Oral Histories
AIME thanks its Member Society, SME, for funding the digitization of fifteen of the oral histories below. These interviews conducted by University of California-Berkeley's Bancroft Library Regional Oral History Office in the 1970-90s help to preserve significant milestones shared by key leaders within our disciplines. AIME funded capture of the most recent fifteen. We truly value these important partnerships to preserve and promote AIME's legacy.
To access more recent captures of members from the AIME family on U.C. Berkeley's site, visit Global Mining and Materials Research Project.
For more information on the history of engineering and technology, visit the jointly-sponsored Engineering and Technology History Wiki at ETHW.org. AIME's entire oral history collection can also be found there at AIME and Its Member Societies: AIST, SME, SPE, and TMS.
Diran Apelian - TMS
AIME Robert Earll McConnell Award
Frank F. Aplan - SME
Interview Video
AIME Mineral Industry Education Award
Aplan Interview Audio Files
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11
Roshan Boman Bhappu - SME
James Boyd - SME
Interview Video
AIME Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal
Boyd Interview Audio Files
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8
Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14
Harry M. Conger, III - SME
Interview Video
AIME Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal
Conger Interview Audio Files
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9
Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17
Stanley Dempsey - SME
AIME William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal
National Mining Hall of Fame Inductee Video
Thomas V. Falkie - SME
AIME President | AIME Presidential Citation
AIME Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal
Robert C. "Bob" Freas - SME
AIME Hal Williams Hardinge Award
Douglas W. Fuerstenau - SME
Interview Video
AIME Rossiter W. Raymond Award
AIME Mineral Industry Education Award
AIME Frank F. Aplan Award | AIME Robert H. Richards Award
Other Awards
Robert Lansing Hardy Gold Medal | Antoine M. Gaudin Award | Arthur F. Taggart Award
Special Global Mineral Processing Award
Fuerstenau Interview Audio Files
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10
Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19
Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28
Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37
Betty Gibbs - SME
Leonard "Len" Harris - SME
AIME William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal
John F. Havard - SME
Interview Video
AIME Hal Williams Hardinge Award
Havard Interview Audio Files
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10
G. Frank Joklik - SME
Interview Video
AIME William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal
Gunther Franz "Frank" Joklik - SME - Interview Audio Files
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10
Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19
Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28
Alex King - TMS
William H. Langer - SME
AIME Hal Williams Hardinge Award
Robert G.H. Lee - AIST
Oral History Transcript and Interview Audio
AIME Benjamin F. Fairless Award
Other Awards
AIST 51 Year Member | CIM 50 Year Member | Diamond Jubilee Medal Honorary Doctorate McGill | Society for Cryobiology
Articles
Basic Oxygen Steelmaking History | Extraordinary Canadian Achievement | Dr.Lee & Guy Savard
Gazal Process Explanation | I Prefer Not to Talk About It
J. David Lowell - SME
Interview Video
AIME Robert Earll McConnell Award
Lowell Interview Audio Files
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8
Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15
George Luxbacher - SME
Plato Malozemoff - SME
Interview Video
AIME Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal
Malozemoff Interview Audio Files
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9
Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17
Thaddeus "Ted" Massalski - TMS
Donald H. McLaughlin - SME
Interview Video
AIME Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal
McLaughlin Interview Audio Files
Part 1a | Part 1b | Part 2a | Part 2b | Part 3a | Part 3b | Part 4a | Part 4b | Part 5a
Part 5b | Part 6a | Part 6b | Part 7a | Part 7b | Part 8a | Part 8b | Part 9a
Frank Woods McQuiston, Jr. - SME
Interview Video
McQuiston Interview Audio Files
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9
Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16
John N. Murphy - SME
Vincent Perry - SME - Interview Audio Files
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11
Alexander R. "Alex" Scott - TMS
Robert S. Shoemaker - SME
Interview Video
National Mining Hall of Fame Inductee Video
Shoemaker Interview Audio Files
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11
Simon David Strauss - SME
Interview Video
Strauss Interview Audio Files
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9
Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16
Richard "Dick" Teets - AIST
Alexander M. Wilson - SME
Interview Video
Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal
Wilson Interview Audio Files
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9
Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17
Roy Woodall - SME
Interview Video