title: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
text: The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) is a professional association for mining and metallurgy, with over 145,000 members.  It was founded in 1871 by 22 mining engineers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States, being one of the first national engineering societies in the country.  Its 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 Dove Valley, Colorado.
  
  History
  Known by its original name 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 Building in New York City.
  
  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 awards some 25 awards every year at the annual conference. In addition, the 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.
  
   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
  
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
  The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) is for mining professionals.
  
  Mining Engineering magazine
  The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration publishes the monthly magazine Mining Engineering since 1949.
  
  References
  
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  Organizations based in Colorado
  Organizations established in 1871
  1871 establishments in Pennsylvania
  Engineering societies based in the United States