MSM ALUMNUS Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy ROLLA, MO.
VOLUME 19
APRIL-MAY, 1945
Who's Who on the Campus
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The Departm e nt of Minin g En g in ee rin a whic h h e r e tofor e ha s h a d offices , draftin g r oom, and la boratori es in the Min es buildin g , a I s o occupi e d in pa rt b y t he Ce r amics D e partm e nt and th e R eg iona l Sta tion of th e U.S . Burea u of Group of s tudent s working in sc hool m ine. Wh o ca n i\/[in es , r e ce ntl y identify them? S end ident ifications to The Editor, ha s ex pal., d e d MSM Alumnus- they w ill b e published in next issue. II1tO addltlOnadl s pace provId e in theVVa r e hou se buildin g . A min ing la borato ry for r esea rc h and in s tructiona l s tudi es wi ll be se t up th e re and a s hop a nd di s play room h ave bee n es tab lis he d. The Experim e nt a l Min e, comprised of seve ral hundr ed fee t of und e r g round work, a quarry a nd s urface min e plant, and s ituat ed abo u t 10 mi les from th e camp us, offe r s additional facilities for s tudi es in minin g m e thod s. 'M inin g Departme nt p lan s for th e immediate future call for th e buildin g up of th e di s play ex hibit wherei n workin g mod els a nd machin e ry of minin g practices ar e prese nt ed for examination by th e s tud e nt and vi s itor; fo r th e exten s iv e re con ve rs ion and mod e rni zat ion of th e Exp e rim e ntal Min e and min e plant to offer be tt e r in s tru c tion and r esearch accOlTlmodat ion s a nd ; for th e d eve lopm e nt of a mor e thorou g hl y int eg rated, comple t e course of s tudy in Pet rol e um En g in ee rin g. In fact, all three option s offere d for a d eg r ee in th e Minin g Departme nt: nam ely, Minin g E n g ineerin g , M inin g Geo lo gy a nd Pet"iole'ulTl E n g in ee rin g,
have bee n r e cently anal yze d and r ev ised for b etter corrc1ation. The n ew curricula a nd co urses of s tud y are given in the 1944-45 Catalog ue Bull etin o f the Schoo l of Min es and Metallurgy. R esea r ch w ork lea din g to e ith er a .Ma t e r 's d eg r ee or Ph.D. d eg r ee may b e ta ke n in a n yo ne at r l1e f1fr ee ' oj)tion s and a profess ional d eg r ee
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Department of Mining Engineering' g radu ate of th e Depa r tm e nt who ca n d e mon s trat e 5 years of r espo n s ible e n g in ee rin g practi ce a nd on th e prese nt at ion of a s ati s factory th es is. Co ope ration in r esea r c h work for po st g radu ate s tudi es is m a intained with th e U. S. Bur eau of Min es and close wo rkin g relations a r e a lso in e ff ec t w ith both th e Mi sso uri Geo lo g ic al S ur vey and th e U. S. Ge ologica! S urvey. T h e prese n t staff o f th e Minin g D e partment i s compri se d of ]. D. Forrester, Profess or and ChairDR. J. D . FORRESTER man; a nd Myron Rea d , In s tru c tor. Th e s taff wi ll b e e nl arged as academic d e mand s r eq uir e and as s ui ta bl e m e n b eco m e availa bl e in the fiel d. Dr. ]. D. Forres t e r is a g raduat e of th e Schoo l of Mi nes, U ni ve rs ity of Utah, and at Corn e ll U nivers ity, where h e r ece ived hi s Doctor of Phi lo s oph y deg r ee. H e came to MS .M in A ugust of 1944 from the Unive rs it y of Id a ho where h e spe nt fiv e yea r s afte r e ig ht years of se r vice with the Anaco nd a Copper Minin g Company and Inte rnation a l Sme ltin g anci R e fin in g Company. H e ha s r ece ntl y comp leted a m a nus cript of a n ew t ex t book e ntitl e d "P rin ciples of Minin g Ge olo gy" wher e in factor s bea rin g on the pros pec tin g a nd d eve lopm e nt of min e ral bodi es and the princip les of apprai sa ls an d examinations are pre se nt ed. It is to be r eleased by th e pub lis h e r dur in g Jul y or Aug us t of thi s year. H e i a ls o th e a uthor of approximately 15 artides pub lis he d in the tec hn ica l press: Hi s profess ional expe ri e n ce outs ide of teachin g ha s b ee n in th e fi e ld of min e ral land exa mination, pro spec tin g, a nd l a nd app r aisal throu g hout the weste rn s tat es . H e is a m e mb er of t he Ame rica n In st itute of Minin g' an d M eta llur g ica l E n gi n ee rs, Society for Promotion Enginee rin g Ed ucation, S oc i e t y Econom ic Geologists,Geolo g ica l Society of America, Nort h west Scie n tific Asso ciation (a I so Tru s tee) ,Soci ety of th e Sigma Xi, a nd th e Theta Tau E n g in ee rin g Frat e rnit y.
is ~ r a nt e d to any . EXPERIMENT STATION BUILDING where problems of Mining Indust ry are Worked O ut *Fll"st of a senes of articles de scnbl11 g department s and perso naltties on the campus.
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