7 Notable alumni of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Updated: June 12, 2026 EliteDegrees
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is ranked #2,063 in the world and #516 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 7 notable alumni from South Dakota School of Mines 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 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Tim Osswald
1958-. (aged 68)
engineer
Tim Andreas Osswald is a mechanical engineer and the K. K. and Cindy Wang Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also honorary professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and the National University of Colombia. Osswald has authored 12 books in the field of polymer engineering and teaches polymer processing and...
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2. John Henderson
engineer
John W. Henderson is an American engineer, United States Army engineer officer, and government official. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force in the Trump administration. His nomination by President Donald Trump was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 15, 2018. Prior to his nomination, Henderson most recently served in the U.S. Army as the Commander of...
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3. Samuel S. Arentz
1879-1934 (aged 55)
politician
Samuel Shaw Arentz (January 8, 1879 – June 17, 1934) was a United States representative from Nevada. A Republican, he served 10 years in Congress.
4. Todd Tiahrt
1951-. (aged 75)
teacher
politician
William Todd Tiahrt is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district from 1995 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected as part of the historic Republican Revolution of 1994, defeating 18-year incumbent U.S. Representative Dan Glickman. He ran in 2010 for the United States Senate seat being vacated by...
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5. Marty Jackley
1959-. (aged 67)
lawyer
Martin Jacob Jackley is an American attorney and politician who is serving as the Attorney General of South Dakota since 2023, having previously served from 2009 to 2019. He assumed office as Attorney General again in 2023 after winning the 2022 election unopposed. He previously served as the 39th United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota. He ran...
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6. Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Anne-Grete Hjelle Strøm-Erichsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as minister of defence from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2012 to 2013. She also served as minister of health and care services from 2009 to 2012. In local politics, she served as the mayor of Bergen from 1999 to 2000 and its first chief commissioner...
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7. Walter Dale Miller
1925-2015 (aged 90)
husbandry worker
politician
Walter Dale "Walt" Miller was an American politician and member of the Republican Party. He served as the 29th governor of South Dakota from 1993 to 1995, having assumed the office upon the death of George S. Mickelson. He was, at age 67 upon taking office, the oldest person to serve as the governor of South Dakota.
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