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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
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| name               = T. S. Ary
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| office             = 18th Director of [[United States Bureau of Mines|U.S. Bureau of Mines]]
| term_start         = March 31, 1988
| term_end           = January 1993
| predecessor        = [[Robert C. Horton]]
| successor          = [[Herman Enzer]] (acting)
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| birth_date         = {{birth date|1925|3|30}}
| birth_place        = [[Eldorado, Illinois|Eldorado]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2009|4|26|1925|3|30}}
| death_place        = [[Arlington, Virginia|Arlington]], [[Virginia]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Mount Olivet United Methodist Church|Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery]]<br/>Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
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| spouse             = Martha<br/>Temple
| children           = 1
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| alma_mater         = [[Stanford University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
| occupation         = {{hlist|mining engineer|politician}}
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| module             = {{Infobox military person |embed=yes
| allegiance         = {{flag|United States}}
| branch             = [[United States Navy]]<br/>[[United States Navy Reserve]]
| serviceyears       = 1943–1959
| battles            = [[World War II]]
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'''T. S. Ary''' (March 30, 1925 – April 26, 2009) was the 18th Director of the [[United States Bureau of Mines|U.S. Bureau of Mines]].
==Early life==
T. S. Ary was born on March 30, 1925, to McKinley and Emma Ary in [[Eldorado, Illinois]], and grew up in [[Evansville, Illinois|Evansville]]. He attended local schools in Evansville.<ref name="legacy">{{Cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/t-ary-obituary?id=5637269 |title=T. S. Ary |website=legacy.com |date=2009-04-30 |access-date=2021-10-29}}</ref><ref name="interior">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50gdAAAAMAAJ |title=Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1990: Bureau of Mines |date=1989 |page=10 |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]] |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=2021-10-29}}</ref>
Ary graduated from [[Stanford University]] in 1951 with a [[Bachelor of Science]] in mining geology. At Stanford, he was an avid athlete, participating in football, basketball, swimming and rugby. He also completed graduate work in mineral law, land management, international studies and business.<ref name="legacy"/><ref name="interior"/><ref name="hof">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mininghalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/t-s-ary |title=T S Ary |website=mininghalloffame.org |access-date=2021-10-29}}</ref>
==Career==
===Military career===
In 1943, Ary joined the [[United States Navy|U. S. Navy]]'s [[Aviation Cadet Training Program (USN)#Naval Aviation Cadet Program (1935–1968)|V-5 Program]] and was commissioned as a pilot during [[World War II]]. He was honorably discharged from active duty in 1947, and served in the [[United States Navy Reserve|U.S. Navy Reserve]] until 1959.<ref name="legacy"/><ref name="interior"/>
===Mining career===
In 1951, Ary joined [[Anaconda Copper]] in [[Butte, Montana]]. He served as a shift boss and assistant supervisor for several mines on Butte Hill. He then served in Anaconda's geology department.<ref name="interior"/> Ary joined [[Union Carbide]] in 1953 as a mining engineer and superintendent of a [[vanadium]] mine in [[Rifle, Colorado]]. In 1967, Ary was named vice president of Union Carbide Exploration Corporation in [[New York City]]. He stayed in that role until 1975.<ref name="interior"/> Ary worked as vice president of exploration and director of development for Utah International, Inc. in [[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]], from 1975 to 1980.<ref name="interior"/><ref name="hof"/>
In 1980, Ary became president of [[Kerr-McGee|Kerr-McGee Corporation]]'s Minerals Exploration Division in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]].<ref name="legacy"/> He was responsible for worldwide hard mineral and coal exploration. He served in that role until 1988.<ref name="interior"/><ref name="hof"/>
Ary also served for four years on the National Strategic Materials and Minerals Program Advisory Committee for the [[United States Secretary of the Interior|U.S. Secretary of the Interior]]. Ary was on the U.S. Department Task Force to the United National Law of the Sea Convention. He also served on the Mineral Advisory Committee to the [[United States Department of Commerce|U.S. Department of Commerce]]. He was chairman of the Minerals Advisory Committee of the American Mining Congress, chairman of the Natural Resources Committee of the [[National Association of Manufacturers]], director of the American Engineering Society, chairman of the Colorado Plateau Section of the [[American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers]] (AIME) and director of the Colorado Public Expenditures Council.<ref name="interior"/><ref name="hof"/>
===U.S. Bureau of Mines===
Ary was nominated by President [[Ronald Reagan]] as Director of the [[United States Bureau of Mines|U.S. Bureau of Mines]]. He was appointed the 18th Director on March 31, 1988, succeeding [[Robert C. Horton]], and serving under Presidents Reagan and [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref name="interior"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/07/us/nominee-for-mine-agency.html |title=Nominee for Mine Agency |date=1987-12-07 |work=[[New York Times]] |access-date=2021-10-29}}</ref> Under his leadership, the Bureau of Mines advanced a number of technologies, including self-rescue breathing equipment, production processes for specialty metals, construction of man made wetlands, and the use of bacteria to remove arsenic and cyanide from waste waters.<ref name="hof"/> He left the Bureau at the start of Clinton's administration in January 1993, and [[Herman Enzer]] became the acting director.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/userfiles/works/pdfs/2010-128.pdf |title=One Hundred Years of Federal Mining Safety and Health Research |last=Breslin |first=John A. |date=February 2010 |page=59,84 |publisher=[[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] |access-date=2021-10-29}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Ary was married to Martha for 64 years. Together, they had one son, David. He also married Temple.<ref name="legacy"/><ref name="interior"/>
==Death==
Ary died on April 26, 2009, at his home in [[Arlington, Virginia]]. He was buried at [[Mount Olivet United Methodist Church|Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery]].<ref name="legacy"/>
==Awards==
Ary received the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration President's Citation in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.smenet.org/Professional-Development/Awards-Competitions/Award-Recipients/President-s-Citation |title=President's Citation |website=smenet.org |access-date=2021-10-29}}</ref> He was awarded the AIME Robert Earl McConnell Award in 1993.<ref name="hof"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://aimehq.org/what-we-do/awards/aime-robert-earll-mcconnell-award/t-s-ary |title=T S Ary (SME) |website=aimehq.org |access-date=2021-10-29}}</ref> Ary was posthumously inducted into the [[National Mining Hall of Fame]] in 2015.<ref name="hof"/>
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[[Category:Anaconda Copper]]
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[[Category:Kerr-McGee]]
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