EDITORIAL

In tradition with the day set aside to commemorate the establishment of the School of Mines (137 years ago), we honor its founder: Henri Gorceix. This year, we have decided to demonstrate the results of his achievement by introducing the reader to two of its outstanding students.

As such, the Special Supplement Nº. 2, first of all, presents the biography of Carneiro Felippe, previously published in 1972 by the National Commission for Nuclear Energy (Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear - CNEN), which demonstrates one of the artifices used for the creation of CNPq, a decisive move for Brazilian science. This biography is based on the research of Prof. Serra Costa with the support of the then president of CNEN, Hervásio Guimarães de Carvalho.

And secondly, there is a report published by the newspaper "O Estado de Minas" on December 12, 1987, written by Prof. Haroldo Zeferino, honoring the 100th birthday of Dr. Domingos Fleury de Rocha (in memorium) and presenting his research in the areas of siderurgy, education, etc.

It is the intention of REM to maintain alive the memory of the School of Mines, showing that it still has forces to form leaders to serve Brazil.

Prof. Jório Coelho

Publisher

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  02 Oct 2012
• Date of issue
  Sept 2012