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Papers, 1943-1970.

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Nuclear engineer educated at Lafayette College, the University of Rochester, and Princeton University. Consultant on guided missiles, U.S. Navy Dept. (1946-1950); worked for the Educational Testing Service from 1948-1950 and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission from 1950-1953. Associated with the Babcock & Wilcox Company from 1953 to 1969, as Head of Customer Relations (1953-1955), Assistant Manager (1955-1962) and Manager (1962-1965) of the Atomic Energy Division, and General Manager of Babcock & Wilcox Washington, D.C., operations (1965-1969). Collection includes extensive documentation (correspondence, memoranda, proposals, studies, and reports) on a number of Babcock & Wilcox nuclear reactor projects worldwide. Other papers relate to Landis's membership on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Board of Visitors (1966-1970); the Advisory Council of Virginia State Technical Services (1966-1969); the Virginia State Advisory Committee on Nuclear Energy (1956-1961); (Continued) the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce (1954-1968); the Virginia Engineering Foundation of the University of Virginia (1962-1969); and the Virginia Advisory Board on Industrial Development (1962-1969).

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A paper by E.G. Bailey entitled, Development of Poser from Coal, March 1935, and a paper by W.I. Collins entitled, Small and Mediuum Sized Cyclone Furnace Boilers, September 1954. From the description of Development of Power From Coal and Small and Medium Size Cyclone Furnace Boilers 1935-1954 [manuscript] (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 671549847 ...

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