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copy ZRICH FIRE INSURANCE COrTANY OF NEW YORK 135 South L aS alle S tre e t, Chicago, 111. December 12, 1945 A lle n D. B r a n d t, S c . D. American S o ciety H eating and E ngineering Research! L ab o rato ries 10700 E u clid Avenue C lev elan d , 6, Ohio ! Membership A p p lic a tio n of i R a l p h M a r t i n M c G rath ______ Dear A llen: You w i l l s h o r t l y r e c e i v e an a p p l i c a t i o n f o r m em bership by Mr. M cGrath who i s a t th e p r e s e n t tim e engaged a t th e W estern E l e c t r i c Company i n jo b e v a lu a tio n of shop p o s iti ons which in clu d es the study of in d u s tr ia l h e a lth h azard s and w o rk in g c o n d i t i o n s . He i s e s p e c i a l l y i n t e r e s t e d i n i n d u s t r i a l n o i s e an d h i s w o rk b r i n g s hi.m i n c o n t a c t w i t h a w id e v a r i e t y o f i n d u s t r i a l h e a l t h e x p o s u r e s . A c tu a lly , h is closest approach to the problem i s from a personnel r e la tio n s h ip p o i n t o f view jin w hich m ost of h i s t r a i n i n g has b een . Mr. McGrath is! i n t e r e s t e d i n i n d u s t r i a l h y g ien e and would l i k e t o become a member o f t h e A s s o c i a t i o n . On r e v i e w i n g h i s a p p l i c a t i o n y o u w i l l n o t e t h a t h e h a s ba d much g r a d u a t e s t u d y a n d we w o u ld f e e l t h a t i n t h e c a s e o f t h i s d e s i r a b l e a p p l i c a n t th a t i t could be accepted in place of the req u ired p erio d of in d u s tr ia l hygiene a c t i v i t y i n view of th e f a c t t h a t h i s p r e s e n t work on i n d u s t r i a l h y g ie n e h a s only been during the current y ear. We b e l i e v e t h a t t h i s man w o u ld b e a d e s i r a b l e member o f t h e a s s o c i a t i o n a n d a l s o t h a t i t w puld be d e s i r a b l e t o i n c l u d e a num ber o f o u t s t a n d i n g men whose m ajor i n t e r e s t nay be in a l l i e d f i e l d s . Yours very tru ly , WAC:ACH Warren A. Cook, D ire c to r D iv isio n of I n d u s tr ia l Hygiene and Engineering Research