Harvey Seeley Mudd
Engineer, Organization founder
1888 – 1955
Who was Harvey Seeley Mudd?
Harvey Seeley Mudd was a mining engineer and founder, investor, and president of Cyprus Mines Corporation, a Los Angeles–based international enterprise that operated copper mines on the island of Cyprus. The science and engineering college Harvey Mudd College was named in memory of him. He was also a vice president of the Board of Trustees for the California Institute of Technology.
His father, Colonel Seeley W. Mudd, was also a mining engineer. In 1907 he developed the Ray Copper Mine in Arizona, which is still in production.
Harvey S. Mudd's remains are interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California.
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- Born
- 1888
Leadville - Also known as
- Harvey S. Mudd
- Parents
- Children
- Profession
- Education
- Stanford University
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- Colorado
- Died
- Apr 12, 1955
Los Angeles - Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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