Allen Born
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 5C - August 1, 2021
Mr. Allen Born passed
away July 8, 2021, in
Arizona.
Mr. Born was a native
of Durango, Colorado,
where he was born on July
4, 1933. After graduation
from Durango High
School in 1951, Mr. Born
attended Fort Lewis College on a basketball scholarship
and played for Ned Wallace in the 1951-52 and 1952-53
seasons.
Mr. Born was drafted into the U.S. Army in October,
1953 and served two years in the Far East Command.
After his discharge, he graduated from the University of
Texas at El Paso in 1958 with a degree in metallurgy and
geology. Mr. Born is a past member of The Vancouver
Club, The Sky Club of New York City and The Boulders
Club in Carefree, Arizona.
He and his wife, Pat, lived in Colorado and Arizona.
Mr. Born is past Chairman of the Aluminum
Association and the American Mining Congress
and past Co-Chairman of Cyprus-Amax Minerals
Company. He served on the Board of Directors of
Placer Development Inc., Canada Tungsten Inc.,
Amax Inc., Alumax Inc., Cyprus-Amax Inc., Inmet
Mining Corporation, AK Steel Holding Corporation,
Cyra Technologies, Morgan Bank of Canada and the
British Columbia Business Council. He also served
on the board of Trustees of the Robert Woodruff Arts
Center and Carter Center in Atlanta, GA and as Vice
Chairman of the Kennedy Centers’ Corporate Board
in Washington, D.C. In January 2020 Mr. Born was
endorsed by Marquis Who’s Who as a leader in the
mining industry and presented with the Albert Nelson
Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.
Mr. Born is survived by his wife, Pat, who is in
memory care; sons, Mike and Brett; four grandchildren;
two great-grandchildren; sister, Ilene, nieces and
nephews.
A private memorial will be held this fall in the
southwest.
