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Monroe Edward Spaght
Monroe Edward Spaght
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He was responsible for many contributions to scientific books and journals, and was credited with a number of important patents involving the recovery of chemical by-products from refining; by 1940 he was a manager of the company's technical activities on the West Coast. During the Second World War he served on a naval technical mission to Europe, moving into Germany with the Allied forces to study technical developments in German industry.
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Sought retired from troth positions in 1970 but continued to serve as a director of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and Shell Oil Company until 1980. At various times over a long career Spaght was a trustee of Stanford University, a director of the Stanford Research Institute and the American Petroleum Institute, and a trustee of the Institute of International Education.
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Never has the case for business and corporate support of higher education been made more eloquently and persuasively. The Bright Key showed Spaght to be decades ahead of his time in his championing of excellence and quality, and John Gardner's introduction described Spaght as one of those sorely needed individuals "who can work with complex organizations yet retain their individuality, who can master technology yet retain their humanity, who can move easily between reflection and action." Spaght often discoursed within Shell on the ancient Greek ideal of arete (excellence)
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Monte Spaght simply refused to regard these conflicting forces as irreconcilable, and by uniting them brilliantly in his own person, he provided unparalleled leadership by example. If there was a secret to his leadership style, it was a refreshing combination of maximal individuality and minimal egotism.
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MONROE EDWARD SPAGHT 227 endeavor. We will never know what contribution he might have made had he remained a research chemist, but on the path he chose—or that chose him his impact was large and lasting, his role was vital, and his gifts were many and remarkable.
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