Notable Alumni of Colorado School of Mines

Randy A. George 1964–

41st Chief of Staff of the US Army

Master's degree · Economics

Also attended: The United States Military Academy at West Point

Frank J. Shakespeare 1925–2022

Diplomat and former CBS vice president

Also attended: Sacred Heart University, College of the Holy Cross, Pace University-New York

Purnomo Yusgiantoro 1951–

Former Indonesian Minister of Defense

Also attended: University of Colorado Boulder

William M. Ketchum 1921–1978

Businessman and California congressman

Also attended: University of Southern California

Charles Arthur Banks 1885–1961

17th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia

Wendell Fertig 1900–1975

Engineer who led guerrillas on Mindanao in World War II

Bachelor of Science · Engineering, Mining

David Goldbaum 1858–1930

Mexican surveyor and mayor of Ensenada

Celestino Armas 1935–2011

Venezuelan engineer and politician

Ghaith Pharaon 1940–2017

Saudi financier, founder of Attock Group

Attended until 1961

Also attended: Harvard University, Stanford University

Robert H. Waterman, Jr. 1936–2022

Author and expert on business management practices

Bachelor of Science · Geology

Also attended: Stanford University

Antônio Ermírio de Moraes 1928–2014

Brazilian businessman, chairman of Votorantim Group

Joseph Robert Wright, Jr. 1938–

American businessman

Also attended: Yale University

John P. Allen 1929–

Systems ecologist, engineer and writer

Also attended: Harvard University

Arden L. Bement, Jr. 1932–

Engineer with executive roles in government, industry, academia

Also attended: University of Idaho, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Kennda Lynch 1975–

Astrobiologist and geomicrobiologist

Doctor of Philosophy

Also attended: University of Colorado Boulder

Kenneth S. Deffeyes 1931–2017

Geologist who worked with M. King Hubbert

Also attended: Princeton University

George Saunders 1958–

Writer, author of Lincoln in the Bardo

Also attended: Syracuse University

Shane Carwin 1975–

Former UFC fighter and interim heavyweight champion

Also attended: Western Colorado University

Michelle Roark 1974–

Freestyle moguls skier, two-time Olympian

Mike Flater 1950–

Soccer forward on the 1972 US Olympic team

Craig Thompson 1986–

Soccer player formerly with Real Colorado Foxes

Erica Clevenger 1994–

Professional racing cyclist

Also attended: University of Arizona

Derrick Jensen 1960–

Ecophilosopher, environmental activist and author

Also attended: Eastern Washington University

William Knox Schroeder 1950–1970

Student killed in the Kent State shootings