Lindsay D. Norman

Lindsay D. Norman (born 1938) is an American mining engineer and educator. He served as the 16th director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines. He also worked as an executive for Jones and Laughlin Steel Company and Chase Manhattan Bank. He later served as president of Montana Technical Institute and Massachusetts Bay Community College.

Early life Lindsay D. Norman was born in 1938 in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. Norman was raised on a farm in Eastern Shore, Maryland. He attended the University of Maryland and graduated with a bachelor's degree in metallurgy and chemical engineering in 1960 and a master's degree in metallurgy and nuclear engineering.

Career Norman began his career at DuPont around 1961. He worked part-time for the U.S. Bureau of Mines as he was working on his master's degree. Norman was appointed by President Jimmy Carter as director of the Bureau of Mines in 1979. He served in that role until March 1981, when he was replaced by President Ronald Reagan.

After leaving the Bureau of Mines, Norman worked as vice president of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company in Pittsburgh from 1981 to 1984. He later worked as a vice president and technical director at Chase Manhattan Bank from 1984 to 1986 in New York City. He retired in October 2004.

Personal life Norman is married to Linda, and together they have five children: Julie, Lindsay, Jessica, Jocelyn and David. His wife was a professor and department head at Montana Tech.

Awards Norman received the 1986 Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award and the 1994 Engineering Centennial Medal from the University of Maryland.