Date: April 15, 2026
Drew Meyer: The First Penn State Mineral Economist
Growing up in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and embarking on to Penn State, Drew Meyer became the university’s first mineral economics student.
A past SME President and SME Legion of Honor Member, Drew Meyer, has a rich 58-year history with SME. Meyer helped to facilitate the birth of SME’s Industrial Minerals Division and is a recipient of the Hardinge Award for exemplary service in industrial minerals. Listen to his oral history and learn about his outstanding career as a mineral economist.
Listen to Meyer's oral history and learn about his outstanding career as a mineral economist: https://aimehq.org/what-we-do/oral-histories/drew-meyer
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