Background
Hartman, Howard Levi was born on August 7, 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Howard Levi and Catherine Gladys (Miller) Hartman.
consultant mining engineering educator
Hartman, Howard Levi was born on August 7, 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Howard Levi and Catherine Gladys (Miller) Hartman.
Student, Colorado School Mines, 1942-1944; Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1946; Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1953.
Instructor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1947-1948;
professor, department head and associate dean, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1957-1967;
mining engineer, Phelps Dodge Corporation, Bisbee, Arizona, 1948-1949;
state mine dust engineer, Mine Inspector' General’ s Office, Phoenix, 1949-1950;
instructor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1950-1954;
from assistant professor to associate professor, Colorado School Mines, Golden, 1954-1957;
professor, dean, California State University, Sacramento, 1967-1971;
professor, dean, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1971-1980;
Drummond endowed chair mining engineering, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1980-1989;
consulting mining engineer, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, since 1989. Chairman Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Board Review, Washington, 1971-1975. Warren lecturer University of Minnesota, 1965.
Distinguished lecturer Canada Institute Mining and Metallurgy, 1966. Construction engineering Standard Oil New Jersey, Tulsa, 1961-1964, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Bedminster, New Jersey, 1964-1966, Institute for Technological Research, São Paulo, Brazil, 1977, 85, Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, 1982-1985.
Member Human Rights Commission, Nashville, 1975-1979. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1944. Member Society Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (distinguished member, chairman committee, Mineral Industries Education award 1965, Book Public award 1982, Hartman Mine Ventilation award 1989).
Member American Society Engineering Education, Metropolitan Opera Guild, National Academy Engineering, Sigma Xi, Kappa Sigma. Club: Yosemite Association (El Portal, California).
Married Bonnie Lee Sherrill, June 8, 1947. Children: Sherilyn Hartman Knoll, Greg Alan.