B.S., Mining, 1923
Kuang Shoukun, who was born in 1898 in Guangdong, graduated from the Department of Mines at Tsinghua College in 1919 and then enrolled at the University of Minnesota. He received a bachelor of science in mining in 1923. From 1923-1925, he worked as an engineering intern for Island Creek Coal Company.
Kuang returned to China in 1925 and served as an engineer of mines at Mentougou Mining Company and Kailuan Mining Bureau, the director of Linxi Mine, and the deputy director of Fushun Academy of Coal Mining.
Kuang was also an educator and taught at Tangshan Kailuan Architecture and Engineering School, Fushun Coal Mining School in Liaoning, Beijing Mining and Industry College (later named China University of Mining and Technology). In 1986, Kuang established the “Kuang Shoukun Scholarship” at China University of Mining and Technology, which financially supported more than a hundred students.
Kuang also played a key role in revising and editing the “English-Chinese Dictionary of Mining and Mineral” (英汉采矿矿物释义大辞典), “Modern Science and Technology Vocabulary” (现代科学技术词汇), and “Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms” (采矿、矿物及有关术语释义词典).
Kuang was a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Committee in Liaoning and a representative of the People’s Congress in Fushun.
邝寿堃，1898年出生于广东。1919年，他从清华学院冶矿系毕业，随后入读明尼苏达大学。1923年，他获得冶矿学学士学位。从1923年至1925年，他在岛溪煤矿公司做实习工程师。
邝寿堃1925年回到中国，先后在门头沟矿业公司、开滦矿业局做工程师，后又任临西矿业主任、抚顺煤研究院副主任。
邝寿堃也同时投身教育事业，在唐山开滦建筑工程学院、辽宁抚顺煤矿学院、北京矿业大学（后改名为中国矿业大学）任教。1986年，邝寿堃在北京矿业大学建立了“邝寿堃奖学金”，到目前为止已经资助了超过100名学生。
邝寿堃还在编纂《英汉采矿矿物释义大辞典》、《现代科学技术词汇》、《采矿、矿物和有关术语释义词典》方面做出了重要贡献。
邝寿堃是中国辽宁政协委员和抚顺人大代表。