Great Lakes Steel Stories
Great Lakes Steel Stories -1950-1951
The Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Division of National Steel Corporation in late January 1951, donated $110,000 to the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project, the University of Michigan's broad program for atomic research.
Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven, President of the University, reported that the gift raised the Phoenix campaign over the half way mark of $3,250,000 toward toe goal of $6,500,000. More than $1,800,000 has been received in recent weeks from major industrial concerns in Michigan.
George R. Fink, president of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation and National Steel Corporation told Dr. Ruthven that the gift has no restrictions and is to be used for any phase of basic research that the university desires.
"Because of the diversified nature of our business we feel that any advances in the physical sciences, the social sciences, medicine or engineering will be of material benefit to the two companies, their employees and customers," company president George Fink said.
"It is our understanding that expert investigators in all these branches of knowledge will be working in the Phoenix Project. Therefore, we have decided that our contribution to this program should not be devoted to any particular line of investigation but allocated in the manner of projects administration deem most profitable."
Great Lakes Picks Bowen for New Post
In July 1951, George R. Fink, president of Great Lakes Steel Corporation, and of its parent organization, the National Steel Corporation, announced the appointment of J.E. Bowen as a vice president of Great Lakes Steel.
In making the announcement, Fink said that Bowen would continue in general managership of Great lakes Stran-Steel Division, manufacturer of Quonset buildings, with which Bowen has been affiliated since 1937.
An engineer and a salesman, Bowen has been a key figure in Great lakes Steel's development of Stran-Steel Framing, the steel building material that features a groove into which nails can be driven, from pioneer applications to Quonset buildings.
Bowen, a native of Philadelphia, is 47. He attended Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, and began his career as an engineer for the McClintic-Marshall Co., steel fabricators. He joined the Great Lakes Steel organization as an engineer in 1935.
The Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Division of National Steel Corporation in late January 1951, donated $110,000 to the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project, the University of Michigan's broad program for atomic research.
Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven, President of the University, reported that the gift raised the Phoenix campaign over the half way mark of $3,250,000 toward toe goal of $6,500,000. More than $1,800,000 has been received in recent weeks from major industrial concerns in Michigan.
George R. Fink, president of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation and National Steel Corporation told Dr. Ruthven that the gift has no restrictions and is to be used for any phase of basic research that the university desires.
"Because of the diversified nature of our business we feel that any advances in the physical sciences, the social sciences, medicine or engineering will be of material benefit to the two companies, their employees and customers," company president George Fink said.
"It is our understanding that expert investigators in all these branches of knowledge will be working in the Phoenix Project. Therefore, we have decided that our contribution to this program should not be devoted to any particular line of investigation but allocated in the manner of projects administration deem most profitable."
Great Lakes Picks Bowen for New Post
In July 1951, George R. Fink, president of Great Lakes Steel Corporation, and of its parent organization, the National Steel Corporation, announced the appointment of J.E. Bowen as a vice president of Great Lakes Steel.
In making the announcement, Fink said that Bowen would continue in general managership of Great lakes Stran-Steel Division, manufacturer of Quonset buildings, with which Bowen has been affiliated since 1937.
An engineer and a salesman, Bowen has been a key figure in Great lakes Steel's development of Stran-Steel Framing, the steel building material that features a groove into which nails can be driven, from pioneer applications to Quonset buildings.
Bowen, a native of Philadelphia, is 47. He attended Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, and began his career as an engineer for the McClintic-Marshall Co., steel fabricators. He joined the Great Lakes Steel organization as an engineer in 1935.