Atlas never shrugged
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Atlas Never Shrugged
R.L. SMITH
Over the past quarter century, public support for heavy industries has eroded and the United States has moved into a post-industrial era. Among those industries most heavily affected have been those involved in the first part of the materials cycle--exploration, mining, and smelting. Loss of public support has resulted in pejorative government regulations. Unless public attitudes and government actions are modified, the first part of the materials cycle will not survive as a major domestic industry. The health of those industries involved in the remainder of the materials cycle depends in large part upon the development and utilization of new technology and the ability of industrial leaders to marshal public support for their endeavors. The purpose of this lecture series has been outlined for you by your president. It is the sort of comprehensive subject that doesn't change greatly from year to year. Consequently each lecturer must interpret the charge rather broadly in order to avoid repetition of material covered by
previous speakers. An excellent example of nonrepetition was Dr. Morris Cohen's superb philosophical lecture on materialism last year. I won't attempt to emulate him but will follow in his footsteps by interpreting the lectureship charge liberally. Like most of the previous lecturers, I'll talk
RAYMOND L. SMITH found his way to Alaska from New England during the Great Depression. Prior to entering the army in World War 1I he graduated from the University of Alaska with a degree in Mining Engineering. He served in the United States Army Ordnance Corps as a production engineer, and after his discharge, taught at the University of Alaska. He received his Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1953. Dr. Smith worked as Section Head of Metallurgy at the Franklin Institute Laboratories in Philadelphia, then as Associate Director in charge of the Solid State Physics Division and finally as a Technical Director of the Laboratories. He was Head of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at Michigan Technological University from 1959 to 1965 and was President of the University from 1965 to 1979. After his retirement, he served as Chairman of the Board and President of the Houghton Daily Mining Gazette until 1981. Currently Dr. Smith is a member of the Board of Directors of Lake Shore Inc., and also of the Board of Directors of The Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad. He is a member of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Materials Advisory Committee. Dr. Smith is a former Vice President of AIME and
served as Chairman of the Institute of Metals Division. He has been active on many committees of AIME, and was the Henry Krumb lecturer in 1981. From 1979-80, he was the President of the American Society for Metals, and has also served on many of its committees. He has served on numerous other boards and committees, including the National Materials Advisory Board, the Office of Technology Assessment Materials Advisory Committee, numerous adviso
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