Charles Buxton Going (April 4, 1863 - 1952 in

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) was an

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engineer, author, and editor.

Biography

Born in Westchester N.Y., Going attended

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, where he graduated in 1882.

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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 ''

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'' 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,

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, and the

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Publications

His writings include: * 1909. ''Methods of the Santa Fé'' * 1911.
Principles of Industrial Engineering
' * 1915. Preface to
Ford methods and the Ford shops
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and Fay Leone Faurote. The Engineering magazine company, 1915. On less scholarly notes, he wrote: * ''Summer-Fallow'' (1892) * ''Star-Glow and Song'' (1909) *''Folklore and Fairy Plays'' (1927) In collaboration with Marie Overton Corbin (later Mrs. Going, d. May 1925), he wrote: * ''Urchins of the Sea'' (1900) * ''Urchins of the Pole'' (1901)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Going, Charles Buxton 1863 births 1952 deaths American business theorists American engineering writers American engineers Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni