Background
Pray, Ralph Emerson was born on May 12, 1926 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of George Emerson and Jansje Cornelius (Owejan) Pray.
(To young Princess Jingu, the Japanese Imperial Palace in ...)
To young Princess Jingu, the Japanese Imperial Palace in the 4th century is full of secrets. Why is she not allowed any visitors or friends when other children run and play together? Why is she the only princess with a private teacher from China? Her life within the palace walls is solitary and studious, and she has only her servants, teachers, and faithful cat Skoki to keep her company. But on Jingu’s 10th birthday, she receives a gift from the Emperor with a mysterious message hidden inside, and everything changes. Explore the fascinating world of ancient Japan in this historically-based account of a young princess’ journey from girl to true leader. As her travels take her from a tiny fishing village to the grandeur of the Emperor’s chambers, Jingu must find out what, and who, is hidden beyond the paper walls of her home secretly guiding her future. Only then will she face her destiny and take her rightful place in the magnificent history of Japan.
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Pray, Ralph Emerson was born on May 12, 1926 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of George Emerson and Jansje Cornelius (Owejan) Pray.
Student New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 1953-1956, U. New Mexico, 1956. Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, U. Alaska, 1961. DScMetE. (Ideal Cement fellowship, Research grant), Colorado School of Mines, 1966.
M.Beverley Margaret Ramsey, May 10, 1959.
Electrician, miner, 1944—1947. Chief party, field cartographer planning survey department New Mexico State Highway, 1949—1950. Engineer-in-charge Department Mines and Minerals, Ketchikan, Alaska, 1957-1961.
Assistant manager manufacturing research Universal Atlas Cement division United States Steel Corporation, Gary, Indiana, 1965-1966. Research metallurgist Inland Steel Company, Hammond, 1966-1967. Owner, director Mineral Research Laboratory, Monrovia, California, since 1968.
President, Keystone Canyon Mining Company, Inc., Pasadena, California, 1972-1979, United States Western Mines, since 1973, Silveroil Research Inc., 1980-1985, vice president Mineral Drill Inc., 1981-1990. President, Chief Executive Officer Copper de Mexico S.A. de Curriculum Vitae. Prime contractor defense logistics agency United States Department defense, 1989-1992.
Designer Vanavara Electrolytic Gold Refinery, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 1995. Owner Precision Plastics, 1973-1982. Board directors Bagdad-Chase Inc., 1972-1975.
Partner Mineral Research and Development Company, 1981-1986. Lecturer Purdue University, Hammond, Indiana, 1966-1967, National Mining Seminar, Barstow (California) College, 1969-1970. Guest lecturer California State Polytechnic University, 1977-1981, Western Placer Mining Conference, Reno, Nevada, 1983, Dredging and Miner Conference, Reno, 1985, others.
Vice president director Wilbur Foote Plastics, Pasadena, 1968-1972. Strategic minerals delegate People to People, Republican South Africa, 1983. Expert witness, consultant Bureau Land Management, United States Department of Interior, 2000-2002, consultant United States Department Justice, 2006-2007.
History consultant gold mining History television Channel, 1999. Guest speaker Greater Los Angeles County Service Clubs, 1980-1981. Workshop conductor King Abdullaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2002.
Vice president, technical director United States Mining and Minerals Corporation, since 2006.
(To young Princess Jingu, the Japanese Imperial Palace in ...)
Fellow Geological Miningand Metallurgical Society India (life), American Institute Chemists, South African Institute Mining and Metallurgy. Member Society Mining Engineers, American Chemical Society, American Institute Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, Canada Institute Miningand Metallurgy, Geological Society South Africa, Sigma Xi, Sigma Museum Achievements include research on recovery of metals from refractory ores, benefication plant design, construction and operation, underground and surface mine development and operation, mine and process plant management.
Married Beverley Margaret Ramsey, May 10, 1959. Children: Maxwell, Ross, Leslie, Marlene.