List Rules People on this list must have gone to Colorado School of Mines and be of some renown.
List of famous alumni from Colorado School of Mines, with photos when available. Prominent graduates from Colorado School of Mines include celebrities, politicians, business people, athletes and more. This list of distinguished Colorado School of Mines alumni is loosely ordered by relevance, so the most recognizable celebrities who attended Colorado School of Mines are at the top of the list. This directory is not just composed of graduates of this school, as some of the famous people on this list didn't necessarily earn a degree from Colorado School of Mines.
List ranges from Shane Carwin to George Saunders and more.
This list answers the questions “Which famous people went to Colorado School of Mines?” and “Which celebrities are Colorado School of Mines alumni?”
Antônio Ermírio de Moraes was a Brazilian businessman who was the chairman of the Votorantim Group; one of the country's largest companies, focuseded on metals, paper, cement and ...more
George Saunders is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas and children's books. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's and GQ. He also contributed a ...more
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Katherine M SteeleGraduate student
Katherine M. Steele is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington.
Fred F. Meissner was an American geologist and engineer who contributed to the fields of Geology, Geophysics, Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Physics, Mining, ...more
J. Steven Whisler retired as chairman and CEO of Phelps Dodge Corporation upon its merger with Freeport Copper and Gold, Inc. He joined Phelps Dodge in 1981. He is a director of several ...more
Kenneth S. Deffeyes is a geologist who worked with M. King Hubbert, the creator of the Hubbert peak theory, at the Shell Oil Company research laboratory in Houston, Texas. Deffeyes holds a B.S. ...more
Robert A. (Bob) Ridge is vice president of health, safety and environment for ConocoPhillips. Ridge joined Phillips Petroleum Company in 1978 as a process section supervisor at the Sweeny ...more
Joe Eazor is senior vice president of Transformation for EDS, an HP company. He is leading the post-merger Integration and Transformation activities for the business group.
Erol Ozensoy, a self-made Turkish entrepreneur, industrialist and businessmen, who founded Kimetsan, one of the largest chemical companies in Turkey today.
Steven B. Hinchman is executive vice president of Technology and Services for Marathon Oil Corporation and serves as a member of Marathon's Executive Committee. He joined Marathon in 1980. He ...more
Mr. Swiger is the current Vice President of Exxon Mobil Corporation and President, ExxonMobil Gas Power Marketing Company, which is responsible for commercial development, marketing, and ...more
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Derrick JensenAuthor
Derrick Jensen is an American author and radical environmentalist living in Crescent City, California. According to Democracy Now!, Jensen "has been called the poet-philosopher of the ...more
Purnomo Yusgiantoro is an Indonesian politician who is the former president-secretary general of OPEC, former Indonesian Minister of Energy for three presidents, and former Minister of Defense ...more
Shane Bannister Carwin is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Interim Heavyweight
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Gerald Grandey
Gerald W. Grandey was previously the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cameco Corporation. He currently serves on the boards of Nuclear Energy Institute, Canadian Nuclear Association, ...more
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Jack J. GrynbergBusinessperson
Jack J. Grynberg is a Polish-born American businessman. He is a Denver-based oil and gas developer who has amassed a multimillion dollar fortune in the oil and natural gas sector. He has a ...more
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Craig SchurigAmerican Football coach, Coach
Craig Schurig is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head football coach for Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas and he held that position since the 2002 season. He ...more
Caleb Vance Haynes, Jr., known as Vance Haynes or C. Vance Haynes Jr., is an archaeologist, geologist and author who specializes in the archaeology of the American Southwest. Haynes ...more
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William Arbegast
William John Arbegast, Jr. was an American metallurgical engineer, mechanical engineer and friction stir welding expert.
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George R. Brown
George Rufus Brown was a prominent Houstonian entrepreneur. Brown led Brown & Root Inc. to become one of the largest construction companies in the world and helped to foster the political ...more
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Steven L. NewmanBusinessperson
Steven L. Newman is an American businessman. He served as the President and Chief Executive of Transocean until February 16, 2015.
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Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
Robert H. Waterman, Jr. is a non-fiction author and expert on business management practices. He is best known as the co-author, with Tom Peters, of In Search of Excellence. He earned his MBA ...more
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List Rules: People on this list must have gone to Colorado School of Mines and be of some renown.
