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FILE NAME: National Lead (NATL) DATE: 1932-1934 DOC#: NATL074 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: List of Leading Corporate Research Directors DOWNS COLLECTION FOLDER 113.8 #2 BOX A -15 B SCHENECTADY MUSEUM, NEW YORK GE MUSEUM 00018 GE MUSEUM 00019 ROCHESTER GASANO ELECTRIC CORPORATION ROCHESTER N.Y. E. G. M IN E R . C h airm an F. C . G O O D W IN , C h airm an of Board Execu tive Co m . Aug. 24th, 1932 Mr. Gerard Swope, Pres't General Electric Company Schenectady, N.Y. / // / J My dear Mr. Swope : Mr. E.G. Miner, Chariman of our Board and Chairman of the Board of The Pfaudler Company of this City, has asked me to get in touch with you and see if the General Electric Company will not interest themselves in a research study of Silicosis, to he carried on at the Strong Memorial Hospital, this City. There is available at the Hospital a Research Fellow of the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Alberto Hurtado, who has interested himself in similar work in Peru. Mr. Miner is trying to secure $12,000.00 for this work, $1,000.00 each from twelve firms. The Eastman Kodak Company, General Railway Signal, Symington Company and others will participate. If you think this is a work which the General Electric Company might support, your participation would be appreciated by the Rochester men and myself. Very truly ; President. H, GE MUSEUM 00020 "* -3 ? t c.* .. J* - Br# lUA&jp&ff-* Comi&cilcut *&)E4 i^XCrC s Xi' I rtaseafcsr oass`tJty> yon are in terested 1 Silicosi- ad m& & tm xor o rscosiSeoQAiions la regard to ou- aresa p ie n te . Cm* ^u refresh nf vusuory sod t e l l *, fits the nature pi our- work, uethsr tkw i- iar ie tio a X'or or coatrlbuiag to th is work? Cordi&Hy, GStH 0002A ge museum York Aa$i*b S3. 1. airt, lu L* I'slaci* Sanager Schenectady Viorks Door y* Del&ek.' dev* is a letter irem Mr Sassell, Present crl the `ioeuecter Gao and Electric Corporation. It ir s;y impression we did do a good deal of work on Silicosis* Can you tell ne about it? .ox can you refer Ibis letter to someone id can, and also tale ietlseupwheoitkhneorwswiatbsoutthethhiesseaanrdchteOlrlg,ainmiswahteitohnerorwesomsreooiinled be intererted in cooperating, as they suggest. >N Very telly yours, O&sH GLBAHIi SfiKXPE GE MUSEUM 00022 GE MUSEUM 00023 a soheneetady, H* Y. september 14* 183E Mr* Herman Ruasell Presldent Roohenter Gas and Sleotrle Corporation Rooheater, Hov York My dear Mr* Huaae3.lt Oa ay return* X round yeur lattar ef Angue t 24th, wbioh hai been eakaowledged by my aeoretary la ay abcanoe, and imaedlntely teok it up with our manufacturing organinatica. I fina ve tare dona a good deal f work. and aedo quite a etody of Sllooaia through th Harvard ftedleal sobool and our *a dontare, and h m epent a good deal ef money la thla direction. Thia etudy *ae oanduoted by or. Philip Drink#* of th Harvard Kedleal sahool and Dr. Goal# ef our etra argaalaatlon. X underetand our Br. Toeburgh ha# alroady beoa io Rooheater and teak tif hlm exhlblte of xraye, and *e vili be very ad t giva yeur rgaaleatloa aoooaa to th H Information we h we gathered and cooperate in every praotloal ay* Xn vie of our work on thla eubjeat, X hope you 111 forbivo u If e do not aake any a&ah contributlem at thla timo. fflth beat wiahea, Tery truly yeura, GSiS GE MUSEUM 00024 Ha d ly m e, Co n n ec tic u t TELEGRAMS VIA SAYBROOK TELEPHONE, DEEP RIVER 65-2 Sept. 9, 1932 ? Dear Gerard Philip Drinker writes me that neither he nor his brother, professor of physiology who has done a good deal of work on dust diseases, has ever heard of Dr.Hurtado and do not feel competent to pass on the question of the value of the research he plans. As I know nothing about him either, you will have to turn elsewhere to find out. Perhaps the Rockefeller Foundation would be the best place. Cordially yours GE MUSEUM 00025 G E N E R A L I j ) ELECTRIC:'' INTERNAL CORRESPONDENCE i ' ) SER ltf| Schenectady, September 8,,1952 Mr. Gerard Swope President New York Office ' ' < y;, '>/ Dear Mr. Swope: .. ...... Your letter of August 29th arrived while I was on vacationv .Yiken X returned I found some correspondence from Mr. Miner to'Dr. Vde'paj?^' beggard- ing proposed donation by the Genera]. Electric Company and-1 'have into the matter in considerable detail. The fact is that we had Dr. Cov.le employed on health hatpsdsj spend ing a great deal of her time on investigations of dust haaards. as eirtaig.-ing to. silicosis. We found many serious situations which.'did hot appear, on the surface and which had never given us any concern until we began .our..' investigation ana examination cf employees., he developed method of ovist: count and I believe we have determined to the satisfaction of our ck-rocTfi conditions which are safe and which are unsafe. Much money -has'been cVr . pended in controlling.and eliminating dust hazards. : - - '..l There are quite a number of our people who have incipient silicosis-;.; condition, but it is surprising that in some activities it reqv.ieh from ; ,.v,.f... eightto ftep:y ears before this begins to show much, of anydeye!wornh-i.. In . fact, we-had'one case where the exposure had heeai twenty'years or mcrre1arid &t.< ,J;'v the patient was apparently in fairly good health, although the lungs rare f\ .. 1 practically; destroyed. This employee died suddenly. " .;. -c * ;.v'" . f 1 ':- :V b i - . {.ivy:f .N'- The matter is of great importance, and we have spent s.onich;moheydlh'h It'hAi-r 7 y ;;.7 ; N S I S y BLDiah!' . f ' ' ;>; , b i :'; .a t y " 7 .VSm,C. - . : f;r. : * .: v Yours very'.truly y A /..s?i//; J / / ; . .... .,,' ".s'yi V . ,5". I'.' Dear Gerards To r&frosL your ii.emory I will toll you that you bad, up to 1930. an expert on. silicosis, v/ho visited all your plants In which this hazard is present and. made re-coi monaatiens as to dust control. He is Philip Drinker, of the Harvard School of Public Health. Since the depression he has done nothing, feeling, as I do, that industrial hygiene in plants as good as those of the G.E. is something of an un necessary luxury under present conditions. Ho will be able to tell you much better than I how advisable it is to have this pieco of research done in just that way, and I at. sending your letter to him and asking him to answer it. Very sincerely yours 'Vi' GE MUSEUM 00027 February, 1934 DIRECTORS OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH 29 West 39th St, New York Members Addresses and Titles BASSETT, W H Substitute American Brass Company, Waterbury, Connecticut; Metallurgical Manager John R Freeman, Jr BATCHELOR, H D Substitute National Carbon Company Research Laboratory, 1280 'West 73d St., Cleveland, Ohio (F 0 Box 400)} Director of Research BE.CKET, Dr F M Substitute Union .Carbide & Carbon Research Laboratories, Inc, 30 East 42d St, Now York; President J H Critchett BIGELOW, Dr W D Substitute National Canners Association, 1739 H St, N W, Washington, D C; Chief Chemist, Research Laboratories E F Kohman BOLTON, Dr E K Substitute E I duPont de Nemours & Company, Rm 8024, duPont Bldg, Wilmington, Delaware; Chemical Director Ernest B Benger BUCKLEY, Dr OliverE Bell Telephone Laboratories, 463 West St,, New York; Director of Research Substitute CHUBB, L W . Substitute Westinghouse Electric & Mfg Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa; Director of Research Laboratories S M Kintner COLPITTS, E H Substitute Bell Telephone Laboratories,- 463 West Street, New York; Vice-President COOLIDGE, Dr Wm D Substitute General Electric Company, Schenectady, N Y Director of Research Laboratory L A Hawkins, Executive Engineer, Research Laboratory DORR, John V N Substitute The Dorr Company, 247 Park Avenue, Mew York; President G H Dorr, 61 Broadway, New York; Vice-President, The Dorr Company. FRARY, Dr ? C Substitute Aluminum Co of America, New Kensington, Fa (? 0 Box 77); Director of Research J D Edwards HASLAM, Dr Robert T Standard Oil Development Company, 26 Broadway, New York; Vice-Fresident and General Manager Substitute GE MUSEUM 00028 -2 Direetors of Industrial Research ITTNSR, Dr M H Substitute Colgate-Palttolive-Peet Company, 105 Hudson Street, Jersey City, N J; Chief Chemist JEWETT, Dr F 3 Substitute American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Vice-President; Bell Telephone Laboratories, President; Rm 2631, 195 Broadway, New York JOHNSTON, Dr John Substitute Research Laboratory, TJ S Steel Corporation, Kearny, New Jersey; Director R B Sosman MAJOR, Dr Randolph T Merck & Co., Rahway, New Jersey, Director of Pure Research Substituto MATHEWS, Dr J A Substitute Crucible Steel Co of America, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York; Vice-President and Director of Research F F McIntosh MATHEY, G S Substitute Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Director of Research Laboratory C F Blotter MEES, Dr C E K Substitute Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N Y; Director in charge of Research and Development MERICA, Dr P D Substitute International Nickel Company, 67 Wall St, N:w York; Assistant to President A J Wadhams, Manager, Development & Research Department REDMAN, Dr L V Substitute Eakelite Corporation, 247 Park Avenue, New York; Vice-President in charge of Research A J Weith STINE, Dr C M A Substitute E I duPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware; Vice-President SULLIVAN, Dr E C Substitute Corning Glass Works, Corning, New York; Vice-Chairman TAYLOR, E A Substitute Grasselli Chemical Company, Guardian Bldg, Cleveland, Ohio; Director, Chemical Department Dr J F W Schulze, Ass't Director, Chemical Department THOMPSON, Dr G W Substitute National Lead Company, 105 York St, Brooklyn, N Y; Director of Research R L Hallett WEIDLEIN, Dr E R Substitute Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Director George D Beal, Assistant Director Pittsburgh, ?a; GE MUSEUM 00029 -3Directors of Industrial Research Members Emeritus BREYER, F G CHARLESWORTH, H P CORSE, W M FLINN, Alfred D GEER, Dr W C HOWARD, Dr Henry REESE, Dr C L SKINNER, C E WHITAKER, Dr M C WHITNEY, Dr W R Singmaster & Breyer, 420 Lexington Ave., N Y; Partner American Telephone and Telegraph Co, 195 Broadway, New York; Assistant Chief Engineer 810 - 18th St., N W, Washington, D C; Metallurgical and Chemical Engineer The Engineering Foundation, Room 1617, 29 West 29th St, New York; Director 624 Highland Road, Ithaca, New York; Research Chemist Grey Lodge, Paradise Road, Newport, R I; Chemical Engineer E I duPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware; Consultant 215 Elmore Road, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, Consultant American Cyanamid Company, 535 Fifth Avenue, New York; Consulting Chemical Engineer General Electric Co, Schenectady, New York; Vice-President John V N Dorr, Chairman Alfred D Flinn, Secretary 29 West 39th Street, New York Membership Committee: Dr F M Becket Dr L V Redman Dr John Johnston GE MUSEUM 00030