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Family mining background, UC College of Mining studies; account of El Teniente Mine (Chile) fire, June 1945; polio, and rehabilitation; PhD, UC Berkeley, 1955, and work on packaged stench warning system for mines; head mine research engineer, St. Joseph Lead Co.: pioneering work in rock bolting, precise rock deformation instrumentation, deep drill rounds in dolomite; Colorado School of Mines: mineral industries education, development of rock engineering and reinforcement, controlled blasting; consulting work: Corps of Engineers, North American Air Defense Command, Bureau of Reclamation, underground powerhouses, South African Chamber of Mines, nuclear waste storage, Manhattan aqueduct.