Awards

This award is given to alumni or former students whom the Mines Board of Trustees recognizes for significant career achievements that enhance the reputation and mission of Colorado School of Mines.

• 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)
• Irelan, Robert E. ’68 (2000)
• Isom, E.W. ’07 (1948)
• Isaacs, Vernon A. “Bud” ’64 (2008)
• 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, Steven L. ’75 (2014)
• 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)
• Oduolowu, Olu Akin ’72, ’78 (2006)
• Off, George W. ’70 (2000)
• Ordonez, Georges ’29 (1964)
• 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)
• Sulzbach, Candace S. ’81 (2014)
• 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)
• Vander Ark, Tom ’81 (2009)
• van Diest, Edmond C. ’86 (1949)
• Vincent John D., ’33 (1973)
• Vivona, Michelle ’86 (2004)
• Volin, Melden E. ’33 (1969)
• Volk, Richard W., ’58 (1988)
• Volk, Russell H. ’26 (1956)
• 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)
• Zanetell, F. Dave ’87 (2011)
• Zehr, Norman R. ’52 (1977)
• Zwick, Benjamin F. ’29 (1960)

The van Diest Gold Medal, established in 1949 by the late Edmond van Diest, E.M. 1886, was awarded to an alumnus/na in his or her fifth to 15th year after graduation with a bachelor of science degree. The award was made for “outstanding contribution” such as an original and significant addition to science or engineering knowledge related to the field of mineral engineering. It may have been an original idea regarding design, technique, process or interpretation of data that led to a definite advance in discovery, recovery, refining or utilization of natural mineral resources.

• Bell, Marion S. ’49 (1962)
• Bhappu, Roshan B. ’50 (1968)
• Chapin, Charles E. ’54 (1980)
• Floerke, Gregory S. ’86 (1998)
• Grosvenor, Niles E. ’50 (1964)
• Heinrichs, Walter E. Jr. ’40 (1955)
• Hilterman, Fred J. ’63 (1971)
• Iwamasa, Penny K. ’91 (2000)
• Kaesler, Roger L. ’59 (1971)
• Karig, Daniel E. ’59 (1978)
• Kuhn, Martin C. ’63 (1975)
• Marcus, Stanley J. ’45 (1960) 
• McKeever, Ira E. Jr. ’52 (1967)
• Miller, Jan D. ’66 (1977)
• Musgrave, Albert W. ’47 (1961)
• Palmer, Bruce R. ’68 (1981)
• Robinson, Elizabeth L. ’83 (1990)

The Board of Trustees and the Class of 1922 established this award in 1974 in honor of the late George R. Brown, to honor a person who has rendered distinguished service in or to the field of engineering education.

• Bunge, Annette (2011)
• Gary, James H. (1987)
• Golden, John O. and Lynne (2006)
• Krauss, George S. (1998)
• Kuhn, Truman H. (1974)
• Matlock, David (2015)
• McBride, Guy T. Jr. (1988)
• Pirson, Sylvain J. ’31 (1981)
• Schlechten, Albert W. (1980)
• Sloan, E. Dendy (2011)
• Stermole, Franklin J. (1999)
• Van Tuyl, Francis M. (1975)
• Weimer, Robert J. (1990)

Awarded by the Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees to individuals who have rendered unusual and exemplary service to the university.

• Allen, Sally Vance (1995)
• Allison, Bonnie J. (1992)
• Anderson, Fred E. (1983)
• Anderson, Norma (2001)
• Ansell, Marjorie B. (2000)
• Babcock, Henry A. (1982)
• Barker, Claude L. ’31 (1984)
• Baroch, Charles J. (2008)
• Baxter, Robert A. ’23 (1980)
• Bliss, Stewart A. (1993)
• Blue Key (1999)
• Brennecke, Fritz (1981)
• Burger, William V. (1980)
• Carpenter, Clark B. (posthumously) (1983)
• Cheuvront, Harold (2010)
• Conrey, Bernetta (1982)
• Cook, Charles F. (1991)
• Coolbaugh, David F. ’43, ’47, Dsc ’61 (1990)
• Cooney, Bryan (2005)
• Coors, John K. (2007)
• Corbetta, Anthony F. ’48 (posthumously) (2014)
• Cox, Ronald H. ’59 (1996)
• Crouch, Marshall ’67 (2010)
• Daniel, Linda Hulsen (1991)
• Darden, James W. (1992)
• del Rio, Sam ’28 (1981)
• Dickinson, Carol (2000)
• Dickinson, Don (2000)
• Dinkmeyer, Elvera (1982)
• Dunoyer, Philippe (1996)
• Dyar, Sophronia (1987)
• Eckley, Wilton (2004)
• Engel, I.W. (Bill) ’60 (1994)
• Erisman, Frank ’65 (2002)
• Finkl, Charles W. (1993)
• Foss, F.A. (1987)
• Graebner, Robert J. (1992)
• Grampsas, Anthony S. (1996)
• Greenberg, Joanne (1999)
• Hancock, John W. (1992)
• Haun, John D. (1995)
• Hazen, Wayne (1981)
• Hogan, John A. (2003)
• Hutchinson, Gary L. ’62, MS ’89 (2000)
• Hutchinson, Robert M. (1999)
• Ireson, Alfred T. ’48 (2014)
• Jarnagin, Ruth (1986)
• John Perez (1993)
• Johnson, Marvin D. (Swede) (1994)
• Johnstone, James G. ’48 (1986)
• Jordan, A. Raymond (1984)
• Kay, Marvin L. ’63 (2003)
• Kintner, Jack P. (1996)
• Laudeman, E. Dean B. ’55 (1988)
• Lees, Bryan ’85 (2003)
• Lees, Kathryn ’88 (2003)
• Mackay, Ian H. Dsc ’53 (1999)
• Manhart, Thomas A. ’30 (1984)
• Mast, Virginia A. (2000)
• McBride, Rebekah B. (posthumously) (1998)
• Meissner, Fred F. ’53, MS ’54 (2000)
• Merideth, George T. (1985)
• Morgan, Jesse R. (posthumously) (1981)
• Nickerson, Kenneth W. ’48 (1988)
• Noble, Dan (1987)
• Nyikos, Michael S. (posthumously) (2012)
• Olsen, Leslie (2008)
• Ostrander, F. Taylor (1986)
• Pascoe, Monte (1991)
• Pearson, Robert W. ’59 (2001)
• Person, Waverly J. (2004)
• Plummer, Thomas G. (1990)
• Reeves, John A. (1982)
• Rockwell, Bruce M. (1983)
• Romberger, Samuel (2011)
• Slater, Willard R. ’40 (1990)
• Smiley, Francis E. ’40 (1988)
• Sonnenberg, Stephen A. PhD ’81 (1998)
• Starzer, Michael R. ’83 and Patricia K. ’83 (2013)
• Steinhauer, Gurnett (1981)
• Stockmar, Ted P. ’43 (1989)
• Stockton, Ruth S. (1985)
• Syvret, Charles F. (1993)
• Thistlewood, Jo Ann (1989)
• Thompson, Terry and Trudy (1997)
• Thorson, J. Don ’55 (2026)
• Traylor, Claire Guthri (1994)
• Trefny, Sharon L. (2006)
• Van Dewerker, Letta M. (1998)
• Vanderwilt, John W (1980)
• Wagner, David J. (2007)
• Weigand, Virginia (1985)
• Weimer, Robert J. (1983)
• Weinhardt, Brigitte (2002)
• Wildeman, Louise (2006)
• Witwer, John P. (2001)
• Wood, George ’65 (2012)
• Wright, W. Lloyd (1986)
• Young, Bill (2008)
• Zainal, Mohamed (2005)