Awards & Recognition
★American Mining Hall of Fame (2010)
★National Mining Hall of Fame (2023)
★Charles F. Rand Memorial Award (2011)
★Copper Club's Ankh Award (2009)
★Executive of the Year - ASU W.P. Carey School (2011)
★Extel All-America Executive Team CEO Hall of Fame (2024)
★Honorary Doctor of Science - Mississippi State (2010)
★National Alumnus of the Year - Mississippi State (2011)
Notable Facts
→Former Chairman & CEO of Freeport-McMoRan Inc, world's largest publicly traded copper company
→Led $26 billion acquisition of Phelps Dodge Corp in 2007
→Previously Partner and Managing Director at Arthur Andersen & Co
→Mississippi State University has Richard C. Adkerson School of Accountancy named after him
→Lives in Phoenix, Arizona
→Owns 18,500-acre ranch near Cameron, Montana
→Member of Council on Foreign Relations and Business Council