Calvin R. Kidd

Calvin R. Kidd attended both Marshall and Mountain State University and fulfilled his six-year military obligation in the National Guard and Army Reserves before he began his career in the mining industry with Long-Airdox Company in 1967 where he worked in sales until 1975. He was then promoted to field sales for Southern West Virginia and eleven months later was made district manager for the entire state of West Virginia. He was then sales manager for the entire U.S. Mining Industry becoming vice president of sales from 1986 to 1997.     In 2008, he began a ten-year career as an account specialist with Continental Conveyor and Equipment Company and in 2008 was named manager of field sales and service. Continental was acquired by Joy Mining Machinery in 2009 at which time he was named strategic alliance manager responsible for Cline Resources and remained there until 2012. He joined Quaker Chemical Corporation immediately following MinExpo of 2012 as director for business development in the mining division.     During Calvin's career he has been an active member and served on the Board of Directors of most coal mining institutes. He is a member of the Old Timers Club, King Coal Club, Careers in Coal, Special Advisor to Board of West Virginia Coal Mining Institute, Kanawha Valley Mining Institute - Board of Director - elected to KVMI Coal Hall of Fame in 2011, Tug Valley Mining Institute, and the West Virginia Coal Association. He was Outstanding Young Man of America in 1985, honored member of Who's Who in 1995, also served: on the National Nominating Committee for 1998 Outstanding Young Man of America, Society of Mining Engineering associate member since 1984, and former member/chairman of the Planning and Zoning for the City of Oak Hill.     A Calvin Kidd Fellowship Award was established in 2006 and is awarded annually by the West Virginia University Mining Engineering Department. He additionally served as Board of Directors Fellowship of Christian Athletics, William N. Poundstone Lecture 2014-2015 and trustee for the Jones Avenue Church of God.