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Powder River Basin, led Amoco’s entry into the deepwater Gulfof Mexico and offshore Nile Delta, and served as a director of theEarth Science Research Institute. Fern predeceased him in 2008.Bobby is survived by daughters, Kayla Rocereta and Tara Striemer;son, Robert; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.Ja m e s E. “Jim” Qu i n n ’48 of Denver, Colo., diedon March 4, 2010. Born in 1925, Jim graduatedfrom Regis High School in 1943 and enteredMines three days later. A member of Sigma AlphaEpsilon and the varsity basketball team, Jimgraduated from Mines with a degree in miningengineering. As a student he worked numerousjobs, including several semesters with Climax Molybdenum Co.,which helped to prepare him for his first job after graduation—selling a large amount of equipment to Climax Molybdenum.From 1948 to 1974, Jim worked for Denver Equipment Co.(DECO) selling mineral processing equipment and serving asvice president worldwide for DECO-Joy sales. In 1974, Jim joinedHazen Research as vice president of marketing. In 1977, Hazen-Quinn Process Equipment Co. was formed as a wholly ownedsubsidiary of HRI, and Jim became chairman of the board. In1993, he purchased 100 percent of Hazen-Quinn and renamed itQuinn Processing Equipment Co. Jim enjoyed spending time at hisproperty in Grand Lake, Colo., where he took many sunset cruises.He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Irene; sons, James, Edward,Richard and Robert; daughters, Melinda Blanchard, DeborahPesusich, Rebecca Bolders and Marilyn Miller; 33 grandchildren;and seven great-grandchildren.Pa u l M. “Mi k e” Ri v e r a ’77 of Azusa, Calif.,died on July 10, 2009. Mike was born in Denver,Colo., in 1954. He graduated from North HighSchool in 1972 and later graduated from Mineswith a degree in geological engineering. Heloved his work and traveled to Mexico, Algeriaand Venezuela. Mike’s career in the oil andgas industry began with Western Slope Gas Co. where he was asupervisor in reservoir engineering. Mike most recently workedfor Canadian Triton International as a supervisor of productionengineering in its Venezuela operations. He is survived by hismother, Sheila; sister, Cheri Bradell; and brother, Ray.Ri c h a r d Le e “Di c k” Sc h m i t t e l ’67 of NevadaCity, Calif., died on July 30, 2009. He was bornin 1943 in Salida, Colo. Dick received a five-yearNational Merit Educational Scholarship, whichhe used to attend Mines. He joined the Sigma PhiEpsilon fraternity and graduated with a degreein mining engineering. Dick was fluent in Greekand Spanish. He was listed in Who’s Who in America, and wasa member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Alumni Association and theColorado School of Mines President’s Council. Beyond family, hisgreat joys were flying his Cessna, scuba diving, baseball, literatureAlso In MemoriamJohn R. Blomberg ’56..........August 12, 2008Ralph L. Boyers ’50........December 28, 1996Earl D. Bristow ’37...............November 1968Edgar H. Clayton ’36................May 18, 1992Ralph G. Finlay ’39.............October 10, 1989Alan E. Hall ’39.............................. June 1988John S. Heggie III ’67............... June 3, 2002Robert G. Hill ’39..................January 1, 1973Joseph R. Hogan ’67...........October 21, 1995Thomas H. Hoover ’59........August 29, 2009David A. Kellogg ’49.................January 1989Harold L. Kelley’36, ’38.............. May 7, 2010I. Milton LeBaron ’41.............. June 25, 1997Henry G. McCleary ’48..November 29, 2008and community service. He was also extremely passionate abouthis patent: a method and apparatus for separating fine gradeparticles. Dick is survived by his wife of 30 years, Kathleen; sons,Dane and Ryan; and sister, Kenny.Law r e n c e C. “La r ry ” Ti s d e l ’54 of PortO’Conner, Texas, died on February 18, 2010.Born in 1932, Larry was raised in Brighton, Colo.,where he attended public school and receiveda scholarship to Mines. He was a member of theBeta Theta Pi fraternity and earned a degree inpetroleum refining engineering. Shortly aftergraduation, he was drafted and served in the Korean War. Duringhis service, Larry worked on rocket development in Huntsville,Ala. He finished his tour of duty with a G-13 rating and was thenemployed by Shell Chemical Co. in Pittsburg, Calif. In 1959, whileworking on a master’s degree at the University of California atBerkeley, Larry met and married Elizabeth Noble Cathcart. Thecouple returned to Colorado in 1962, where they resided for morethan 40 years. During most of that time, Larry and his family livedin the foothills above Golden, while Larry worked at the ColoradoSchool of Mines Research Institute until retiring in 1983. Larryshared his love of hiking, backpacking, motorcycling, kayaking andfly fishing with family and friends. He also became a partner of theFlying X Ranch in Wyoming and purchased a winter home in PortO’Conner, Texas. Larry is survived by his former wife, ElizabethC. Tisdel, of Santa Barbara, Calif.; daughters, Anne Beecroft andElizabeth Holmstead; son, Curtis; and eight grandchildren.Ri c h a r d M. T. Yo u n g ’38 of Palo Alto, Calif.,died on October 26, 2009. Richard was born inHonolulu, Hawaii, in 1916. He won a scholarshipto the Punahou School in Honolulu and laterearned a degree in metallurgical engineeringfrom Mines. His first job was the construction ofa steel mill in Anning, Yunnan Province, China,which is still in operation. Richard traveled through Japaneseoccupiedterritory in China in the late 1930s, but he returnedto the United States before the country entered World War II.He joined the Army and became Gen. Joseph Stilwell’s aide-decamp.He participated in the Allies’ 300-mile march out of Burmain 1942 and their later recapture. After the war, Richard workedas an engineer and executive with the Department of Defense,Lockheed Martin Corporation and the U.S. Postal Service. Heretired as a full colonel in the Army Reserve. He returned toChina in the late 1970s and oversaw the construction of theGreat Wall Hotel. Richard was a resident of Beijing through 1992,when he returned to Palo Alto. His first wife and the mother ofhis children, Vivien Woo Young, died in 1968. He is survived byhis second wife, Helen Praeger Young; daughters, Vicki Youngand Virginia Young; son, Peter; stepchildren, Elena Diana,Stephen Keller, Jennifer Keller Dandy and Christopher Keller;sisters, Bernice Chung and Dorothy Ako; three grandchildren;and five step grandchildren.William L. Payne, Jr. ’50.. December 13, 2009Robert L. Rock ’51....................October 1977Joseph J. Sanna ’41.........September 6, 1993Donald E. Wilson ’52............... July 19, 2009Arthur N. Winsor ’40...........December 1978Robert E. Zimmer ’49........ October 20, 2008William Zohn ’35..............September 4, 2009Colorado School of Mines 53