- Harvey Seeley Mudd
Infobox Person
name = Harvey Seeley Mudd
caption =
birth_date = 1888
birth_place =Leadville, Colorado
death_date = 1955
death_place =Los Angeles
other_names = Harvey Mudd
known_for = eponymous engineering school named in his memory
occupation =mining engineer
resting_place = Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery,Glendale, California Harvey Seeley Mudd (born
Leadville, Colorado 1888, diedLos Angeles 1955) was amining engineer and founder, investor, and president ofCyprus Mines Corporation , a Los Angeles-based international enterprise that operated copper mines on the island ofCyprus . The science and engineering collegeHarvey Mudd College was named in memory of him. He also was a Vice President of theCalifornia Institute of Technology and has two geology buildings on that campus named in his memory. [ [http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/93/01/Millikan.pdf Caltech, C.I.T. News] ]His father, Colonel
Seeley W. Mudd (1861–1926) was also amining engineer . In 1907 he developed theRay Copper Mine in Arizona, which is still in production.Harvey S. Mudd's remains are interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery,
Glendale, California .References
*cite web| title= Harvey Mudd College History | url= http://www.hmc.edu/highlights/history.html |accessmonthday=23 June | accessyear=2006
*cite book| title=The story of the Cyprus Mines Corporation | first=David|last=Lavender | publisher=Huntington Library | location=San Marino, CA | id=LCCN 61014054 | year=1962External links
* [http://www.hmc.edu/headline/commencement2006wrapup.htm Mudd Family history] (scroll down)
* [http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/93/01/Millikan.pdf Caltech Newsletter]
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