Wimpfen, Sheldon P. (Sheldon Phillip), 1913-

Mining engineer Sheldon P. Wimpfen was born December 3, 1913 in Connecticut. In 1934, he received a degree from the University of Texas then started his career in the gold mines of Colorado. For the next few years, he worked in various mines in the Philippines, Texas, Oregon, and Bolivia. He returned to the U.S. in 1943 to teach at Texas A & M University.

After WWII, Wimpfen was editor of "Mining Congress Journal" and in 1951 joined the Atomic Energy Commission to run uranium exploration and production programs. He traveled to Toquepala, Peru in 1967 to become president of Southern Peru Copper Corporation, which operated one of the world's largest copper mines. From 1970 to 1980, Wimpfen worked for the U.S. Bureau of Mines, retiring in 1980 to become a mining consultant.

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