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BARBARA by Harold Grier McCurdy. 146 pages. Chapel Hill...
...then, as Psychologist Harold Grier McCurdy relates in this fragmentary but fascinating case history of an infant prodigy, this quick bright thing came to confusion in a spiritual tragedy that culminated in one of the grimmer mysteries of modern letters...
Joining the Chorus. Suddenly, every youngster old enough to hold a football wanted to be a Y. A. Tittle or a Johnny Unitas. "They see the pros on TV," says Iowa Coach Jerry Burns, "and they pattern themselves after the glamour boys. Nobody wants to be a Rosie Grier or a Big Daddy Lipscomb." Conditioned by the heart-stopping excitement of the pro game, fans implored college coaches to pass, pass, pass. At least one university head joined the chorus. Chancellor Edward Litchfield of the University of Pittsburgh ordered Pitt Coach John Michelosen to open up. "Three things I find...
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...