People You Know
People You Know - July to September 2012
Igor Gonzales (Master’s in Metallurgy, 1984) was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer on May 2, 2012. Igor Gonzales NMT Class of 1984 He was previously President of Barrick's South America region, a position he held since 2005. Gonzales joined Barrick in 1998 and has more than 30 years of…
People You Know (April to June 2012)
Dr. Wallace T. Clark III is the Chief of the Systems Engineering Division, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The center is the single Air Force voice for integrating nuclear weapon systems requirements and nuclear weapon system resource management. Wally has also served as Chief Scientist,…
People You Know (January to March 2012)
Luis Jaramillo is the Chief Technical Officer with Ireland-based Colombian Mineral Resources. He is a Colombian national and a Geologist from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He earned a master’s in economic geology from New Mexico Tech. He has served as managing director of Ingeominas (National Institute of Geology and Mines…
People You Know (October to December 2011)
Harlan N. "Dusty" Rhodes (B.S. in Petroleum, 1953) passed away peacefully at home on October 11, 2011, after a life well lived. He was 85, and a well known Denver oil man who was a wonderful father, husband and grandfather, and a mentor, role-model and friend to…
People You Know, July to September 2011
Updates from New Mexico Tech alums. Send your updates to tguengerich@admin.nmt.edu. Earl Herkenhoff (Mining, Class of 1936) will be inducted into the American Mining Hall of Fame at the Mining Foundation of the Southwest annual Hall of Fame Banquet and Fundraiser in December in Tucson. Herkenhoff, who passed away…
People You Know, April to June 2011
News and updates from New Mexico Tech graduates: Tech graduate Dr. Anne Ortiz (B.S. in Basic Science, 1993) was hired in April as psychiatrist at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, N.M. Dr. Ortiz most recently was a psychiatrist at Artesia General Hospital, where she worked with acute patients. After completing…
People You Know, January to March 2011
Updates from New Mexico Tech alums. Send your updates to tguengerich@admin.nmt.edu. Donald Strachan (M.S. Geology, '76) joined Deer Horn Metals as an advisor to the company in economic geology and hydrogeology. Strachan earned a bachelor's in geology in 1973 from California State University, Fresno and received his master's from…
People You Know, August to December 2010
Updates from New Mexico Tech alums. Luiza Gutierrez (M.S. in Mineral Engineering, ‘06) and Remke van Dam (Postdoc in E&ES, ‘05) are putting Skype to the test. Luiza works for Golder Associates and recently moved to Australia, for a two-year assignment in the Perth office of the company. She works primarily on…
People You Know, May to July 2010
Bruce Kennedy (73, BS, mining engr.) recently moved to Tucson, Ariz. He writes, “I am currently working in the consulting industry and am involved in mining activities around the world. The last six months have seen me in Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Panama and Mexico as…
People You Know, Jan. 2010 to present
Updates may be sent to alumni at admin.nmt.edu Sidney Kirschner (56, BS, metallurgical engr.) has joined the firm Raising the Bar as managing director of its newly launched consulting practice. Kirschner will lead the practice in strategic planning, profitability modeling, pricing and compensation for law and accounting firms. Kirschner is…
People You Know, Sept. to Dec. 2009
Sept. 2009 to present Stavros S. Papadopulos (62, MS, hydrology) was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in February 2009. He writes, “ On October 4 and 5, 2009 my wife Annie and I attended the annual meeting of the NAE…
People You Know, 2005
1950s Richard S. Crial (51, BS, mineral engr.) reports that he and his wife have moved to Santa Barbara, Calif., to be near their daughter. He is retired from the United States Navy and from Boeing. R. Bruce Tippen (59, BS, metallurgical engr.) writes, "Last …
People You Know, June through December 2004
1950s Morris T. Worley (58, BS, mining engr.) writes that he has accepted a position as manager of the Manufacturing Sector Development Program at NMSU-Carlsbad. The program administers six industrial technology degree and certificate programs, provide contract workforce training, and manage the…
People You Know, Jan. through June 2004
1960s Fritz Wolff (60, BS, mining engr.) writes "The University of Oklahoma Press is going to publish a book I wrote over the past few years titled A Room for the Summer. It's about adventures and misadventures set in the mines of…
People You Know, Oct. 2003 through Jan. 2004
1960s Cecil Rhodes Wilks, Jr. (68, BS, physics; 73, MS, physics) is retired from U.S. Government Civil Service. Much of his work involved missiles and telemetry systems. In 1988, Cecil was awarded the U.S. Navy Superior Civilian Achievement Award for performance leading…
People You Know, June through Sept. 2003
1930s Lawrence Nagle (38, BS, mining engineering) and his wife Joy dropped into the Alumni Office during a visit to Socorro from their home in Stephenville, Texas. Lawrence is retired from the oil and natural gas industry. He toured campus and reminisced…
People You Know, March to June 2003
1970s Anita Budding (71, MST) and Anton Budding, professor emeritus of geology, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary by snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park. Brent Anderson (72, BS, mining engr.) writes, "I find myself mining copper in Peru after many years in the…
People You Know, Oct. 2002 to Feb. 2003
1960s James Pulaski (61, BS, metallurgical engr.) writes that he is the retired vice president of engineering with Smith Valve Corp. He and his wife Patricia live in Westborough, Mass. James worked as quality and materials engineering consultant just prior to retirement.…
People You Know, April to Oct. 2002
1960s Dr. Mary Ann (Blymn) Seagraves (61, BS, math) is now affiliated with Theresa L. Seagraves & Associates, a management consulting firm specializing in workplace productivity analyses and return-on-investment (ROI) studies for training and development. This Parker, Colo.-based company has submitted a…
People You Know, Nov. 2001 to March 2002
1950s Dr. Alan H. Cheetham (50, BS, geology), now a senior scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution, was honored twice this year for his research in paleontology. At the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Boston in November, he…
People You Know, June - Nov. 2001
1970s Greg Friberg (75, BS, math; 75, BS, computer science; 83, MS, computer science) writes, "After getting my master's, I got married and moved to Las Cruces, N.M., where I have lived ever since. I worked for several contractors at White Sands,…
People You Know, March - May 2001
1950s Dr. Rudolph (Rudy) Jacobson (57, BS, metallurgy; 64, MS, metallurgy; 71, Ph.D., geoscience) writes, "I live in Austin, Texas. All my children and grandchildren live 'down the street.' I am vice president of engineering, for a solution mining company in the…
People You Know, Dec. 2000 - March 2001
Dec. 2000 - March 2001 1950s Dr. Ralph E. Pray (56) served as historical consultant for The History Channel TV program "Gold Mining," broadcast in July 2000. Ralph finished his undergrad work at the University of Alaska while serving as territorial assayer. He earned his doctorate…
People You Know, May to Sept. 2009
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