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Dr. Frank G. Woodruff
'85, '40, '39Retired President and Chief Operating Officer, Gulf Resources & Chemical Company
The late Frank Woodruff received a BS in Mining Engineering (1940) and Geology (1939) from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1985.
After graduation, he served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and went on to hold many positions with various mining companies. In 1954, he joined Kennecott Copper Corp., which began a distinguished 16-year career in the . . .
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John M. Hird
'61John had a 32 year industrial career before retiring in 1993; however, he still does consulting. John began his career with Allied Chemical in Syracuse, New York as a Geological Engineer working on solution mining of salt and potash in the United States, Canada and Mexico. During this time, he was also involved in exploration and evaluation of many industrial mineral deposits.
In 1965, he went to work in the Phosphate Division of Texasgulf Sulphur Company in Aurora, . . .
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Charles L. Matson
'49Retired General Manager of Purchasing & Traffic, Pickands Mather & Company; Mining Engineer, Zenith Mine, Ely, MN and Michigan District Office; Mining Captain; Manager of Purchasing, Cleveland, OH; Erie Mining Co.: Chief Industrial Engineer for several mine start-ups; Maintenance Planning Supervisor; Assistant Superintendent of Maintenance, and Supt. of Agglomerating; Plant Superintendent, Hibbing Taconite Co.; Served in the European Theater of Operations in WWII, awarded two battle stars; Member, Michigan Tech Alumni Board of Managers, AIME, . . .
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Gregory A. Hahn
'76Greg is currently President and CEO of Summo Minerals Corporation in Denver, Colorado, a start-up copper mining company he founded and successfully developed. The Corporation's centerpiece is the Libson Valley Project in Southern Utah, where mining is expected to begin in January 1998. Greg has more than 20 years of experience as a Geological Engineer in exploration and mine development and operation. He worked eleven years for Norando in Arizona, Alaska, and Idaho; five years for . . .
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John M. Hird
'61John had a 32 year industrial career before retiring in 1993; however, he still does consulting. John began his career with Allied Chemical in Syracuse, New York as a Geological Engineer working on solution mining of salt and potash in the United States, Canada and Mexico. During this time, he was also involved in exploration and evaluation of many industrial mineral deposits.
In 1965, he went to work in the Phosphate Division of Texasgulf Sulphur Company in Aurora, . . .
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