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J. Brett Harvey to Deliver Hiner Lecture

J. Brett Harvey

J. Brett Harvey, president and CEO of CONSOL Energy, the largest producer of high-Btu bituminous coal in the United States, will speak at West Virginia University on Thursday, October 1, 2009.

The lecture will begin at 11 a.m. in Room G-102 of the Engineering Sciences Building on the Evansdale Campus.

Harvey's lecture, "Why Coal and Gas Will Remain in the World Energy Mix," is part of the Glen H. Hiner Distinguished Lecture Series in the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

Harvey began his business career in 1979 as a longwall supervisor with Kaiser Steel at the company's Sunnyside Mine in Utah. Since that time, he has held positions of increasing responsibility with a number of energy companies. He became president and CEO of CONSOL Energy in 1998.

Harvey is also chairman of the board and CEO of CNX Gas Corporation, a subsidiary of CONSOL, and a member of the CONSOL Board of Directors. He is chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bituminous Coal Operators Association and a member of the Board of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy.

"It is a pleasure to host Mr. Harvey as he shares his knowledge and experience with students and faculty," said Gene Cilento, the Glen H. Hiner Dean of the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

A Utah native, Harvey earned a bachelor's degree in mining engineering from the University of Utah. He has received numerous awards, including the John E. Wilson Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater, and the Percy Nicholls Award for notable achievements in the field of solid fuels from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration and the American Society for Mechanical Engineers.

In 2008, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah and an honorary doctorate from Duquesne University. In 2009, he was inducted into the West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame.

The Glen H. Hiner Distinguished Lecture Series is named in honor of the outstanding alumnus who, in 2005, established an endowment to support the deanship of the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at WVU.

Glen H. Hiner graduated from WVU's Department of Electrical Engineering in 1957, then embarked on an outstanding 35-year career with General Electric. In 1992, he became chief executive officer of Owens Corning. He has served on several College of Engineering and Mineral Resources advisory committees, as a visiting professor in the WVU College of Business and Economics and as a member of the WVU Foundation Board of Directors.

09/22/2009