Wade, Henry H., 1894-1992

Henry Hopkins Wade was born on 13 June 1894 in Hopkins, Minnesota. He earned his engineer of mines degree from the University of Minnesota in 1915. Upon completing his degree, Wade became a metallurgist at the Mines Experiment Station (1915-1948). He became assistant director of the station in 1948 and director in 1951. He remained in this position until his retirement from the University of Minnesota in 1962. Wade was known as an authority on iron ore beneficiation and taconite processing and developed the modern processing method of taconite ore that made the industry possible in Minnesota. Henry Wade died on 22 September 1992, at the age of 98.

From the guide to the Henry H. Wade papers, circa 1925-1957, (University of Minnesota Libraries. University of Minnesota Archives [uarc])

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