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3. MRC History following the Acquisition by Westinghouse Learning Corporation, 1968 June-July

 File — Box: 3
Identifier: Box 3

Scope and Contents

Includes "Background Information on Westinghouse Learning Corporation": 1968_07_circa_The World of Engineering in 1968: The sale of Measurement Research Center (MRC) to Westinghouse Learning Corporation (WLC) was announced by Dr. E. F. Lindquist, MRC President, and Verne S. Atwater, WLC President, on June 27, 1968, at a press conference in the Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, Iowa. Shortly, thereafter, several of us were invited to WLC's corporate headquarters at 100 Park Avenue in New York City, NY to give individual presentations on our respective areas of responsibility at MRC. As Engineering Product Manager, it was my job to tell the "Engineering Story." The transcribed version of my original manuscript titled, "The World of MRC Engineering in 1968" is included as an MS Word file in this U of I Accession Set in a folder on the Media Disc named: 1968_JVM Engineering Status report for WLC NYC. The Word file is named: 1968_MRC Engineering Status Report for WLC_JVM Author.doc, and gives a comprehensive view of the Iowa City MRC Engineering Department of WLC in mid-year 1968. A hard-copy printout of the 14-page report is also included in this U of I Accession Set, and the JPEG-Image files of the manuscript are also on the Media Disc

Dates

  • Creation: 1968 June-July

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 14.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Archives Repository

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