South Dakota School of Mines and Technology - Engineer Yearbook (Rapid City, SD)

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i Dr. Lowell Dieter, associate professor of chemistry at Mines was killed in the June 9 flood which hit Rapid City. Dr. Dieter was raised in South Dakota. He received his BA from Wartburg College, and his master's from the University of Iowa. ln 1956 he began teaching at Tech and later received his PhD from the University of Iowa. l ln addition to being a very popular teacher, he was involved in research work for the Black Hills Water Conservancy Subdistrict, Con- ,solidation Coal, and Dakota Laboratory Services. He was advisor for the student affiliates of the American Chemical Society. l Me 1973 Engineer I5 dedicated to Me memory of Dr Dieter and Herb Weisz 1 Herb Weisz Professor of Mining was drowned in the flood of June 9 He was born in Hannover Germany on March 10 1903 After grad uatlng from Charlottenburg in 1926 he worked In coal and potash mines in Germany to gain experience In 1934 Herb accepted a contract with the Hochschild interests at a gold and copper mine in Chile During the next 24 years he held responsible engineering and management they were eventually nationallzed Herb remained as general manager until 1958 when he came to SDSM8tT He was a mining engineer of distinction professor linguist accomplished photographer and musician philosopher and humanist His students will always remember him for his friendliness and honesty and for the number of times he pulled their leg IH class with his keen sense of humor He believed that Kindness is better than knowledge and love better than kindness l l o 0 o l l ! O O l l ' l , l I bositions with various mining organizations in Chile, Bolivia and Peru. In 1950 he joined the Patino Mines at Catavi, Bolivia and although I I . . y 1 1 l l i l l i l l , 17

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