1960's
 Note:  some of this information was 'Googled'

Abshier, Frank J.; 1964
    Frank is an Environmental Engineer at ATK-Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Missouri
Ahr, Wayne M.; 1960, Geology
    Wayne received his PhD from Rice University in 1967.  Currently he is a Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Texas A&M University.  He teaches petroleum geology with special interest in carbonate reservoir description and evaluation, carbonate sedimentology and stratigraphy with special interest in Paleozoic reefs and mounds, and paleoecology. 
 
Anderson, Wynn E.; 1967 Geology
   Wynn was Assistant Vice President for Finance and Administration at UTEP for 34 years.  He retired to half-time duties in 1999 to devote more time to the continued development of the Chihuahuan Desert Gardens at the Centennial Museum and now serves as the Museum's Botanical Curator.
    He also is very involved in the Museum's SunSCAPE program, which promotes living in harmony with our desert surroundings, consists of a weekly radio program on KTEP, national public radio for the Southwest, and in "using native plants and gardening in harmony with the desert in your landscape". SunSCAPE. When not leading tours, giving lectures, or writing articles about native plants of the Chihuahuan Desert region and their landscape applications, Wynn can be found happily working in the Gardens and answering visitors' questions.
Brady, III, Bruce; 1969, Geology
    Bruce is currently President of the Great Western Drilling Co., in Midland, TX.  The independent oil and gas producer has been in business for 66 years and currently operates 300 wells in the Permian Basin.
Best, John F.; 1967, Geology
    After John graduated in 1967, he attended the University of Hawaii in Honolulu and received a M.S .in Oceanography prior to joining the United States Army where he served for three years as an officer with the Army Corps of Engineers.
    John is the senior partner of Best/White LLC and Best/White de México, S. de R.L. de C.V.  He founded the company in 1990 after having been in the industrial real estate business since 1974, when he founded Best Real Estate, a company still operating in El Paso, Texas.  His major real estate responsibility is centered in Juarez, but he is also active in monitoring the activity of the four other offices in El Paso, Laredo, McAllen, and Monterrey.
    Besides real estate, John has been involved in numerous business and cultural activities in both sides of the border. He founded the El Paso Foreign Trade Association in 1989, an organization dedicated to the promotion of international trade along the U.S.-México border. He is also one of the founding members of the Border Trade Alliance, which is the most active private non-profit organization uniting businesses in the United States and México, and recently in Canada. John's cultural activities include: President of the Twelve Travelers Foundation, one of the largest sculpture projects in the U.S.; President of the Americana Museum in El Paso, which sponsored art projects from both the U.S. and Mexican native cultures.
    John lives with his wife in Santa Teresa, New Mexico and has three children. 
Bremer, Juan Ignacio ; 1960, Geology
    Juan began working at age 19 as a chemical analyst for ASARCO to finance his studies for a degree from UTEP.  Joining Exportadora de Sal (ESSA) in 1962, he held many positions over the years.  In 1980 he was appointed Director General, a position he held until retiring December 2004.  He received the Salt Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 annual meeting.
    During his 40 year tenure at ESSA, he collaborated with Japanese, Mexican and American owners and with eight different Presidents of Mexico.  From 1998-2001, under his leadership, ESSA achieved an annual sales growth of 2.5%; its international market share grew from 27% to 30%; and its production increased from 5.5 to 7.5 million tons.  He serves as adviser and member of many committees and professional organizations in Mexico.  A native of San Luis Potosi, Mexico Juan is married to Elsa Hernandez and has six children. 
Burgess, Jack W.; 1961, Mining (email to Sandy; 11/06)
    Jack W. Burgess has been active lately as a Board Member of the Chihuahua Desert Research Institute at Fort Davis, Texas.  He and Joseph Mussey (Geol. '58) have about completed a Mining Heritage Exhibit, that physically displays how small mining was carried out in the Chihuahua Desert over the past 200 years.  They were assisted and supported by many APO's and Friends from TWC.  In addition to a Head frame and Horse-Whim Hoist (hitched to a real statue of a burro), displayed are several ores from important copper, lead-zinc, gold and silver mines in the region. 
    Jack still actively consults, and recently returned from evaluating a gold mine in Oaxaca, Mexico.  While at Texas Western College, he was a member of the 1957 and 1959 Miner Basketball Team which won Border Conference Championships. 
    He and his wife, Kay (BA '60) live in Corrales, New Mexico
Calhoun, William M.; 1961, Mining
    William is President of W.M. Calhoun Inc., an independent consultant that provides consulting services to the minerals industry in the areas of mining operations, mine planning, mine design, ore reserves and environmental issues.  From 1972 through 1981, he served as President and CEO of Day Mines, Inc., an American Stock Exchange Company with mining operations in the western United States that was acquired by Hecla Mining.  In 1981 William's extensive public service record included membership on President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Minerals Task Force, President Gerald Ford's Inflation Task Force; Director of the Silver Institute; Trustee of the Northwest Mining Association; Chairman of the Mining Advisors Committee to the Governors of Washington and Idaho; President of the Idaho Mining Association; Chairman of Idaho College of Mines; and numerous other civil and professional organizations.
Carter, Dr. James L.; 1961, Mining   
     James is an Associate Professor of geochemistry in the Department of Geosciences at UT Dallas.    He received his PhD in 1965 from Rice University and had a post-doctoral position in the Graduate  Research Center of the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies at UT Dallas.  On Friday, November 9, 2007, Jim retired after 43 years of teaching and research at UT Dallas.   His research interests involve:     

    He is also known for helping discover the remains of an alamosaurus in Big Bend National Park.      James is renowned for his expertise in "simulated lunar regolith," virtually indistinguishable from moon dirt.  He is NASA's go-to guy when they need artificial moon dirt.   In January 2008, he was featured in the Dallas Morning News entitled "There's no lunacy in making fake moon dust.. " 

Chung, Taesin; 1960, Mining
    Taesin has retired and lives in Corpus Christi.  Until 1995, he worked for DOE/Energy Information Administration (EIA), where he wrote many articles regarding uranium or thorium in nuclear energy fields.  

De Hon, Rene A.; 1962, Geology; email to Sandy 5/6/06
    Rene received his M.S. and PhD from Texas Tech.  He retired from teaching and research after 38 years.  During his career, he participated in Lunar, Mars, and Mercury geologic studies for NASA.  Rene and Jackie's retirement home will be at Canyon lake in the Texas Hill Country. 

Elliston, Patrick M.; 1961, Geology
    Pat is a lawyer and practices in Bisbee, AZ
Howard, Herbert B. ; 1964, Geology
    In 2001 Herbert was listed as owner of Howard Engineering, Inc., in Skiatook, OK
Jackson, James R.; 1967, Geology
    James received his M.A. from UT Austin in 1969.  In 1980 he established Trace oil and Gas but is now retired and is an independent geologist. 
Janét, Bruce D.; 1966, Mining
    Bruce is owner of Dogwood Quarries in Manassas, VA.
Johnson, Fred M.; 1962, Geology
    Fred is a consultant and lives in Tombstone, AZ
Kock, Carlos N. Hornedo; 1960; Metallurgy/Geology; email May 2009
    Mr. Carlos Kock contacted Dr. Philip Goodell about some rock samples.   When we asked what he'd been up to, he responded with the following:

      The antimony specimens I am about to send you were obtained in Wadley.  The rare elliptical calcite crystal specimen was given  to me by one of our geologists and found in Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.  Although  the first two specimens are very heavy, the third one is small and not  heavy.  I  will be happy to send them to you, as soon as I return from a short graduation  trip to Indianapolis,  Indiana, where  my grandson is graduating.    I will pack  them as secure as  possible, to avoid breakage..
    Again, thank you for your interest on these specimens
Kosanke, Steven P.; 1963, Geology
    Sadly Steven passed away in 1992.  After graduation, he went to Utah to work with Charlie Steen.
Lowrie, Raymond. L.; 1960, Mining
    Ray received his M.S. in 1972 from Colorado School of Mines.  He started in the mining industry as a development miner in an underground hardrock mine in Colorado and then worked as an engineer in two underground coal mines in Oklahoma. He served as a mining engineer for the former U.S. Bureau of Mines in Denver, CO and Washington, D.C.; and became Chief of the Bureau’s Intermountain Field Operations Center in Denver. He was Chief of Reclamation for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in Columbus, OH. He retired from the Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement as an Assistant Director after heading its offices in Kansas City, MO, Pittsburgh, PA, and Denver, CO.
    Ray served as SME’s Professional Registration Coordinator from 1997 to 2003, a period of substantial change in the national requirements to become a registered professional mining/mineral engineer. Also, he was editor of SME’s Mining Reference Handbook, which was recognized in 2004 as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine, a publication of the American Library Association.
    He is a registered professional engineer in Texas. He received the Hubert E. Risser Award for outstanding work in mineral economics (1971) and was named to Who’s Who in the East (1985) and Who’s Who in the West (1988).
    In 2004, he was awarded the prestigious SME President’s Citation.  The Citation reads:
        "For leading SME’s Professional Registration Committee through its most challenging years and for editing SME’s first award-winning,
         best-selling book, the SME Mining Reference Handbook.  The society is indebted to Ray Lowrie for diplomatically satisfying the require-
        ments of NCEES while preserving the interests of SME. He has helped fulfill the society’s mission through technology transfer and service
        to the entire mining/minerals engineering profession”  
Martin, Ronald B.; 1962, Geology
    Ron is a geoscience manager for Schlumberger Consulting Services in College Station, TX.  In 2006, he presented a paper "Accurately Characterizing Middle Cotton Valley Reservoirs in the Carthage Field, Panola County, Texas" at the Gulf Coast
Maxwell, Jr., Robert D.; 1964, Geology
    Robert is a Senior Associate of Behre Dolbear & Company, Inc. and resides in Wyoming.  He received his MBA from the University of Colorado at Denver, and is Behre Dolbear’s principal specialist in uranium deposits including exploration, development, mining and evaluation in both North America and Central Asia.  He has participated and led investigations in land holdings of major uranium companies.  Prior to joining Behre Dolbear, Bob was employed by Kerr McGee, Conoco, Wyoming Minerals, Dames & Moore and Rio Algom Mining in various positions.
    He has three grown children living in the U.S., and when he isn’t tracing radioactive particles with a Geiger counter, Bob occupies himself with tennis, hiking and photography.
McClurg, Donald L.; B.S., 1960
        Donald is Sr. Partner of McClurg & Cook Petroleum Consultants in Midland, TX.  He established the company in 1993
Mims, Jr., Robert L.; 1967, Geology
    Bob is a geology instructor at Richland College in Dallas
Nili-Esfahani, Alireza ; 1963, Geology
    Alireza works for the California Transportation Department.  He is Executive Planning Management in charge of Feasibility Studies
Oliver, Joe B.; 1962, Geology
    Joe lives here in El Paso and works with Gunning-Castile Reality
Paulk, Ronnie D.; 1964, Geology
    Ronnie teaches Math at Austin High School here in El Paso and coaches the school's basketball team.
Pierson, Gene W.; 1962, Mining
    Gene has been a Director of the Idaho General Mines, Inc. since 2002.  The company is an American mineral resources development company specializing in advanced-stage molybdenum and strategic metals projects.  Since 1999 Mr. Pierson has been a self-employed consultant for mining companies in mineral economics and management.  From 1981 to 1999 he was employed by Hecla Mining Company (NYSE) as a senior Analyst performing research and analytical work with management, engineering, metallurgical, geology, accounting and financial staff.  Gene Pierson is a member of the Society of Mining Engineers and the Mineral Economics & Management Society.  The Resource Investor newsletter referred to Gene as "...one of the pantheons of mine design, metallurgy, and mine engineering."  In 2004, he was listed in the Business Section of  Forbes Magazine.
Riggs, William F.; 1960, Geology (email; 10/06)
  William accepted a job as a chemical salesman in 1960 because he knew the terminology used in the uranium industry in Grants, New Mexico, which lasted three years.    In 1963 he attempted an M.S. in Geochemistry and worked nights as a chemist, which gave him excellent experience.  After two years, he realized the market for geochemists had not improved during that time. 
    About 1965 he accepted an offer with Hercules, Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware to become part of their Market Development staff in developing chemicals for non-metallic mineral processing; in 1968 he was promoted to head up the group for three more years; when he was offered a new position with a startup company in Arizona.
    He became the Market Development Manager for the Mining Chemical Division of Kerley Chemical Corp. in southern Arizona specializing in developing chemicals for Copper Sulfide-Molybdenite separation, which resulted in another success in 1971.  In 1975, Inspiration Consolidated Copper Corp. (now Phelps Dodge Miami Copper) hired him as their Corporate Director of Research and Technical Services.
    Following that experience, in 1979 he accepted an opportunity in Houston, Texas to earn a minority equity position by becoming the COO and President of OrePrep Chemicals, Inc. -- a new startup company specializing in customized mineral processing chemicals for both the metallic and non-metallic industry.  This company was a major success and was sold to CYTEC (formerly American Cyanamid) in 1998.  Since they had world class customers in all the major global mining regions using our flotation chemicals, as the COO he was required to stay for three years to assist in the transition.
    Upon retirement at age 63, he formed Mentors International, Inc.; which has kept him busy consulting on mineral processing problems in southeast Asia, South America, North America, and the Balkans. However, he still manages about one and one half weeks a month somewhere in the world.
    His personal feelings are that his career at the Geology Dept. in El Paso opened a world to me that would have been almost impossible without the degree he received. It made all opportunities he received possible because education and unique environment that exists on campus in El Paso. He says he feels has has been truly been blessed and credits his exposure to Texas Western College as having played a big part in opening the doors for me.
Rives, Larry A.; 1969, Geology
    Larry is a civil engineering technician in Programs and Project Management Division with the Corps of Engineers in Arkansas.
Rhoades, Jack L.; 1961, Mining
    Jack is the Director of Operations for the Informatics Corporation.  He joined Informatics Corporation in 2002 and currently oversees all aspects of operations and project management for the Informatics Corporation, spanning geographic locations which include government locations in Richland, WA, Rocky Flats, CO, Oak Ridge, TN, etc. and commercial locations in Seattle, WA, San Antonio, TX, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Window Rock, AZ, etc.
    In 9167 Jack worked with the Atomic Energy Commission and advanced to the position of Assistant Manager for Operations at the Department of Energy's Richland Operations Office.  In 1988, he left the Department of Energy and worked for EG&G at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory and the Rocky Flats sites.  In 1992 he joined Lockheed Environmental Systems and Technologies Company as the General Manager over their Las Vegas operations.  In 1996 he transferred to Lockheed Martin Hanford as Director of Project Control and Integration.  Before joining the Informatics Corporation he was the Vice President Richland Operations for ATL International. As Director of Operations for the Informatics Corporation, he is responsible for managing all Informatics contract operations and product delivery across the United States.
Salamanca, Eloy; 1965, Geology
    Eloy is the EPISD Science Technology for middle school.  He teaches a fast-paced that includes Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Genetics, Digital Electronics, Robotics, Electricity and Magnetism, Brain and Nervous Systems, Redshift (Astronomy). etc.
Smith, Robert B. ; 1969, Geology
    Roger is the principal in R.B.Smith & Assoc., Inc.   He has many years of experience in the uranium business and maintains a close working relationship with other individuals still active in the industry and is certified to operate as a Professional Geologist by the State of Wyoming.  RB Smith & Assoc. has consulted to many of the major mining companies and oil companies who operated in uranium exploration and production during the active years and is familiar with many of the antique uranium data storage sites and can access many of these sites as well as interpret the available data.  The company has considerable experience in evaluating the essential economic and geologic conditions necessary for in situ mining.

Snider, Dr. Henry I., 1960, Geology
     Henry is Professor Emeritus at Eastern Connecticut University.  His areas of interest were paleontology and sedimentology  
 
Spect, Robert N.; B.S., 1960, Geology
    Robert worked for Atlantic Richfield until retiring and moving to Colorado.  In 1969 he was appointed for Vice President of the Permian Basin Geophysical Society.  In 1970 he was to be President but got transferred to Alaska.   He was UTEP's College of Science "Gold Nugget:" recipient.  In 2006 the Society of exploration Geophysicists awarded Bob the Gold Certificate for 50 years of membership. 
Utley, Ronald W.; 1962, Mining
    Ronald is the General Manager of  Crushing and Materials Handling for FFE Minerals, Inc. and currently lives in Bethlehem, PA
Watson, Jerry Allen; 1961, Geology
    Jerry now lives in Cat Springs, TX.  He received his M.S. in 1968 from Texas A&M University.

Will, Raymond K ; 1964, Mining
    Will is the Principal Engineer and Environmental Assessor for Todd Engineers in Emeryville, California and a "Diplomat" with the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers
 

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