|
Factory And Industrial Management
''Engineering Magazine'' was an American illustrated monthly magazine devoted to industrial progress, first published in 1891. The periodical was published under this title until October 1916. Sequentially from Nov. 1916 to 1927 it was published as ''Industrial Management''. Engineering Magazine was a popular journal about engineering, technology, and industry. It described the system of manufacturing which has come to be known as distinctively American. Several leading authors of the efficiency movement published the first versions of their seminal works in the ''Engineering Magazine''. With Frederick W. Taylor named the father of scientific management, the ''Engineering Magazine'' has been called "the mother of the entire management movement." History First edition in 1891 The Engineering Magazine started as an illustrated monthly magazine devoted to industrial progress, with its first number published in April 1891. An 1891 review explained, that the magazine is devoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John R
John R. (born John Richbourg, August 20, 1910 - February 15, 1986) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame in the 1950s and 1960s for playing rhythm and blues music on Nashville radio station WLAC. He was also a notable record producer and artist manager. Richbourg was arguably the most popular and charismatic of the four announcers at WLAC who showcased popular African-American music in nightly programs from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. (The other three were Gene Nobles, Herman Grizzard, and Bill "Hoss" Allen.) Later rock music disc jockeys, such as Alan Freed and Wolfman Jack, mimicked Richbourg's practice of using speech that simulated African-American street language of the mid-twentieth century. Richbourg's highly stylized approach to on-air presentation of both music and advertising earned him popularity, but it also created identity confusion. Because Richbourg and fellow disc jockey Allen used African-American speech patterns, many listeners thought that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Van Vlissingen
Arthur Van Vlissingen Jr. (November 22, 1894 - October 20, 1986) was an American writer and bureau chief for ''Business Week'' and '' Newsweek,'' noted as editor of the ''Factory and Industrial Management'' journal."Writer Arthur Van Vlissingen : Headed Bureau For Newsweek." in ''Chicago Tribune,'' October 22, 1986. Life and work Van Vlissingen was born in Chicago to Arthur H. Van Vlissingen, who was a prominent developer and commercial real estate broker in Chicago. After obtaining an engineering degree at the Northwestern University, and joined the US Navy to serve in World War I. After graduation he joined the McGraw-Hill Publishing company as Assistant editor and later editor for the ''Factory and Industrial Management'' journal. He continued to edited the magazine in the 1930s when it was renamed ''Factory Management and Maintenance.'' In 1927 Van Vlissingen published "The Yankee of the Yards: The Biography of Gustavus Franklin Swift," co-authored with Louis Franklin Swif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nestor Buinitsky
Nestor Aloiziyevich Buinitsky (russian: Нестор Алоизиевич Буйницкий, 1863–1914) was a Russian military engineer, professor of fortification, inventor and lieutenant general. Biography Nestor Aloizevich Buinitsky was born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, he studied at the 2nd Saint Petersburg Military School, and became a military engineer, after graduating from the Military Engineering-Technical University in 1889. He served as a military engineer at the Osowiec Fortress Osowiec Fortress (Polish: ''Twierdza Osowiec'', Russian: ''Крепость Осовец'') is a 19th-century fortress built by the Russian Empire, located in what is now north-eastern Poland. It saw heavy fighting during World War I when it ..., where he would help in the construction of fortification buildings for four years. In 1893 Buinitsky began to teach about fortification in a native university, and became a professor. He co-operated with the ''Engineering Magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Pratt Alford
Leon Pratt Alford (Jan. 3, 1877 – Feb. 2, 1942) was an American mechanical engineer, organizational theorist, and administrator for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. known for his seminal work in the field of industrial management.William Jaffe (1957).'' L.P. Alford and the Evolution of Modern Industrial Management''. New York University Press. Biography Born in Simsbury, Connecticut, Alford graduated from the High School of Plainville, Connecticut, and in 1896 from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. After ten years in the industry in various functions,"Prof. Alford of N.Y.U. dies, administrative engineer expert was 65." in: ''The Sun'' New York City, 2 January 1942. he received his ME from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1905.The Tech News Volume' 25, Issue 6, November 8, 1933 In 1896 Alford started as shop foreman at the McKay Metallic Fastening Assn. in Boston, which merged to McKay-Bigelow Heeling Assn. in 1897. After another two years as shop foreman, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Buxton Going
Charles Buxton Going (April 4, 1863 - 1952 in France) was an American engineer, author, and editor. Biography Born in Westchester N.Y., Going attended Columbia College School of Mines, where he graduated in 1882. Columbia University awarded him the honorary degree of M.Sc. in 1910. Mr. Going immediately began work in the Middle West in industrial and corporate management. He joined the staff of the ''Engineering Magazine'' in 1896, becoming managing editor in 1898 and editor in 1912. He did much to discern, define, and establish the profession of "industrial engineering." He became special lecturer on the subject of "industrial engineering" at Columbia, Harvard University, New York University, and the University of Chicago. Publications His writings include: * 1909. ''Methods of the Santa Fé'' * 1911. Principles of Industrial Engineering' * 1915. Preface to Ford methods and the Ford shops'' Horace Lucian Arnold Horace Lucian Arnold (June 25, 1837 – January 25, 1915< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Remsen Hutton
Frederick Remsen Hutton, M.E., Sc.D. (1853 – New York City May 14, 1918) was an American mechanical engineer, consulting engineer, educator, editor of the ''Engineering Magazine'' and president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1907–08. Biography Hutton was born in New York City, graduated from Columbia College in 1873, and from Columbia School of Mines in 1876. He was employed there in several positions until he retired in 1907. Columbia gave him the honorary degree of Sc.D. in 1904. In 1892 he became associate editor of the ''Engineering Magazine''. From 1883 to 1906 he was secretary of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; and he became president of the organization in 1907. In 1911 he was consulting engineer for the department of water, gas, and electricity of New York City, and he served as chairman of the technical committee of the Automobile Club of America The Automobile Club of America was the first automobile club formed in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Michael Carmody
John Michael Carmody (November 1, 1881 – November 11, 1963) was an American administrator, noted as editor of ''Factory and Industrial Management,'' and as administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration and the Federal Works Agency in the 1930s. Biography Born in Towanda, Pennsylvania, Carmody attended Elmira College, the Lewis Institute in Chicago (later merged with Armour Institute of Technology to become Illinois Institute of Technology), and the Columbia University.Carmody, John at ''fdrlibrary.marist.edu.'' Accessed 26.01.2015. In 1900, Carmody started his career in the steel industry, working as inspector for companies in Pennsylvania and Illinois, and abroad in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hamilton Church
Alexander Hamilton Church (28 May 1866 – 11 February 1936) was an English efficiency engineer, accountant and writer on accountancy and management, known for his seminal work of management and cost accounting. Biography Church was born in Uxbridge near London to Richard Stephen Hamilton Church and Jane Grace Quick Clemence, both American. His father was the son of Angelica Schuyler and John Barker Church and grandson of Philip Schuyler, a general in the American Revolution and a United States Senator from New York. There were some rumors that his father was an illegitimate son of Alexander Hamilton, who had married another of General Schuyler's daughters. Alexander H. Church grew up in England, where he received a liberal education. Church started his career at the British National Telephone Company. Over the years he became a technical expert in electrical engineering and started working as manager in an electrical manufacturing business. He rejoined the telephone company a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robertson Dunlap
John Robertson Dunlap (1857 – June 5, 1937) was an American journalist, editor and publisher of engineering magazines and books."John Dunlap dead: Long a publisher", ''The New York Times'', June 6, 1937: He is known as founder of the '' Engineering Magazine'' in 1891, which in the early 20th century became the "quality magazine in the field of business management." Biography Born in Lexington, Kentucky to Henry Clay and La Belle Boyce Dunlap, Dunlap attended Linsly School in Wheeling, West Virginia. He started working in civil engineering at the age of 18 in 1873. Dunlap came into prominence as president and general manager of the '' Daily Louisville Commercial'' in 1884, a journal published in Louisville, Kentucky from 1869 to 1902. In 1889 he moved to New York City, where he started his first magazine ''The India Rubber World'', nowadays ''The India Rubber World and Electrical Trades Review'', or shortly ''Rubber World''.Jill Rohrer,125th Anniversary celebrated, ''Rubber Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Kent
Allen Kent (October 24, 1921 – May 1, 2014) was an information scientist. Early life He was born in New York City. ASIS&T obituary, 2014 At he earned a degree in chemistry.Obituary: Allen Kent / A pioneer in field of information sciences: Oct. 24, 1921 - May 1, 2014 By Molly Born |
Charles DeLano Hine
Charles DeLano Hine (March 15, 1867 – February 13, 1927) was an American civil engineer, lawyer, railway official, and Colonel in the United States Army. He receives academic credit for studying organizations as a separate field, rather than a "smaller sister of sociology.". Early and family life Born in Vienna, Virginia to former Union veteran Capt. Orrin E. Hine and his wife Alma, Hine graduated from United States Military Academy, West Point in 1891, and served as a lieutenant in the 6th United States Infantry. He later graduated from Cincinnati Law School.Hine (1909, Foreword) He married Helen Underwood on March 27, 1915. Career Leaving the Army to enter railway service, Hine worked as freight brakeman, switchman, yardmaster, emergency conductor, chief clerk to superintendent, and trainmaster. When the Spanish–American War began in 1898 he quit railway service and participated in the Santiago campaign as a major of volunteers. After the war he re-entered railway work, ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Industrial Management, July 1922
Industrial may refer to: Industry * Industrial archaeology, the study of the history of the industry * Industrial engineering, engineering dealing with the optimization of complex industrial processes or systems * Industrial city, a city dominated by one or more industries * Industrial loan company, a financial institution in the United States that lends money, and may be owned by non-financial institutions * Industrial organization, a field that builds on the theory of the firm by examining the structure and boundaries between firms and markets * Industrial Revolution, the development of industry in the 18th and 19th centuries * Industrial society, a society that has undergone industrialization * Industrial technology, a broad field that includes designing, building, optimizing, managing and operating industrial equipment, and predesignated as acceptable for industrial uses, like factories * Industrial video, a video that targets “industry” as its primary audience * Industrial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Frederick Remsen Hutton")
