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Richard Soderberg, Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, came to an end. He was eighty-four years of age.
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Professor Soderberg's deep interest in engineering education was awakened through his activities in the 1920s and 1930s at what was known as the Westinghouse Design School. This was an in-house training program for young engineers to enable them to deal with the demanding problems of steam turbines and electric generators operating at high speeds and temperatures, problems for which they were ill prepared scientifically by the type of education then in vogue at schools of engineering in the United States.
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His efforts at the Elliott Company toward the development of a gas turbine for ship propulsion led to development of the first marine gas turbine power plant in the United States. For forty years Dick Soderberg maintained a close association
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The manner in which Dick Soderberg led the company from the reciprocating engine era to the rotary gas turbine, and in so doing revolutionized air travel, is remarkable: he guided and inspired the newly formed group of young engineers who, starting from scratch, developed the dramatically new series of engines that made Pratt and Whitney the leading manufacturer of jet engines in the world. During the several phases of his career, Professor Soderberg was the author of fifty-two technical articles, and he received eighteen patents.
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CARL RICHARD SODERBERG 271 his honor the Carl Richard Soderberg Professorship of Power Engineering. Finally, a personal note: When Dick Soderberg started at MIT as a full Professor, I started as a lowly lab assistant, fresh with a bachelor's degree.
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