Papers, 1925-1960 (inclusive).

Homans, George C. (George Caspar), 1910-1989

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George Caspar Homans (1910-1989) was Professor of Sociology at Harvard University from 1953 to 1980. From the description of Papers of George Caspar Homans, ca. 1940-1989 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76976740 ...

New Jersey Bell Telephone Company

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This was a board appointed by the Governor of New Jersey under Public Laws of 1946, Chapter 38 of the State of New Jersey, which applied to public utilities. The Board was composed of Professor Emmanuel Stein as the public representative, Hart T. Sweeney as the company representative, and Alexander Eltman as the union representative. Negotiations for a renewal of the contract which expired in May were begun in March. Five basic issues were presented to the panel, a general wage increase, reducti...

Simon, Herbert A. (Herbert Alexander), 1916-2001

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Social scientist. From the description of Reminiscences of Herbert Alexander Simon : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309739214 Born in 1916 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Simon was educated at the University of Chicago. Since 1949, he has been on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University, where he is University Professor of Computer Science and Psychology. In 1978, he received the Alfred Nobel Memorial...

Mayo, Elton, 1880-1949

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Elton Mayo joined HBS in 1926 as Head of the new Department of Industrial Research. He was Associate Professor at Harvard Business School from 1926-1929, Professor from 1929-1947, and Professor Emeritus from 1947-1949. Between 1928 and 1933 Mayo was closely associated with the Hawthorne Studies, an industrial research project conducted at the Western Electric Company plant in Hawthorne, Illinois. He died in Guilford, England on December 9, 1949. From the description of Elton Mayo pap...

Ames, Adelbert, 1880-1955

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Henderson, Lawrence Joseph, 1878-1942

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Henderson graduated from Harvard in 1898 and taught biological chemistry at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Lawrence Joseph Henderson, 1905-1945 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973063 Lawrence Josepeh Henderson established the Fatigue Lab at Harvard Business School in 1927 to discover physiological norms for human biological processes and to study the physiological changes that create fatigue in workers. The lab continued to operate until ...

Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966

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Hocking graduated in 1901 and taught philosophy at Harvard. From the description of Philosophy D : technique of thought and of argument. [1942-1943] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512457 From the description of Papers of William Ernest Hocking, 1927-1949 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973067 Hocking was a professor of philosophy at Harvard University. Together with his wife, Agnes Hocking, they founded the Shady Hill School. ...

United States. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1953-1955)

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Merton, Robert King, 1910-2003.

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Robert K. Merton was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Temple Univ. in 1931. Merton went on to graduate school at Harvard where he received his Ph.D. in 1936. Merton went on to teach at Columbia Univ. and published numerous books including; Social theory and social structure, and Sociology of science. From the description of Letters-Manuscript, 1930-1952. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122628275 Robert K. Merton was one of the most infl...

Dexter, Lewis Anthony

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Dexter earned his Harvard AM in 1938. From the description of Some problems in the creation of myths : universality, extensibility, specificity of appeal. Spring 1936. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511747 From the description of Political science and sociology. [1936] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511744 Biographical Note: Lewis A. Dexter was an author and political scientist. He was born in 1915, educated at th...

Barnard, Chester I., 1886-1961

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Business executive and management theorist. Barnard attended Harvard for three years but left in 1909 and went to work for A.T. & T. He rose rapidly in the company, becoming president of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company in 1927. He left the Bell system in 1948 and served for four years as president of the Rockefeller Foundation. Barnard is most famous for his classic study of the theory of organization The Functions of the Executive, published in 1938. From the description o...

Rogers, John, Mrs.

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Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979

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Sociologist. From the description of Reminiscences of Talcott Parsons : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122631875 Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) was an educator and scholar of sociology. He contributed to the field of sociological theory, particularly through his development of a "general theory of action." Parsons spent most of his professional career at Harvard University, where he was affiliated with the various incarnat...

Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976

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British chemist and philosopher. Born, Budapest, Hungary, 1891. M.D., University of Budapest, 1913; Ph. D., 1917. Worked at Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Fibre Chemistry, Berlin, 1920-23, and the Institute of Physical and Electro-Chemistry, Berlin, 1923-33. Chair, physical chemistry, 1933-48, and professor of social studies, 1948-58, University of Manchester. Senior research fellow, Merton College, Oxford, 1958-76. Died, 1976. From the description of Papers, 1900-1975 (inclusive). (Uni...

Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978

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James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was a chemist, educator and public servant. Conant taught chemistry at Harvard from 1917-1933; he served as Harvard's president from 1933-1953. He was the national director of defense research from 1941-1945, and was instrumental in the creation of the atomic bomb. He continued as President of Harvard until 1953, at which time he was made United States High Commissioner for Germany. When allied military occupation of Germany ended in 1955, Conant became the U.S. A...