9 Notable alumni of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is ranked #1,301 in the world and #320 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 9 notable alumni from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Irene E. Ryan
1909-1997 (aged 88)
geologist
politician
Irene Esther Ryan was an American geologist, aviator, and legislator during Alaska's history as both a United States territory and as a U.S. state. She was a member of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives and of the Alaska State Senate. She was instrumental in the creation of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which helped insure state revenue...
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2. Elmore Morgenthaler
1922-1997 (aged 75)
basketball player
Elmore Robert Morgenthaler was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Providence Steamrollers and the Philadelphia Warriors in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), among other franchises and leagues. Standing at 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m), Morgenthaler is officially recognized as the first seven-foot player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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3. Larry Soderblom
1944-. (aged 82)
geophysicist
Laurence Albert Soderblom is an American geophysicist with the Astrogeology Science center at the United States Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he has served as Chief of the Branch of Astrogeology. Soderblom is best known for his work in imaging science.
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4. Ibrahim Mohammad Bahr Alolom
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Sayyid Dr. Muhammad-Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloom is an Iraqi politician, academician, and petroleum expert. He has served twice as the Iraqi Minister of Oil. He first took the ministerial role as part of the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003 until June 2004. Bahr al-Uloom went on to serve a second term as the minister in...
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5. Terry Wallace
1956-. (aged 70)
geophysicist
Terry C. Wallace Jr. is an American geophysicist. He was the 11th director of Los Alamos National Laboratory and the president of Los Alamos National Security, LLC. He became director on January 1, 2018, succeeding Charles F. McMillan.
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6. Conrad Hilton
1887-1979 (aged 92)
socialite
entrepreneur
politician
Conrad Nicholson Hilton was an American hotel magnate and politician who founded the Hilton Hotels chain. From 1912 to 1916, Hilton was a Republican representative in the first New Mexico Legislature, but became disillusioned with the "inside deals" of politics. In 1919, he purchased his first hotel, the Mobley Hotel in Cisco, Texas, for US$40,000 (equivalent to $742,802 in 2025)...
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7. Valerie Aurora
1978-. (aged 48)
computer scientist
engineer
women's rights activist
Valerie Anita Aurora is an American software engineer and feminist activist. She was the co-founder of the Ada Initiative, a non-profit organization that sought to increase women's participation in the free-culture movement, open-source technology, and open source culture. Aurora is also known within the Linux community for advocating new developments in filesystems in Linux, including ChunkFS and the Union file...
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8. Dave Thomas
1953-. (aged 73)
physicist
mathematician
David William Thomas CM is a Canadian actor, comedian and television writer, known for being one half of the duo Bob and Doug McKenzie with Rick Moranis. He appeared as Doug McKenzie on SCTV, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award out of two nominations, and in the film Strange Brew (1983), which he also co-directed. As a duo,...
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9. Pauline Irène Nguene
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
minister
Pauline Irene Nguene is a Cameroonian-born petroleum engineer. She is currently the Cameroon Minister of Social Affairs.