John E. “Jack” Katlic

John E. "Jack" Katlic began his career in the mining industry in 1948 with Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company. Former chairman of the National Coal Association, Katlic also served as a past senior vice president of the American Electric Power Service Corporation's fuel supply group. He completed an appointment to the National Inland Waterway Users Board that advises the Secretary of the Army and Congress on inland waterways priorities and funding. He received the Coal Age magazine award for 1987, and in 1988 was honored as Ohio's "Coal Man of the Year" by the Ohio Mining and Reclamation Association. In 1995 he received the Erskine Ramsay Award of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers and the Pittsburgh Coal Mining Institute of America, Kingery Safety Award. During the course of his career, Katlic has held positions as mine superintendent, general superintendent, senior mining engineer, and vice presidents of personnel, safety, industrial relations, administration, government relations, research and development and engineering with companies such as CONSOL, Eastern Associated Coal, Allied Chemical, before joining Island Creek in 1975 as its executive vice president-administration. In recognition of his many years of contributions to the coal industry and service to the College of Mineral and Energy Resources, Katlic was honored with his selection for the 1993 College of Mineral and Energy Resources Outstanding Alumni Award.