Awards

van Diest Gold Medalists

The van Diest Gold Medal, established in 1949 by the late Edmond van Diest, E.M. 1886, is awarded to an alumnus in his or her fifth to fifteenth year after graduation with a Bachelor of Science Degree.

Alumni who received only a graduate degree from Colorado School of Mines are not eligible. Graduation year is defined as the year in which the B.S. degree was awarded.

The award is made for "outstanding contribution" such as an original and significant addition to science or engineering knowledge related to the field of mineral engineering.

It may be an original idea regarding design, technique, process, or interpretation of data which leads to a definite advance in discovery, recovery, refining, or utilization of our natural mineral resources.

1955 Walter E, Heinrichs Jr. '40
1960 Stanley J. Marcus '45
1961 Albert W. Musgrave '47
1962 Marion S. Bell '49
1964 Niles E. Grosvenor '50
1967 Ira E. McKeever Jr. '52
1968 Roshan B. Bhappu '50
1971 Fred J. Hilterman '63
1971 Roger L. Kaesler '59
1975 Martin C. Kuhn '63
1977 Jan D. Miller '66
1978 Daniel E. Karig '59
1980 Charles E. Chapin '54
1981 Bruce R. Palmer '68
1990 Elizabeth L. Robinson'83
1998 Gregory S. Floerke '86
2000 Penny K. Iwamasa '91

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