Word: buchtel
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...John Thomas started as Firestone's first chemist. He was then 28, got a salary of $100 a month, a $10 raise from his previous job. The company employed about 700 men, and a corner of one shop was partitioned off for the laboratory. He had gone to Buchtel College, now Akron University, had a degree and was proud of it, though he was the only college graduate employed by Firestone for many years. Now he is affectionately known to everyone as "J. W." just as Mr. Firestone is called "H. S." Mr. Thomas was a good football player...