| Hall of Fame Nominees
R. Chuck Earlougher '36
• Designed a water injection system to compensate for
oil extraction, thus preventing Long Beach, CA from
sinking
• Received the AIME Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal.
Mines Distinguished Achievement Medal and the
Coolbaugh Memorial Award
Lincoln Elkins '40
• Pioneer in enhanced oil recovery and contributor
to the technology of reservoir and production
engineering
• Received the AIME Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal • Received Mines Distinguished Achievement Medal
Lloyd Elkins, Sr. '34
• “Father of Hydraulic Fracturing” • Held 14 patents • President of SPE and AIME
Dennis Gregg '50
• President of the Society of Petroleum Engineers
and board chairman of the Offshore Technology
Conference
• Mines’ Distinguished Achievement Medal
• The DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal
Hugh Harvey '74, MSc '80
• Applied horizontal drilling techniques to potash
extraction
• Received a Mines Distinguished Achievement Medal • Founded the Harvey Scholars Program
Ted Nelson '30
• Developed the Houdry and TCC catalytic cracking
process
• Mobil named a geophysical ship after him • Awarded AIME Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal
Ralph Schilthuis '30
• Executive vice president and member of the board of
management at Humble
• Received the SPE John Franklin Carl Award, the
Alfred Noble Prize, and the Mines Distinguished
Achievement Medal
• Served four years at the Office of Petroleum in
Washington, D.C. during World War II
Russell Volk '26, MSc '31
• Pioneered petroleum exploration and development
in the Denver-Julesburg basin
• Earned 15 Varsity letters in football, wrestling,
boxing, basketball, and baseball and had the campus
gymnasium renamed in his honor
• President and CEO of Plains Exploration Company
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