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Asian graduates at Mines from 1909 to 1926

Portraits of the Mines graduating classes used to hang on the 3rd floor of the Arthur Lakes Library, https://library.mines.edu/.  The portraits have since been moved into storage.  Below is a list of graduating class that have Asians in them. The library is in the process of putting together a more inclusive diversity display in its place.

 

Kyosuke Iwai (from Chibaken, Japan) graduated with a degree in Engineer of Mines (Met.E.) in 1909.

 

 

 

Fan Chen (from Hen Chou, Hunan, China) graduated with a degree in E.M. in 1916.

Shih-Hung Hu (from Kin Kiang, China) graduated with a degree in E.M. in 1916.

 

Kwei L. Hsueh (from Kiangsu, China) graduated with a degree in Engineer of Mines (Met.E.) in 1917.

 

 

Robert P. Lu (from Chu-Tan, Kiangsu China) graduated with a degree in Engineer of Mines (Met.E.) in 1922.

 

 

Hsien-Min Meng (from Soochow, China) with a degree in Geol.E. in 1925.

 

 

Colorado School of Mines History Archive

  For more class and group photographs of the early 1900’s go to: https://libguides.mines.edu/CSM-History-Archive/class-photos.

  For more information about the beginnings of Colorado School of Mines go to: https://libguides.mines.edu/Mines-History-Timeline/Beginnings.

  See link for directory of early CSM people on campus go to: https://libguides.mines.edu/history-csm/people.

  Table of Asians listed in CSM directory from 1908-1926 https://people.mines.edu/cshiao/asians-directory-1908-1926/.

 

If you have any information you would like to have added to this page you can contact Jane Shiao at cshiao@mines.edu. A member of the Mines community since April 2008.