MANPOWER UTILIZATION

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Journal of the American Society for Naval EngineersVolume 64, Issue 4 p. 847-851 MANPOWER UTILIZATION CAPTAIN R. E. W. HARRISON USN, CAPTAIN R. E. W. HARRISON USN The Author: was born in Manchester, England in 1893. Educated at the Manchester College of Technology. Served in World War I in the Royal Engineers and saw service in Egypt. Gallipoli, Sinai, France and Belgium. As an industrial engineer designed and supervised the building of the precision grinding machinery manufacturing plant of the Churchill Machine Tool Company of England, prior to citizenship in the United States. In 1926 Director of Engineering, Cincinnati Grinders, Cincinnati Milling Machine Company. In early ‘34 appointed Chief of the Machinery-Division of the U.S. Department of Commerce. In late 1935 became Vice President, Chambersburg Engineering Company. Transferred in 1935 from Specialist Engineering Branch U.S. Army Ordnance to Lieut. Commander in U.S. Navy as Production Engineering Specialist. Was assigned to active duty as Machine Tool Procurement Officer in the Assistant Secretary's office July 1940 and served in this capacity for two years. Subsequent duties included Special Assistant to the Under-Secretary, operation of the seized Norden Bombsight Plant at Elmira, and the Howarth Marine Thrust Bearing Plant, Philadelphia, operating in both cases as Deputy Officer in Charge for Chiefs, Bureau of Ships and Bureau of Ordnance. Captain Harrison is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Royal Society of Arts—also a full member of all other leading engineering societies in U.S.A. and Europe. At present on duty in the Navy Department as Industrial Engineering Officer in the Field Activities Division of the Bureau of Ships.Search for more papers by this author CAPTAIN R. E. W. HARRISON USN, CAPTAIN R. E. W. HARRISON USN The Author: was born in Manchester, England in 1893. Educated at the Manchester College of Technology. Served in World War I in the Royal Engineers and saw service in Egypt. Gallipoli, Sinai, France and Belgium. As an industrial engineer designed and supervised the building of the precision grinding machinery manufacturing plant of the Churchill Machine Tool Company of England, prior to citizenship in the United States. In 1926 Director of Engineering, Cincinnati Grinders, Cincinnati Milling Machine Company. In early ‘34 appointed Chief of the Machinery-Division of the U.S. Department of Commerce. In late 1935 became Vice President, Chambersburg Engineering Company. Transferred in 1935 from Specialist Engineering Branch U.S. Army Ordnance to Lieut. Commander in U.S. Navy as Production Engineering Specialist. Was assigned to active duty as Machine Tool Procurement Officer in the Assistant Secretary's office July 1940 and served in this capacity for two years. Subsequent duties included Special Assistant to the Under-Secretary, operation of the seized Norden Bombsight Plant at Elmira, and the Howarth Marine Thrust Bearing Plant, Philadelphia, operating in both cases as Deputy Officer in Charge for Chiefs, Bureau of Ships and Bureau of Ordnance. Captain Harrison is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Royal Society of Arts—also a full member of all other leading engineering societies in U.S.A. and Europe. At present on duty in the Navy Department as Industrial Engineering Officer in the Field Activities Division of the Bureau of Ships.Search for more papers by this author First published: November 1952 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.1952.tb03016.x AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume64, Issue4November 1952Pages 847-851 RelatedInformation