Plato Malozemoff (born Platon Alexandovich Malozyomov, Russian: Платон Александрович Малозёмов; 1909–1997) was a Russian-American engineer, manager, and businessman.
Plato Malozemoff | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 28, 1909 |
| Died | August 8, 1997 (aged 88) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BS) Montana School of Mines (MS) |
Early life and education
editMalozemoff was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on August 28, 1909, and immigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area as a child.[1] Malozemoff was raised in Oakland, California.[2] He attended the University of California, Berkeley as an undergraduate and did his graduate studies at the Montana School of Mines, where he studied under metallurgist Antoine Marc Gaudin.[3][4]
Career
editUnable to secure an engineering position after earning his master's degree, Malozemoff held jobs provided by the Works Progress Administration.
In 1945, Malozemoff took an entry-level engineering position with the Newmont Corporation in Colorado. Quickly rising up the corporate ranks, Malozemoff became president of the company in 1954. At the time it was valued at $147 million. He expanded it into a $2.3 billion firm via acquisitions and international expansion by the time he left in 1986.[5] He was inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame in 1994.[6]
The UC Berkeley College of Engineering has since established a named professorship in honor of Malozemoff, the Plato Malozemoff Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering.[7][8]
Personal life
editMalozemoff and his wife, Alexandria, had two children. He died on August 8, 1997, in Greenwich, Connecticut.[9]
References
edit- ^ "PLATO MALOZEMOFF 1909–1997". NAE Website. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ "Oral-History:Plato Malozemoff - Engineering and Technology History Wiki".
- ^ Read "Memorial Tributes: Volume 11" at NAP.edu. 2007. doi:10.17226/11912. ISBN 978-0-309-10337-4.
- ^ "PLATO MALOZEMOFF 1909–1997". NAE Website. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ "Harvard Business School biography". Harvard Business School. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ "Mining Hall of Fame Inductees Database - Inductee #117". Mining Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ "David Sedlak, Plato Malozemoff Professor at University of California at Berkeley". Blue Tech Forum. 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ "David L. Sedlak | Civil and Environmental Engineering". ce.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ "Plato Malozemoff, 88, Retired Executive". The New York Times. 1997-08-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
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