Elliot Brown Grover reports and patent 1928 - 1943

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Elliot Brown Grover reports and patent 1928 - 1943

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The Elliot Brown Grover reports and patent contain Grover and C. J. Hall's 1928 thesis, ; Malcolm E. Campbell's 1933 report for the United States Department of Agriculture, ; and Grover's 1943 patent for an apparatus to test the density of thread packages. Construction and Improvement of Thickness Gauge for Textiles Spinning Tests of Selected Bales of Sea Island, American-Egyptian, and Egyptian-Sakellaridis Cotton: A Preliminary Report Massachusetts native Elliot Brown Grover (1906 - 1997) joined the North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University) faculty in 1944 as the head of the Yarn Manufacturing Department in the School of Textiles. In 1959, School of Textiles Head Malcolm E. Campbell appointed Grover the head of the school's new Department of Textile Technology. Grover received an honorary fellowship from the Textile Institute in Manchester, England, the organization's highest honor, in 1962. He authored numerous publications, including the (1960). He was active in numerous professional organizations, including Sigma Xi and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Grover retired from the university in 1966. Handbook of Textile Testing and Quality Control

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United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

Grover, Elliot B. (Elliot Brown), 1906-1997

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Massachusetts native Elliot Brown Grover (1906-1997) joined the North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) faculty in 1944 as the head of the Yarn Manufacturing Department in the School of Textiles. In 1959, School of Textiles Dean Malcolm E. Campbell appointed Grover the head of the school's new Department of Textile Technology. Grover received an honorary fellowship from the Textile Institute in Manchester, England, the organization's highest honor, in 1962. He author...

Campbell, Malcolm E. (Malcolm Eugene), 1902-1978

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Malcolm Eugene Campbell was born January 25th, 1902, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He graduated from the Textiles School at New Bedford Institute of Technology in 1922, and went on to teach textiles engineering at Clemson University, where he received his bachelor's degree. Campbell worked for the United States Department of Agriculture as a cotton technologist in cotton spinning and fiber research for 17 years before his appointment as Dean of the School of Textiles at North Carolina State Col...