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AlumniPassings (cont.)De n t L. Lay ’35 of Boulder City, Nev., died onFebruary 16, 2010. Dent was born in Rocky Ford,Colo., in 1912. He graduated from Mines with adegree in metallurgical engineering. At Mines,Dent was active in sports, earning four lettersin basketball and three in football. He was amember of the Sigma Phi Epsilon and Theta Taufraternities, and the National Society of Scabbard & Blade. In 1935,he was honored by his classmates as that year’s “Typical Miner.”Dent was called into service in April 1941 as a first lieutenantwith the Army Corp of Engineers. Later he was assigned to the813th Engineer Aviation, where he attained the rank of lieutenantcolonel. After the war, Dent was transferred to the Air Force andsent back to college at Ohio State University, where he obtaineda master’s degree in physics in 1951. After a short tour at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and a year attending the Air War College,Dent was assigned to the Armed Forces Special Weapons Projectin charge of nuclear weapon effects and received the Legion ofMerit for his work. Dent was later chosen as one of two militaryofficers to help start a Department of Defense research programdesigned in response to the USSR launch of Sputnik. In 1961, heretired from the Air Force with the rank of colonel. For the next10 years, he worked primarily with Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Beforehe retired, Dent served as executive director of the San FernandoValley Child Guidance Clinic, where he worked at the request of afriend to help with the clinic’s financial problems. Dent is survivedby his wife, Peggy.Ro b e rt W. “Bo b” Ma cCa n n o n ’51 of Pueblo,Colo., died on August 17, 2010. Bob was born in1929 in Denver and graduated from Mines witha degree in metallurgical engineering. He joinedthe Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the ROTCprogram at Mines. In 1954, he received a seconddegree in mining engineering. During the KoreanWar, Bob served in the Army as a member of the 82nd AirborneDivision. After his service, he worked in Colorado Fuel and IronCorporation’s mining department, primarily involved in iron oreproduction. He worked at the Sunrise, Wyo., and Cedar City,Utah, operations until his transfer to the main office in Pueblo in1978. He retired in 1986. Bob was past president of the WyomingMining Association, a member of the American Institute of MiningEngineering, and authored the book, Sunrise: A Chronology ofa Wyoming Mine. He was a Colorado School of Mines AlumniAssociation section coordinator, a lifetime member of the NationalSki Patrol and a volunteer for the Bessemer Historical Society. Bobis survived by his wife of 55 years, Doris; daughter, Diane Joyce;son, William; and three grandchildren.52 Fall/Winter 2010E. Jay May h e w ’41 died on February 18, 2010.Jay was born in 1916 and grew up on his family’sfarm near Trusdale, Kan. On August 3, 1938,shortly after starting his career at Mines, he andHelen M. Moore eloped. After graduating fromMines with a degree in geological engineering, heimmediately went to work as the chief geologistfor Great Lakes Carbon Company in Moab, Utah. After deciding hewanted to spend less time on the road and more time at home, Jaybegan working for himself. In total he launched five companies,which ranged from drilling mud services to clay mineralexploration, including Utah Mud Company in Albuquerque. Hediscovered the potash of the Paradox Basin, a number of uraniumdeposits, and several deposits of rare clays in Nevada. Jay andhis family eventually moved back to Colorado, where he beganworking for the Colorado School of Mines Research Foundation.He received three patents for drilling fluids and was a memberof several professional organizations, including the AmericanInstitute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers; andthe American Association of Petroleum Geologists. An activecommunity member, Jay served a term in the Utah Legislature,and volunteered frequently for various Cub Scouts, Boy Scoutsand high school activities. He was also named an HonoraryMember of the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association in2007 for his many years of support for the organization. Jay andhis wife enjoyed travelling, and visited South America, Asia andAustralia. Helen predeceased Jay after 65 years of marriage. Heis survived by his sons, John ’67, ’69, Robert and Allen; eightgrandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.Je r ry R. McLe o d ’57 of Carmel, Calif., died onMarch 1, 2010. Jerry was born in 1935 and wasraised in Shreveport, La., where he graduatedfrom Byrd High School in 1953. While at Mineshe was an all-conference guard on Mines’ footballteam, the editor of The Oredigger in his senioryear, and a member of the Alpha Tau Omegafraternity. He was selected to Who’s Who inAmerican Universities and Colleges, and graduated with adegree in petroleum engineering. In August 1957, he marriedNancy Ackenhausen and began working for Cities Oil ServiceCompany as a production engineer. Jerry later attended theHarvard School of Business Administration and received his MBAin 1965. He then returned to Cities Oil Service in Tulsa, Okla., andbecame vice president of production in the Western region. Hewas later a vice president of Tenneco in Houston and executivevice president of Pacific Gas and Electric in San Francisco. Jerrymarried Lynn Williams in 1975. He is survived by his wife, Lynn;sons, Mark and Steven; brother, Harry ’53; sister, Dianne McLeod;and five grandchildren.Bo b b y G. Ne w t o n ’52 of Hinsdale, Ill., died onMay 16, 2010. He was born in 1928 in NewtonCounty, Okla. His family later moved to Nickerson,Kan., where he graduated from Reno CommunityHigh School in 1946. Bobby was a member of TauBeta Pi and graduated from Mines with a degreein geological engineering. On September 29, 1951,he married high school classmate Fern ArleneMoorman in Nickerson. Bobby went to work for Amoco, serving inthe United States, Canada and Egypt. He retired in 1986 as vicepresident of Amoco Exploration International. During his career,he was involved in the discovery of the Sherwood Unit in the