During October and December, more than 250 members and guests of the Colorado School of Mines President’s Council were recognized at special dinners and receptions in three states. The regional events replaced the annual dinner on campus.

Dr. Neil Hurley, the Charles Boettcher Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Geology and Professor in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, spoke at the Oct. 14 President’s Council dinner in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Max Peeters, Baker Hughes Distinguished Chair in Borehole Geophysics/Petrophysics, addressed some 50 Council members and guests at the Oct. 26 dinner in Houston at the home of Harvey ’75 and Seanne Klingensmith.

In Denver, at a Dec. 8 reception, Dr. Robert Knecht, director of Mines’ EPICS program, related the progress of three exciting community programs his students are working on. Fifteen of his students displayed their EPICS projects and answered questions from the 130 PC members and guests attending the reception.

Through these regional receptions and dinner, the Colorado School of Mines acknowledge Mines donors and further promote the importance of the President’s Council and the Annual Fund. Volunteer committees in eight targeted regions are working to build President’s Council membership through personal contact.

Last year’s Council membership of 561 alumni and friends contributed $10 million to the School. Of that amount, $2.9 million was given to the Annual Fund, which supports the School’s most pressing annual needs.