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MSM MEN IN INDUSTRY Dr. M cC racken App ointed to N ew Post
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E. J e ffer so n C n , m , who r ecently perfected th e calcu lator for w ir e draftin g d es cri b ed on pa ge 22, is Genera l Foreman of th e Rod and "vVire Div is ion, n e t hl e hem Stee l Co mpan y, S ·)arrow s Point, Mel. "H e wa s gra duat ed from iVfSM with a B.S. in M e tallurg<ca l
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fi ;"st e mploy e d by th e B e th leh e m Steer Co mpany in 1929. From 1933 to 1937 h wa s e ngage d in expe rim e ntal and d eve lopment work for th e s t ee l co mpa ny a nd wa s p r omoted to hi s pr ese nt pos ition in 1937. Whi le at te ndin g MSM h e was a memb e r of the Trian g le frat e rnity and Tau B e ta Pi. Hi s hom e a ddre ss is 8 16 C s tr ee t, Sparrows Point, Md. H e is marri ed and ha s thr ee c hildr e n.
D . C. Jackling's Views on the· Copper Situation " Th e pot e ntia li ti es of the coppe r producin g indu s try in thi s country promi s in g a n adeq uate s uppl y of th e m etal for ge n era tion s ar e ju st as g rea t today as th ey we re wh e n th e eco nomic tr e atm e nt of low g rad e s ulphid e ores was d ev ise d and initiated at th e U ta h Copper Company's prop e rti es in Bin g ham ca n yo n about 42 y ea rs ago" writ es D. C. Jack lin g '92, who se fam e and ac kno w ledged lea d e rs hip in that indu s try s te m from hi s own pion ee r r ec o g nition of th e ec onomic potentia liti es of th e Bin g h a m ca nyon and s imil ar low g rad e co pp e r d epos it s . Co nv a lesce n ce from a sev.e re illness h as pr eve nte d Mr. Jack lin g from pr e pa rin g a forma l a rticl e on the coppe r s ituation, but h e ha s g ra c iou s ly authoriz e d ex t e ns ive quotation s from rece nt co rr es pond e nc e o n the s ubj ec t wit h A lumni Pres ident Sc h n ee b e r ge r . 1vIr. Ja ck lin g's s ta te m e nt is b ased on th e assumption that th e r e lat ion s hip b e twe e n th e mark e t price for th e meta l and th e cost of producin g it be th e sa m e today as it was at th at time, that, ". . that the u se rs of copp e r m e tal are willin g to pay for it th e cost of production a nd a littl e mor e as an ince n tiv e to min e a nd b e n efic iat e avai labl e res ourc es." Un fortunately thi s ha s not b ee n th e v ie w of tho se "se lf-see kin g advocate s of F e d e ral co ntrol of eve ryt hi n g" who see k to perpet rat e s uc h control. H e points out" .... th e costs of se rvice and s uppli es of all kind s ha ve incr ease d 100 % or more, mo s twi se in t h e la s t 15 yea rs ; a nd on ly for th e tec hnolo g ical imp r ove m ents in m e thod s and apparatu s ac hi eved by the copper minin g indu s t ry itse lf throu g hout th e fir s t 30 yea rs of thi s ce ntury , practica ll y no coppe r at a ll could h ave bee n produ ce d at a profit in thi s c ountry to se rve th e war n ee d s durin g th e pa s t five yea rs at th e ar bitraril y impo se d a nd co nfi sca tory cei lin g pric es fo r m e ta l t h at ha ve b ee n in e ffect SiJ1 Ce th e b eg in nin g of t h e war and ev e n b e for e." Ins tea d of th e re li e f afforded oth e r p rod ucts of natur a l reSources in th e matt e r of pr ice a ll owances , th e copper indu s tryon th e c ontra ry has s uffe red from ". th e impos ition of a ll s ort s of in c r ease d production ex p e n ses, e nti re ly as id e from taxe s." j'vI r. J ac klin g is d e fin ite ly not one of th e " Hav e-not " sc hool. He s ay s- " It is p e rfect ly tru e that th e d eve loped ore rese r ves from w hi c h coppe r can b e produc e d a t 12c p e r pou nd in the face of prese nt day costs ha ve be e n co ns id e rab ly d e p le ted durin g th e war pe riod ; but g rantin g an inc rease in price in s om e m eas ur e co mm e n s urat e with s wo ll e n costs of th e p resent tim e, th e known ore occ u rr e n ces of lower g rade ore wh ic h wou ld becom e co mm e rc ia l und e r s uc h co ndition s are, in te rm s of r ec o ve ra b le coppe r, ju s t as g rea t in th e li g ht of mod e rn fac ili ti es a nd pro cesses a s th ey we re in m eas llT"abl e d egree wh e n th e treatm e nt of th e low
Det r ex C orporation, D e tr oit, Mic h., has a nn ou n ce d th e appointm e nt of Dr. \,yilli am L. Mc Cr ack e n, r ece ntl y di sc har ge d from th e U . S. A rm y En g in ee r s wit h t h e rank of li e ut ena nt co lon e l, to th e po s ition of ad mini s t rative ass is tant to C. F. Din ley S r., yice pr es id e nt in c h arge of researc h and e n g in ee rin g . "Prior to the war, D r . ·McC rac ke n had cha rge o f r esea rc h and deve lopme nt for oil-extraction. He h o ld s three d egrees : 13. S . fr om Mi s sou ri Sc ho o l of Mines and Metallur gy, 1\/[. S. a nd Ph. D. fr o m I owa State. Dr. i\I cCrac k en wo rk ed at I owa State as a r es ea r ch fe llow until 1939 when h e fir s t e nt e r ed th e Detrex o rganiza tion. H e is a member of th e f\merican C h emi cal Society a n d th e American Soc iety of Oil Chemists. Dr. Mc C racken's n ew d u ties , acco rdin g to A. O. Th a lacker, v ice pres id e nt and ge n e ra l mana ge r, will prov id e b oth a dmini s trative and technical assistance to iVfr. Dinley in r esea rch a nd product d e,-elopment in all of th e co mpan y's t hr ee major divi s ion s : indu s trial m e tal cleaning, dr y cleanin g , an d oi l-ex traction . -
W illiam F. McConnell '42 Now in Texas VVilliam F. McConne ll is now with th e Dictograph P r odu c ts Inc. Hi s job is prima ril y sa les bu t h e a lso does t h e es timatin g for in sta ll at ion s and s up e rvi ses in sta ll ations of e quipme nt and is ac tin g as bran c h manager for the Dallas br a n c h of th e C ompan y. H e writes , "feel that thi s job offers exce ptionally fin e opportunities if ha ndl e d ri g h t. I got th e j ob throu g h th e office r und er w hom I se rv ed in the army a nd reel quit e fortunate in h a\· in g h ad the opport uni ty as it is the type of work I mo st e njoy and is much less c onfinin g and less s ubj ect to s up e r visio n than was my pre\· iou s j o b. In fact, thi s is almo s t lik e being in bus in ess fo r my se lf. "
Acknowledgment to H. S. McQueen As not e d in th e la st iss ue, H. S. "Mac ·' M cQ uee n was the author of t h e m e morial to H. A. "Chi e f" Bu e hl er. Na turall y we thank M ac for hi s cooperation in a ll o win g u s to re produc e hi s work, but we wa nt to m a k e this p ubli c ack n owledgm e nt of the a ppr ecia ti on of the A lumni ssoc iation and the s taff of t h e Rolla offi ce. For m a n y yea rs :'\Iac \\·a s th e C hi ef's right h a nd 111 a n a nd together th ey ca rri ed on m any projects. Hi s address is : H. S. :.\IcQueen , Th e Alcoa 1\Iinin Co., 230 P a rk ave nu e, New York 17, N.Y. g rad e s o- ca ll e d porph y ry ores b eca m e widesp r ea d in this co un try durin g th e fir s t 15 yea r s of thi s ce ntur y. Furthermor e, oth e r low g rad e o r e o cc urr e nc es not yet full y explor ed are known to ex ist, and und o ubt edl y other n ew d e po s it s or ex ten s ion s of tho se a lr ea dy kn own wi ll come to li g ht, to th e e nd that thi s nation and its co pp e r co n s umin g indu s tri es will find avai labl e an adequate s uppl y of copp e r for a ll n ee d s for a lon ge r p e r iod of time than now es timat e d for th e p r oductiv e li fe of a ny other min eral r eso urc es, exce ptin g coa l and ot h e r s o-c a ll ed nOll - meta lli c min e ral s." Simi lar s tat e m e nt s an d co rr es pond e n ce to t h e P r ess and a rtic les b y s u c h a uth orit ies as Loui s S . Ca tes , pr es id e nt of 1 h e lp s Dod ge C o r poration, and Ira B. Jora le mon, natio na ll y k n ow n econom ic ge olo g ist, Support a nd att es t to the so undness of Mr. J ack lin g ·s \-ie w s a nd concl u s ions.
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