University
- 1871-72
- Chemist, St. Louis, MO.
- 1872-75
- Chemist to Missouri Geological Survey/City Gas Inspector
Charles
S. Palmer-1902
- B.A.
- Amherst College
- 1882
- M.A. Amherst College
- 1886
- Ph.D. Johns Hopkins
- 1879-87
- Taught in Massachussetts
- 1887-02
- Professor of Chemistry, University of Colorado
Victor
C. Alderson-1903
- 1885
- A.B. Harvard College
- 1903
- D.Sc. Armour Institute of Technology
- 1885-87
- Superintendent of Public Schools, Dublin, Indiana
- 1887-1893
- Instructor, Englewood High School, Chicago, Illinois
- 1893-1898
- Professor of Mathematics, Armour Institute of Techology, Chicago
- 1898-1903
- Dean, Armour Institute of Technology
- 1903-1913
- President, Colorado School of Mines
- 1913-1917
- Consulting Mining Engineer
- 1917-1925
- President, Colorado School of Mines
William
G. Haldane-1913
- 1900
- B.S. Case School of Applied Science
- 1914
- Sc.D. Denver University
- 1901-13
- Faculty member in CSM metallurgy department/Manager of the CSM
Experimental Plant
William
B. Phillips-1915
- 1877
- Ph.B. University of North Carolina
- 1883
- Ph.D. University of North Carolina
- 1877-82
- North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station
- 1882-85
- Navassa Guano Company
- 1886-88
- Professor, University of North Carolina
- 1888-92
- Mining Engineering, Birmingham, Alabama
- 1891-93
- Professor, University of Alabama
- 1894-98
- Chemist, Birminham, Alabama
- 1900-1905
- Director, University of Texas Mineral Survey
- 1909-1915
- University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology
Howard
C. Parmalee-1916
- 1897
- B.Sc. University of Nebraska
- 1899
- A.M. University of Nebraska
- 1899
- Assistant Chemist, Union Pacific Railroad Company
- 1900-02
Chemist, Globe Plant, American Smelting and Refining Company
- 1902-05
Consulting Chemist
- 1905-06
Editor, Mining Reporter
- 1907-10
Editor, Western Chemist and Metallurgist
- 1910-16
Western Editor, Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering
- 1915
- Appointed a Trustee at Colorado School of Mines
Victor
C. Alderson-1917
Melville
F. Coolbaugh-1925
- 1902
- B.S. Colorado College
- 1905
- M.A. Columbia University
- 1925
- LL.D. Colorado College (Honorary)
- 1927
- LL.D. University of Colorado (Honorary)
- 1902-04
- Instructor, Colorado College
- 1904-05
- Asst. in Chemistry, Columbia University
- 1906-14
- Instructor, South Dakota State School of Mines
- 1915-17
- Asst. Professor, Case School of Applied Science
- 1917-18
- Professor, Colorado School of Mines
- 1918
- Chemical Warfare Service
- 1919
- Private Research
- 1919-25
- Metals Exploration Company, Denver, Colorado
Ben
H. Parker-1946
- 1924
- Engineer of Mines, CSM
- 1932
- M.S. CSM
- 1934
- D.Sc. CSM
- 1924-28
- Marland Oil Company
- 1928-29
- Gypsy Oil Company
- 1929-30
- E. W. Marland, Inc.
- 1930-31
- Gypsy Oil Company
- 1932-42
- Faculty member in Geological Engineering at CSM
- 1940-44
- War Program, U.S. Office of Education
John
W Vanderwilt-1950
- 1922
- A.B. University of Michigan
- 1923
- M.S. University of Michigan
- 1927
- Ph.D. Harvard University
- 1923-29
- Faculty Member, Univesity of Colorado
- 1927-34
- U.S.G.S.
- 1934-??
- Consulting Geologist, Climax Molybdenum
Orlo
E. Childs-1963
- 1935
- B.S. University of Utah
- 1937
- M.S. University of Utah
- 1945
- Ph.D. University of Michigan
- 1937-42
- Faculty member at Weber College
- 1944-45
- Instructor, University of Michigan
- 1945-46
- Sinclair Oil Company
- 1946-48
- Assistant Professor, Colgate University
- 1948-49
- Faculty member, University of Wyoming
- 1950-62
- Phillips Petroleum
- 1962-63
- U.S.G.S.
Guy
T. McBride, Jr.-1970
- 1940
- B.S. University of Texas
- 1948
- D.Sc. Massachussetts Institute of Technology
- 1942-44
- Instructor, M.I.T.
- 1944-46
- Standard Oil
- 1946-48
- Research Associate
- 1948-58
- Faculty member/Administrator, Rice University
- 1958-70
- Texas Gulf Sulphur
George
S. Ansell-1984
- 1954
- B.Met.E. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- 1955
- Met.M.E. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- 1960
- Ph.D.Met.E. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- 1955-58
- U.S. Navy
- 1960-84
- Faculty member/Administrator, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Theodore
A. Bickart-1998
- 1957
- B.E.S. Johns Hopkins University
- 1958
- M.S.E. Johns Hopkins University
- 1960
- D.Eng. Johns Hopkins University
- 1961
- Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
- 1961-63
- U.S. Army
- 1963-1989
- Faculty member/Administrator, Syracuse University
- 1989-1998
- Dean of Engineering, Michigan State University
John
U. Trefny - 2000
- 1963
- B.S. (Physics) Fordham University
- 1968
- Ph.D. (Physics) Rutgers University
- 1967-1969
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Applied Physics,
Cornell University
- 1969-1977
Assistant Professor of Physics, Wesleyan University
- 1977-2000 Faculty Member / Administrator, Colorado School of Mines
M. W. Scoggins - 2006
- 1970 - B.S. Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa
- 1974 - M.S. Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma
- 1977 - Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa
- 1970-1999 Mobil Oil Corporation
- 2000-2004 Executive Vice President, Exxon Mobil Production Company
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