Background
McElwaine, Robert Berentz was born on May 5, 1912 in Tulsa. Son of Robert Eugene McElwaine and Louella Pearl Kidd.
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Robert Berentz McElwaine
Edit Profilegeologist consultant mining engineer
Robert Berentz McElwaine, American geologist, mining engineer, consultant. Registered professional geologist. Named Umpire of Year, Arkansas Tennis Association, 1987. President Pi Kappa Alpha, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1934-1935, Tennis Officials Arkansas, Little Rock, 1986-1989. Member American Institute of Mining (president, co-founder Arkansas section 1954-1955), Environmental Assessment Association (certified environmental inspector).
Education
Bachelor in Geology, University of Michigan, 1935.
Career
Pioneer mine owner, developer, Quicksilver Mines, S.W. Arkansas, 1935-1943; mining engineer, United States bureau of Mines, 1943-1945; principal, Robert B. McElwaine mining company, since 1945; president, general manager, M & M Exploration Corporation, 1946-1949; president, general manager, Magnet Iron Company, Arkansas, 1949-1952; president, Dynamite, Inc., Arkansas, 1952-1956; partner, Detroit Minerals Company, 1954-1958; general manager, United States Barite Company and successor Minark Company, 1960-1964; president, general.mgr., Industrial Minerals Inc., 1964-1969; president, general.mgr., Arby Industrial Minerals Corporation, 1972-1977; president, K & K Mines, Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas, since 1974; president, McElwaine & Associations, Inc., Little Rock, 1984-1994. Consultant to corporations, federal, state and local governmental agys., Little Rock, since 1945. Expert witness in field.
Membership
President Pi Kappa Alpha, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1934-1935, Tennis Officials Arkansas, Little Rock, 1986-1989. Member American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (president, co-founder Arkansas section 1954-1955), Environmental AssessmentAssn. (certified environmental inspector).
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Connections
Married Katherine Lucille Steuart, February 17, 1938 (deceased December 1986). 1 child, Kandy; married LaVenus Adelia Henshaw, June 3, 1989.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Unitarian Universalist