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FOREWORD The Division of Engineering and Industrial Research held its annual meeting on 9 March 1964 in Washington, D. C. "The Engineer and Society" was the general theme and the Division Chair- man, Dr. Richard C. Jordan, presided. The afternoon session in- cluded presentations of papers by invited guest speakers, followed by a general discussion in which the speakers answered questions from the floor. The guest speaker for the evening session followed the general theme of the meeting, speaking on "What the Engineer Should Understand About Technological Innovation." Opening the evening session, Dr. Frederick Seitz, President of the National Academy of Sciences, discussed some of the matters relative to the proposed National Academy of Engineering. The Division wishes to express its grateful appreciation to the distinguished invited contributors to this meeting: John C. Calhoun, Jr., Assistant and Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, spoke on "The Engineer and Society.' Dr. Calhoun received his undergraduate and graduate degrees, in- cluding a doctorate in petroleum and gas engineering, from the Pennsylvania State University. Until 1946 he was associated with that university as research assistant and instructor. He then joined the staff of the School of Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma, where he remained for five years, serving as Chairman of the School from 1948 to 1950. He then joined the Texas A and M College faculty, serving during 1955-1957 as Dean of the School of Engineering, Director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station and of the Texas Engineering Extension Service. From 1957 until he became associated with the Department of the Interior, Dr. Calhoun was Vice President of Engineering, Texas A and M College system. _ . _ Chalmers Sherwin, Deputy Director for Research and Tech- nology, Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, DOD, spoke on "The Political Responsibility of the Engineer." Dr. Sherwin received his academic education at Wheaton College and the University of Chicago, where he received his doctorate in 1940 and continued on the faculty until 1941. From 1941 to 1945,r~he was a member of the staff of the Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, leaving there to serve about one year associate in physics, Columbia University, then on the faculty of the University of Illinois during 1946-1950. Previous to joining the Department of Defense, Dr. Sherwin was Vice President and General Manager, Laboratories Division of Aerospace Corporation. iii
Ewan Clague, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, ~ Society." Dr. Clague Department of Labor, spoke on "Automation and received his formal education from the University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin, and served for a time on the faculty of each of those institutions. He has been research assistant in the Institute of Human Relations at Yale University, and Director of Research and Professor of Social Research at the Pennsylvania School of Social Work. He has also been Associate Director of the Bureau of Research and Statistics and Social Security Board from 1936-1937;and its ~- ~ ~ ~ ~ Director tor a cubs equent period of about three years. From 1940 to 1946 he was Director of the Bureau of Employ- ment Security, Social Security Board, after which he was appointed Commissioner of Labor Statistics. James R. Bright, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University, spoke on "What the Engineer Should Understand About Technological Innovation." Professor Bright began his pro- fessional career as an industrial engineer after receiving his undergraduate education at Lehigh University. Following a period with the General Electric Company and with the Army during World War II, he joined the McGraw-Hill Company, where he became managing _1 ~r ~. ~ _ J ~, editor ot Product Engineering and subsequently chief editor of Modern Materials Handling. Professor Bright is widely known for . his studies and writings on industrial management and automation, including Automation and Management, published in 1958. , ~, ~. . ~. . . . . He Developer anal Is possibly the country T s first academic course of study on technological innovation. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Harvard Business Review. . The purpose of this report, published as a supplement to the Annual Report of the Division of Engineering and Industrial Research, is to bring to a wider audience the content of the formal papers and the exchange of views presented at this meeting. Richard C. Jordan, Chairman Division of Engineering and Industrial Research iv
