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JESSE F. CORE
1913-1993
BY F. F. AP LAN, J. M. MUTMANSKY, AND
R. V. RAMANI
ESSE F. Cow, age eighty, died at his home in State College,
Pennsylvania, on November 29, 1993, after a long battle with
cancer. He was alert, energetic, and interested in his profes-
sion up to the end. Jesse was a Distinguished Member of the
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME) (1975)
and an honorary member (1978), Legion of Honor Member
(1986), and Erskine Ram say Medal recipient (1971 ~ of the
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum
Engineers (AIME). He was elected a member of the National
Academy of Engineering in 1981.
Jesse was a native of Ford City, Pennsylvania, where he attend-
ed both grade and high school, and he graduated from
Pennsylvania State University in 1937 with a degree in mining
engineering. He was elected a distinguished alumnus of Penn
State in 1966. While still in college, he began work as a coal
miner with Hillman Coal and Coke Company. In 1938 he joined
Pittsburgh Coal Company as an engineer, rising through the
ranks of chief mining engineer and divisional engineer. He
joiner! Buckeye Coal Company in 1947 as chief engineer of coal
mines and later served as chief engineer for Island Creek Coal
Company at Holden, West Virginia. In 1951 he joined the Prick
District of United States Steel Corporation as district mining en-
gineer, advancing to chief engineer and general superintendent
of the Frick District. In 1958 he was named vice-president in
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MEMORIAL TRIBUTES
charge of coal operations for U.S. Steel Corporation, including
operations in Alabama, Colorado, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ten-
nessee, Utah, and West Virginia.
He retired in 1976 and became an adjunct professor of min-
ing engineering at Penn State. His citations for both honorary
membership in AIME and for the Erskine Ramsay Medal em-
phasizec3 two major hallmarks for his career: promoting mine
safety and assisting younger engineers to develop their full
potential. Under his leadership, U.S. Steel developed a well-
respected, comprehensive coal mine safety program. The leacl
article in the Wall Street Journal for January 19, 1973, cited U.S.
Steel and Jesse for establishing the best safety record in un-
derground coal mines. Jesse continually stressed that a safe
mine was also a very productive mine. He was also known to
be a strong mentor and an excellent role mode! for young
professionals. This was manifested not only at the corporate
level, but also by his service as an active member of the Old
Timer's Club, which gives yearly awards to outstanding seniors
in mining engineering at many of the country's leacling uni-
versities. His assistance as an adjunct professor at Penn State is
another example of his desire to help younger engineers.
He was active in many professional societies and groups,
including the SME Coal Division. lie served as chairman of
the Coal Division of the American Mining Congress and was a
past president of the Coal Mining Institute of America and of
the Mine Inspectors Institute of America. He was a cofounder
and first chairman of the Keystone Bituminous Coal
Association, a member of the National Mine Rescue
Association, the Arr~erican Iron and Steel Institute, and the
Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute. He was a registered
professional engineer in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West
Virginia and held papers as a Pennsylvania fireboss and as a
first-grade coal mine foreman. Jesse was the kind of engineer
that was interested in many phases of engineering. This
interest quickly translated into a love of railroads and
railroading, initiated because most coal is mover! by rail. He
had an extensive book and video library of railroads and he
took every opportunity to travel by rail. He spoke
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authoritatively on both the old narrow gauge roads and
modern diesel practice. Jesse loved all aspects of mining and
was an active mining history buff. This included an intense
interest in the history of coal mining in both anthracite and
bituminous coal mines, the Molly Maguires, the clevelopment
of the United Mine Workers of America, and in hard rock
mines in both the Unitecl States and abroad. He had a life-
long interest in geology, especially of Appalachia and the U.S.
Southwest. His abiding interest in Southwest geology quickly
extended to the mining and to the Native American art of
that region. Shortly before his death, he gave all of his mining,
geology, en cl railroacling materials to his colleagues and his
collections of minerals and paintings of mining scenes to Penn
State's Earth ancL Mineral Sciences Museum.
iesse's interests clid not stop here. He was active in the Boy
Scouts of America, holding various positions in the Allegheny
Trails Council. Further, he was chairman of the Catholic
Committee for Scouting for the Diocese of Pittsburgh and
received the Silver Beaver and the St. George Awards for his
service to scouting.
Since coming to State College, Pennsylvania, Jesse
continued his services to his chosen profession. He was
appointed by President Carter as a member of the Presiclent's
Commission on Coal. At Penn State, he participated in
resident and continuing education courses, and his views on
educational, research, and inclustrial matters were sought out
by the faculty.
His wife of fifyv-one years, Margaret, precleceased him in
1992. He is survived by his daughters, Margaret of Pittsburgh
and Mary Katherine Mitchell of Cincinnati; a brother, Daniel
of Duluth; and three grandchildren. Jesse will be long remem-
berecl by his friends and acquaintances as one who proved
one man can make a difference.
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