American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers

The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) is a professional association for mining and metallurgy, with over 145,000 members. The association was founded in 1871 by 22 mining engineers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and was one of the first national engineering societies in the country.

The association's charter is to "advance and disseminate, through the programs of the Member Societies, knowledge of engineering and the arts and sciences involved in the production and use of minerals, metals, energy sources and materials for the benefit of humankind."

It is the parent organization of four Member Societies, the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME), The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST), and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). The organization is currently based in San Ramon, California.

History Founded as the American Institute of Mining Engineers (AIME), the institute had a membership at the beginning of 1915 of over 5,000, made up of honorary, elected, and associate members. The annual meeting of the institute was held in February, with other meetings during the year as authorized by the council. The institute published three volumes of Transactions annually and a monthly Bulletin which appeared on the first of each month. The headquarters of the institute was in the Engineering Societies' Building in New York City.New International Encyclopedia

Following creation of the Petroleum Division in 1922, the Iron and Steel Division in 1928 and the Institute of Metals Division in 1933 the name of the society was changed in 1957 to the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. Three of the current member societies were then created from the divisions, increasing to four in 1974 when the Iron and Steel Society (ISS) was formed. In 2004 ISS merged with the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers (AISE) to form the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) whilst remaining a member society of AIME.

Awards The society presents around 25 awards each year at its annual conference. Member societies also disburse their own awards, including the Percy Nicholls Award, awarded by SME jointly with American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Presidents The following individuals have held the position of President of this organization.Past Presidents of the AIEMHQ

1871: David Thomas 1872–1874: Rossiter Worthington Raymond 1875: Alexander Lyman Holley 1876: Abram Stevens Hewitt 1877: Thomas Sterry Hunt 1878–1879: Eckley Brinton Coxe 1880: William Powell Shinn 1881: William Metcalf 1882: Richard Pennefather Rothwell 1883: Robert Woolston Hunt 1884–1885: James Cooper Bayles 1886: Robert Hallowell Richards 1887: Thomas Egleston 1888: William Bleeker Potter 1889: Richard Pearce 1890: Abram Stevens Hewitt 1891–1892: John Birkinbine 1893: Henry Marion Howe 1894: John Fritz 1895: Joseph D. Weeks 1896: Edmund Gybbon Spilsbury 1897: Thomas Messinger Drown 1898: Charles Kirchhoff 1899–1900: James Douglas 1901–1902: Eben Erskine Olcott 1903: Albert Reid Ledoux 1904–1905: James Gayley 1906: Robert Woolston Hunt 1907–1908: John Hays Hammond 1909–1910: David William Brunton 1911: Charles Kirchhoff 1912: James Furman Kemp 1913: Charles Frederic Rand 1914: Benjamin Bowditch Thayer 1915: William Lawrence Saunders 1916: Louis Davidson Ricketts 1917: Philip North Moore 1918: Sidney Johnston Jennings 1919: Horace Vaughn Winchell 1920: Herbert Hoover 1921: Edwin Ludlow 1922: Arthur Smith Dwight 1923: Edward Payson Mathewson 1924: William Kelly 1925: John van Wicheren Reynders 1926: Samuel A. Taylor 1927: Everette Lee DeGolyer 1928: George Otis Smith 1929: Frederick Worthen Bradley 1930: William Hastings Bassett 1931: Robert Emmet Tally 1932: Scott Turner 1933: Frederick Mark Becket 1934: Howard Nicholas Eavenson 1935: Henry Andrew Buehler 1936: John Meston Lovejoy 1937: Rolland Craten Allen 1938: Daniel Cowan Jackling 1939: Donald Burton Gillies 1940: Herbert George Moulton 1941: John Robert Suman 1942: Eugene McAuliffe 1943: Champion Herbert Mathewson 1944: Chester Alan Fulton 1945: Harvey Seeley Mudd 1946: Louis S. Cates 1947: Clyde Williams 1948: William Embry Wrather 1949: Lewis Emanuel Young 1950: Donald Hamilton McLaughlin 1951: Willis McGerald Peirce 1952: Michael Lawrence Haider 1953: Andrew Fletcher 1954: Leo Frederick Reinartz 1955: Henry DeWitt Smith 1956: Carl Ernest Reistle Jr. 1957: Grover Justine Holt 1958: Augustus Braun Kinzel 1959: Howard Carter Pyle 1960: Joseph Lincoln Gillson 1961: Ronald Russel McNaughton 1962: Lloyd E. Elkins 1963: Roger Vern Pierce 1964: Karl Leroy Fetters 1965: Thomas Corwin Frick 1966: William Bishop Stephenson 1967: Walter R. Hibbard Jr. 1968: John Robertson McMillan 1969: James Boyd 1970: John C. Kinnear 1971: John Smith Bell 1972: Dennis L. McElroy 1973: James B. Austin 1974: Wayne E. Glenn 1975: James D. Reilly 1976: Julius J. Harwood 1977: H. Arthur Nedom 1978: Wayne L. Dowdey 1979: William H. Wise 1980: M. Scott Kraemer 1981: Robert H. Merrill 1982: Harold W. Paxton 1983: Edward E. Runyan 1984: Nelson Severinghaus, Jr. 1985: Norman T. Mills 1986: Arlen L. Edgar 1987: Alan Lawley 1988: Thomas V. Falkie 1989: Howard N. Hubbard, Jr. 1990: Donald G. Russell 1991: Milton E. Wadsworth 1992: Roshan B. Bhappu 1993: G. Hugh Walker 1994: Noel D. Rietman 1995: Frank V. Nolfi, Jr. 1996: Donald W. Gentry 1997: Leonard G. Nelson 1998: Roy H. Koerner 1999: Paul G. Campbell, Jr. 2000: Robert E. Murray 2001: Grant P. Schneider 2002: George H. Sawyer 2003: Robert H. Wagoner 2004: Robert C. Freas 2005: Alan W. Cramb 2006: James R. Jorden 2007: Dan J. Thoma 2008: Michael Karmis 2009: Ian Sadler 2010: DeAnn Craig 2011: Brajendra Mishra 2012: George W. Luxbacher 2013: Dale Heinz 2014: Behrooz Fattahi 2015: Garry W. Warren 2016: Nikhil Trivedi 2017: John G. Speer

Vice presidents 1893–1894: Robert Gilmour Leckie

Member societies In addition to individual members, AIME's membership includes the following societies:

Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)

Mining Engineering magazine The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration publishes the monthly magazine Mining Engineering since 1949.

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