Charles M. Brinckerhoff
Charles M. Brinckerhoff (March 15, 1901 – April 22, 1987) was an American engineer and businessman who was formerly the chairman and CEO of Anaconda Copper, the world's largest producer of copper. He was a recipient of the Hoover Medal and the William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal. Biography Brinckerhoff was born on March 15, 1901, in Minnesota and grew up in Elmhurst, Queens. He earned a bachelor's degree from Columbia College (New York), Columbia College in 1922 and a graduate degree in engineering from Columbia School of Mines in 1925. After graduating from Columbia, he was an engineer for the Phelps Dodge Corporation at Morenci, Arizona. He later felt the need to learn practical mining and joined Inspiration mine as a miner, working his way up to be a foreman, and was made engineer. At Inspiration, he introduced numerous improvements in the practice of caving, which were employed by caving operations throughout the world. In 1935, he took the position of an assistant mine ...
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