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Willard Cope Brinton — Harvard Class of 1907 Secretary Reports (1913, 1917, 1922)

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Permanent address, Harvard Club, New York, N. Y. Is a mechanical engineer. Writes (verbatim):

"After graduation went to Pittsburgh with the Westinghouse Electric Co. Spent three years there in interesting special work, involving engineering and executive problems in every department of the works. Planned and installed a new building, arranged to treat by special processes some eighty kinds of by-products. "In the fall of 1910 I did some work for the United States Motor Co., recommending the best commercial utilization of thirteen plants for the manufacture of automobiles. This lead to an appointment as assistant to vice-president in the manufacturing department. A year ago I resigned to take the position of mechanical engineer for the Bush Terminal Company of Brooklyn. "My work with the Bush Terminal Company includes a wide range of commercial and engineering work. For one thing, I am designing and installing several new types of electrical machinery for the rapid and economical handling of steamship and railroad freight in the biggest and best plant of its kind in the world.