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The "Famous Engineers" Series
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"The Great Engineer" |
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Although he studied geology
at Stanford University, this Iowa native worked as an engineer
after graduation. He joined the
British mining firm of Bewick, Moreing and Company in 1896 and
traveled the world acting on behalf of the company as a financier,
promoter, geologist, engineer, and metallurgist. |
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He quickly developed fame
within the mining community and was referred to as "The Great
Engineer" within mining circles. At the age of 28 he was
reported to be the highest salaried man of his age in the world. |
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However, the greatest
achievements of this engineer were yet to come. He was
appointed the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and quickly set out to
eliminate industrial waste. One of his early efforts was to
convince industry of the benefits that could be realized from
standardizing consumer products. As a result of his efforts,
industry standards were developed for everything from nuts and
bolts to paper and automobile tires. |
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Yet, his greatest
achievements would not come as Secretary of Commerce. This
son of a Quaker blacksmith would eventually enter politics and
become President of the United States. |
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However, occupying the
highest political office in the free world was, arguably, not even
the greatest achievement of this remarkable man. His
political success paled in comparison to his humanitarian
achievements.. |
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Using the skills that he
developed earlier in his career as "The Great Engineer", he
undertook the unprecedented and seemingly insurmountable task of
feeding 11 million Belgians under German occupation during World
War I through the private organization, the Committee for Relief
of Belgium. He secured food, financing, trucks, ships and
trains, set up a distribution system and overcame the obstacles of
the German army (trying to steal food) and the British navy
(trying to stop food from reaching enemy territory). |
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As a result of his success,
he was called upon at the end of the World War I by the U.S.
government to manage the distribution of food to 300 million
people in post-war Europe. Then again in 1946, as Europe was
faced with post-war famine, he sustained several hundred million
people until the next harvest. |
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Who was this "Great
Engineer" and extraordinary humanitarian?
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Engineer Humor |
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Bob, an industrial engineer, gave
a lecture on ergonomics to a group of factory workers.
After covering all the finer points of maximizing efficiency
in repetitive tasks, he concluded his lecture with a note of
caution. "Don't try these techniques at home."
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"Why not?" asked somebody from the
audience.
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