Word: grier
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...offer at Geneva to soften its demand for on-site nuclear inspection stations (see THE NATION), is based in part on the careful reckonings of a little-known Boston electronics company. Since its incorporation 15 years ago, Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier, Inc., has timed or measured every U.S. nuclear blast...
Edgerton, Germeshausen and Grier first got together in 1934, when Chairman Harold E. Edgerton, now 59, was an M.I.T. professor of electrical engineering and President Kenneth J. Germeshausen, 55, and Executive Vice President Herbert E. Grier, 50, were his research assistants. The three developed a powerful strobe light for high-speed photography, but before they could market it, they were scooped up into World War II research on the atom bomb and sensitive aerial photography. At war's end, they incorporated at the AEC's request. As a small company...
...contracting can be costly for a small company; in 1958, after the U.S. declared a moratorium on nuclear tests, E.G. & G.'s contract with the AEC was slashed overnight from $5,000,000 to $1,250,000. Today, with tests resumed, E.G. & G. is booming. Says Vice President Grier: "People like us are going to be in style a long, long time. The country is committed now to being prepared...
...committee, appointed by Schaffer regard for "balance," includes John L. G. Archibald '64, Nicholas D. Nash '62, and Grier H. Raggio '64, Archibald is the author of a letter in Friday's CRIMSON charging the ticket office with "inefficiency and graft." Nash wrote a reply in yesterday's CRIMSON, asserting that "there is little cause for griping." [Nash was not available to confirm acceptance of his appointment...