Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technique Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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1 H! U Lg- s. has 1: ll 2 Lh- M. ng. 22:- lm W EPS! K3. us:- -fd :ni gin' f- 1. nfl 193- :H-'Y milf' 243 . BFE' nl-'51 5:52314 -:B I2 :Zi ff m 55' 8,-gs. MELVIN BECKER R.D. 4 - Merryweather Drive Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015 Chief Engineer, Bethlehem Plant Bethlehem Steel Corporation Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18016 Degree: S. B. 11 Wife: Cecile Inge Children: Bruce 1171, Karen 1141, Mark 1111 Member: AISE, AISI Hobbies: Golf, skiing My business career has been entirely with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation where I started in 1947 as an Engineer Trainee at the Sparrows Point Plant 1outside of Baltimore, Maryland1. Like many others in the Class of 1944, three years of military duty resulted in a three- year delay in formal graduation. During my stint in the Army Engineers, I met and married Mrs. Becker in Europe. The first l 8 years of my career were all at the Sparrows Point Plant and were all involved in the various aspects of plant engineering and construction--a time which witnessed a doubling of plant capacity, as well as many installations designed for modernizing and generally upgrad- ing. Also a time which granted me the oppor- tunity to advance from Engineer to Assistant Chief Engineer through the intermediate steps of Project Engineer, Supervising Engineer, and Superintendent of Construction. In 1965, .I became the Assistant Chief En- gineer, Capital Budgets and Appropriations, at the Corporate Office located in Bethlehem, Pa. One year later, I was transferred to the Bethle- hem Plant as Chief Engineer and am currently in this position. The Becker family are all enthusiastic va- cationers.: they also enjoy more of the partici- P9-ting sports such as golf, skiing, skating, tennis, etc, NORMAN B EECHER 1100 Monument Street Concord, Massachusetts 01742 Assistant Director of Research Norton Research Corporation 70 Memorial Drive Cambridge, Massachusetts 01742 Degrees: B.S. X, 19443 M. S. X, 19485 Sc.D. X, 1957 Wife: Nancy E. Bartram Children: Nancy Catharine 1161, Carolyn Elizabeth 1141, Norman Buckingham II 1121, Edward Bartram 1101 Registered Professional Engineer, Massachu- setts: Sigma Xig A. I. Ch. E. , A.I. A. A. 3 Epis- copal Church, American Civil Liberties Union, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Planned-ParenthoodfWorld Population Association, Appalachian Mountain Club, Concord Country Club, Northeast Harbor Fleet Hobbies: Skiing, tennis, sailing, hiking, carpentry Although called to active military service in April 1943, I managed to squeak by with a de- gree in June 1944 by such extreme measures as writing up a thesis nights at Officer Candidate School. I arrived in France with the 14th Ar- mored Division in October 1944 and served overseas for two years as an Ordnance officer. In the fall of l 946 I returned to M. I. T. and pursued both an M. S. degree and a certain Wel- lesley girl. Both efforts were successful in June of 1948. After graduation and marriage I worked for a little over a year as a foreman in production at Dewey and Almy Chemical Co. , Cambridge, Mass. Then we embarked on a really great adventure, A teaching at Robert Col- lege, Istanbul, Turkey, for three years. Dur- ing the summers we saw Europe by bicycle. In 1952 I returned to M. I. T. again to get an Sc. D. , received an appointment as Assistant Professor in 1953, and finally finished the de- gree in 1957, after four valuable years of teach- ing with such colleagues as Professor T. K. Sherwood. Since 1957 I have been with the same outfit, but with varying company names. When I joined up, National Research Corporation was a small, technically oriented new product developer and manufacturer. Five years ago we merged with Norton Co. and now are Norton Research Cor- poration, the corporate research arm of Nor- ton, charged with long- range new product devel-e opment. As Assistant Director of Research I manage R 8: D in the area of advanced materials We have lived in Concord, Mass. , for 13 years, where we are active in the church, in skiing and tennis, and enjoy music. My wife is