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MILTON E. WADSWORTH
MILTON E. WADSWORTH
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Portrait of Milton Elliot Wadsworth painted by his daughter Margaret Morrison during the summer of 1992.
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Wadsworth, affectionately known as Milt, was born February 9, 1922, in Salt Lake City to Thomas Guy Wadsworth and Agnes Flockhart Wadsworth. He attended Lowell Elementary, Roosevelt Junior High, and East High School, all in Salt Lake City.
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Milt was the consummate teacher, inspiring intellectual curiosity and creativity in students at all levels. His influence extended to all dimensions of life and he was especially encouraging to his former graduate students, many of whom have gained international recognition in academia, business, and government careers.
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This symposium sponsored by the AIME has been the flagship hydrometallurgical conference in the world ever since. To Milton's and Franklin's credit, the series of seven monographs is a living legacy of advances in hydro etallurgy theory and practice.
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He was particularly close to efforts to improve copper extraction and recovery from low-grade resources and the application of hydrometallurgical methods in the treatment of copper sulfide concentrates. During the 1970s, he served as a technical advisor for the Kennecott Copper Corporation task force on copper dump leaching.
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He was the recipient of four Best Paper Awards presented by the AIME. He was the recipient of the 1978 AIME James Douglas Gold Medal "For his distinguished contributions to extractive metallurgy in research and education, exemplified by his fundamental understanding and teaching of the hydrometallurgy of nonferrous metals." Other major awards include the 1984 Antoine M
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He was preceded in death by daughter Cristine Blanch, sons-in-law Thomas Blanch and Jon Davis, and grandchildren Collin Davis, Ellen Marie Morrison, and Laura Elizabeth Blanch. His dear wife of 70 years, Mirian Bailey Wadsworth, passed away on October 17, 2014.
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