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FILE NAME: Owens Illinois (OWILL) DATE: 0000 DOC#: OWILL073 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Alumni Bulletin - Attendee List
ALUMNI HONOR PROFESSOR PHILIP DRINKER
Memories of Professor Philip Drinker's '10 years at Harvard --exciting moments, warm anil humor ous incidents and the excellence of his teaching and research -- were publicly .recalled on Anril 10 In some of the men who know him best. The occa sion was a dinner in his honor, attended by 75 Harvard industrial hygiene alumni and wives, at the Sheralon-C.adillac Hotel in Detroit during the annual meeting of the American Industrial Hy giene Association. Professor Drinker is retiring as Professor and Head of the Department of Indus trial Hygiene and becomes emeritus September 1.
Five speakers, each of whom has shared a period of Professor Drinker's professional career, look the microphone in ttlrn. Their reminiscences touched on his student days, his early work at Harvard with his late brother, l)r. (a ril K. Drinker, his pioneer ing investigations and important contributions to industrial health and safely, his fiicndlv guidance of a host of students and colleagues, his pipe and dogs and fishing and devotion to his family. The streakers were T. William I-'ehncl. an industrial""!!)^ giette consultant formerly with The Metropolitan l.ilc Insurance Uomp.mv, a dassmate of Pmlessoi
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Drinker at Lehigh University and a research col laborator at Harvard in the 1920's; Theodore F. Hatch, S.M. 11125, Professor of Industrial Health Kngineering, University of Pittsburgh School ol Public Health, who served in the basement of 55 Shatluek Sit eel as a member ol the Industrial Hy giene Department from 11121 to 193f>; Willis G. Ifa/anl. A.M. 11130, Owens-Illinois (lass (annpanv. President of the American Jniltistrial__Hvgijjit^Assoi iaiion, anti an assorialc of Professor Drinker in 11132-347 lack C. RadcliUc. X.M. 1939. l ord Motor Company, retiring President of the AIMA for 1961(2 and a former student of industrial hygiene at Harvard, and Leslie .Silverman, S.l). 19-13, Profes sor of Fnginccring in Ktiviroumcnial Hygiene. Harvard School of Public Health, who did gradu ate work under Professor Drinker in 11137-39 and has been a member of his Department for 22 years.
Professor Han It. who presided, recalled in vivid detail the sail ntnmciM when Professor Drinker conceived the idea of the "iron lung." the testing of the first crude apparatus ami the high satisfac tion of the ultimate respirator's success in treating polio patients.
Profcssoi Drinker was presented with a set ol wnoil-winking tools for his enjoyment in retire ment at Fit/william. X. II.
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