Industrial research in extractive metallurgy
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Industrial Research in Extractive Metallurgy
CARLETON
C. L O N G
T h e a u t h o r t r a c e s b r i e f l y t h e e m e r g e n c e of i n d u s t r i a l r e s e a r c h i n e x t r a c t i v e m e t a l l u r g y i n N o r t h A m e r i c a a n d c o m p a r e s t h e r e l a t i v e e f f e c t i v e n e s s of t h i s f u n c t i o n i n t h e m i n i n g i n d u s t r y w i t h i n d u s t r i a l r e s e a r c h in t h e c h e m i c a l p r o c e s s i n d u s t r y . I n d u s t r i a l r e s e a r c h i s d e f i n e d a s research structured to produce a profit. Profits are produced by people. Organizational s t r u c t u r e s a n d m a n a g e m e n t p r a c t i c e s w h i c h g e t i n t h e way of p e o p l e c o m m i t t e d t o p r o d u c i n g p r o f i t s n o t o n l y d e c r e a s e p r o d u c t i v i t y ~ b u t t e n d t o l o s e t h e s e r v i c e s of t h e m o r e c a p a b l e profit producers. Research management should manage the function rather than the people therein. A productive future for industrial research in extractive metallurgy is assured provided 1) we m a k e a p p r o p r i a t e a d j u s t m e n t s i n m a n a g e m e n t s t r u c t u r e a n d p r a c t i c e , 2) m a n a g e m e n t r e a l l y i n v o l v e s i t s p r o f e s s i o n a l p e o p l e in t h e s o l u t i o n of b u s i n e s s p r o b l e m s , 3) t h e r e a r e c h a l l e n g i n g , c l e a r l y d e f i n e d p r o f i t g o a l s , a n d 4) i t i s r e c o g n i z e d t h a t t h e o n e e s s e n t i a l r e s o u r c e r e q u i r e d i s s u i t a b l y m o t i v a t e d c a p a b l e human beings.
Dr. CARLETON C. LONG was born in Boulder, Col. He received the degree of B.S. in chemical engineering at the University of Colorado in 1931. Stanford University conferred the degree of M.A. in 1932. Dr. Long received his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado in 1935. He has been with the St. Joseph Lead Co. since 1935, first as research engineer, Zinc Smelting Division. He became director of the plant research department in 1937, and in 1955 became director of research. He has made distinguished contributions to the art of electrothermic winning of zinc from sulfide ores and from lead blast furnace slag. A member of AIME since 1937, Dr. Long has been head of the LeadZinc Committee of the Extractive Metallurgy Division. He was a founder of that division and was its chairman in 1950. In 1951, he was chairman of the Metals Branch, now The Metallurgical Society. He served as director of AIME in 1950, 1954-57, 1959-63, and as vice president in 1961-63. He is former director, vice president, and president (1960) of The Metallurgical Society. He has served as chairman of the AIME Charles F. Rand Award Committee and twice as chairman of the AIME METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS
James Douglas Gold Medal Award Committee. Currently, he is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Pittsburgh section of the AIME. Dr. Long is former chairman of the Pittsburgh section, American Institute of Chemical Engineer
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