Name New V. P., Gen'l Manager S. P. Schwartz, who has 30 years Bridgeport, Conn., and later at• of Installation and in 1946 was ap• service with the Bell Telephone tended Lehigh University where he pointed Labor Relations Manager System, will succeed Max H. graduated in Electrical Engineer• at W.E.'s headquarters in New York City. Howarth as Vice President and ing in 1926. He joined the Bell General Manager of Sandia Cor• System the next year. He was named Eastern Zone poration, June 1. Manager in 1949 and Central Zone He first worked in the installa• Manager in 1950, becoming East• Mr. Howarth. who has been at tion engineers organization in New ern Installation Manager in 1951, Sandia since October, 1954, will York City, then with the Eastern a position he held until joining th3 become Manager of the Kea;rny, Zone Staff. In 1937 he was named Defense Projects Division. N.J., Works of the Western Elec• Supervisor of Methods and Results Mr. Howarth has been with tric Company. in the Company's Installation of• the Bell System since 1926. • Since April, 1954, Mr. Schwartz fices in Washington, D. C. He ad• After holding a number of posi• has been with the Defense Pro• vanced to Superintendent of the tions in the System and its sub• jects Division of Western Elec• Virginia District the following sidiaries he was named manager tric Company. First he was As• year. of the Tonawanda Plant of sistant Project Manager, Logis• In 1943 Mr. Schwartz moved Western Electric Company, a tics, and since April of this year to Kearny, N. J., Works and the position he held until coming to has been Assistant Project Man• following year was appointed Sandia Corporation. ager, Operations and Program• District Superintendent of In• S. P. Schwartz Mr. Schwartz visited Albuquer• Max H. Howarth · ming of the Division. stallation in Seattle, Wash. que this week to get acquainted -Assumes Duties june 1- A native of Hazelton, Pa., Mr. He returned to Washington, D.C. with his new home and new -New Keamy Works M.gr.- Schwartz attended high school in in 1945 as Division Superintendent duties. A_fC to Purchase J. W. McRae. Will Florida GE Plant Be Speaker at May 20 Doing Sandia Work Tech Writers Meeting "Technical Writing in Our Mod· The United States Atom i c Energy Commission has notified ern World" will be discussed by General Electric Company that it SA DOlfi James W. McRae, Sandia Cor• will exercise an option to purchase poration President, at a meeting • the Company's recently completed Of the Albuquerque Chapter of the Pinellas Peninsula Plant. General Society of Technical Writers Mon• Electric will continue to operate day, May 20. The meeting will be• the plant under contract with gin at 7 p.m. at Reddy's Rendez• Sandia Corporation, a prime con• vous at Fifth and Silver down• tractor for the Commission. town. published every other friday for the employees of s1ndi1 corporation, contractor to the 1tomic energy commission The $6,000,000 plant, located be• Annual election of officers and tween St. Petersburg and Clear• a report by Howard Sieberman water, Florida, was built for the Vol. 9, No. 10 Albuquerque, New Mexico May 17, 1957 <7123-1) who is attending a production of electronic equipment Technical Publishing Society con• for Sandia Corporation. About 600 Military Bases to vention in San Diego is also persons will be employed with an scheduled for the program. annual payroll of about $3,000,000. Be Opened for 1957 For reservations contact either Under the plan the Commission Armed Forces Day Justin Heineman or John Cowan will pay General Electric for its Latest weapons of the military (both 7123) ext. 22148. total plant investment, some $3 ,- services will be on display tomor• 000,000. Purchase of the plant is row at Sandia Base and Kirtland considered desirable by the Gov• Air Force Base honoring Armed O.z.zlefinch Degree ernment because it has spent ap• Forces Day. Sandia Base "Open Awarded Sandians at proximately $3,000,000 on special House" will be from 9 a.m. to 1 facilities for the plant. p.m. Kirtland will open its gates Missile Symposium The plant contains approxi• from 1 to 5 p.m. Manzano Base mately 150,000 square feet of floor will contribute elements and per• Sandia's R. W. Henderson and space, plus auxiliary facilities. sonnel to the Sandia Base display. R. E. Poole have joined the grow• Sandia Base will exhibit gun ing ranks of industry and mili• batteries, guided missiles includ• tary scientists who have earned B. E. Arthur Named Head ing Nike, Ajax, Honest John, Mat• the famous "Ozzlefinch" degree. New Mexico ASME Section ador, Dart, Pogo and SidewindEr, A bird of unknown origin, the a helicopter rescue team, rocket Ozzlefinch is the patron of mis• B. E. Arthur, Jr. <2543> is sled, jet engines, a re-fueling boom silemen everywhere. Mr. Hender• the newly-elected chairman of the and B47 system mockup, 30 man son, who is Director of Systems New Mexico Section of the Amer• drill team, judo team and a com• Development at Sandia Corpora• ican Society of Mechanical En• plete Armed Forces uniform dis• tion, and Mr. Poole, Vice-Presi• gineers. Max Smith, Albuquerque, play. dent, Development, were awarded is vice-chairman. Robert Rector The exhibits will be located on the degree at a missile symposium (1283) was elected secretary and HONEST JOHN rocket will be seen at Sandia Base Armed Forces held at Fort Bliss, Tex. Day display tomorrow. Various rockets and missiles will be shown the Parade Ground. Gene Gardner (2154) treasurer. Among 225 persons from 78 E. H. Draper <1240) was named on the parade grounds. Above rocket is being launched during a The flight line at Kirtland fea• turing latest jet aircraft will be industries who attended the meet• as director. demonstration at the Shimamatsu Gunnery Range, Hokkaiddo. open to the public. Flying exhibi• ing, they saw the firing of anum• tions will be held during the Kirt• ber of military missiles and heard land Open House. Secretary of the Army W . M. Unlimited photography of mili• Brucker speak. . tary equipment and military in• Sponsored by the Association of • R. E. Poole to Head .Livermore stallations on Sandia Base will be the United States Army at the permitted for the first time. Man• Army Antiaircraft and Guided zano Base and Sandia Corpora• Missile Center, the meeting was tion areas within Sandia Base are held to discuss the problems and Branch Operations This Fall not to be photographed. needs of the Army in the rocket• missile field. J. M. Wiesen Elected R . E. Poole, Sandia Corporation of the first application of radar Section Chairman of ASQC Vice President, Development, will principles for experimental pur• Newly elected chairman of the Henderson Speaks assume the responsibility for all poses and in 1940 he was project Albuquerque Section of the Amer• operations of the Sandia Corpora• "Trends in Engineering College engineer on the production design ican Society for Quality Control tion Livermore Branch late this is John M. Wiesen (5125). Allen Curricula-Good or Bad?" will be year. Announcement of his suc• of the first Army fire control mo• discussed by Robert W. Hender• bile radar equipment. In 1941 Mr. L. Thornton (2731) is the new cessor will be made later. vice~chairman. Secretary is J. C. son, Director of Systems Develop• Poole supervised the development ment 1200, at a meeting of the Mr. Poole has been at Sandia of the first Naval fire control ra• Gaskins (ACF') . Treasurer is George 0. Hawley (5511). New Mexico Society of Profes• Corporation since its establish• dar. From 1942 to 1947 he super• Officers were elected at the re• sional Engineers, May 27. ment in November, 1949. His first vised as department head the de• cent annual banquet of ASQC. The meeting will be held at the assignment at Sandia was as Di- velopment of Navy, Army and Air A. Blirton Metzger (3210) dis• Coronado Club with a social hour rector of Research and Develop• Force fire control and bombing cussed safety on the highway, in starting at 6:30 p.m. and dinner ment. In May, 1952, he was ap• equipment. pointed Vice President, Develop• industry and in the home. at 7. ment. He served in the posts of As• • A member of the technical sistant Director and then as Di• staff of the Bell Telephone Lab• rector of the Military Electron• New Mexico Air Reserve Awards oratories since June, 1924, Mr. ics Laboratory at Whippany, N. Poole has had broad experience J., of the Bell Telephone Labo• Certificate Of Merit To Sandia in radio broadcast transmitters. ratories for 4 years before com• ing to Sandia. A Certificate of Merit for coop• certificate. Guests at the ceremony In 1928 he designed and in• included Sandia Vice Presidents stalled the radio apparatus for A graduate of Stevens Institute eration in the Naval Air Reserve Program was awarded Sandia Max H. Howarth <100>, R. E. Poole A. T. & T. Company's first ra• of Technology with a degree in (1000), R . P. Lutz (2000), G .A. dio television demonstration. mechanical engineering, Mr. Poole R. E. Poole Corporation last Saturday by two Fowler (5000) and F. J. Given was appointed a Fellow in the Later he supervised the design -To H ead Livermore Branch- New Mexico Air Reserve Units. <7000 >. AlL were presented certifi• and construction of a model of a American Institute of Electrical James W. McRae, Sandia Corpo• cates honoring them as Admirals 500 kw long-wave transmitter in• Engineers in June, 1953. He is a ration President, accepted the of the Rio Grande Fleet and Hon• tended for use in the transatlantic senior member of the Institute of Certificate at a formal military Armed Forces Special Weapons orary Weekend Warriors. telephone system. After two years Radio Engineers. inspection of the units at Kirtland A reception was held observing of work long wave equipment was Mr. Poole also is chairman of Project, the University of Califor• Air Force Base. the occasion at the Sandia Offi• discontinued in favor of short the Special Weapons Development nia Radiation Laboratory, the Capt. T. W. McKnight, com• cers Club later in the evening. wave circuits. Board, a joint planning board Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory manding officer of the Naval Air Members of the military units and In 1936 he took over supervision comprised of representatives of the and Sandia Corporation. Station, Denver, prese!)-ted the Corporation personnel attended. Page Two SANDIA LAB NEWS May 17, 1957
Sandianotes . • . Sal~on Sea Employees Become Good Samaritans In Late Night Hours The late night hours provided Distinguished Driver excitement recently for several Salton Sea Base personnel. Irl V. Bill Denison (1216), president Beall (2481-1), Harry L. Dillard of the Albuquerque Sportscar club, 12482-2) and Milton J . Lesicka won first place in the final race in (2481 ) were going home from. the Socorro recently and placed third swing shift when they came upon in the first race. Bill drives a TR-3, a wrecked car that had run off the • a class E car. highway and piled into a sand The Sandia Lab News is an official publication of "Give the credit to my pit crew bank. the Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico -R. L. Eno (1216) and T . B. Lane The three occupants of the <1282 ) ," Bill says, "they did all wrecked car were picked up by Photography by Photographic and Reproduction DivisioL. the work." Corporation workers and taken to the Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Deadline Telephones Distaff Dinner Party Brawley. The Sandia personm!l Friday noon of week Sandia a.. e 6-4411 then called it a night and went Picturesque atmosphere, soft prior to publication Ext. 25253, 26135 home. music and excellent steaks at Crow "LAND OF ENCHANTMENT" Canyon Chateau, near Castro Val• was the name given this dress Office: Room 10, Bldg. 829, Employee Services Double Anniversary ley, were enjoyed recently by the A double anniversary was ob• modeled by Aurora L. Gabaldon 21 women employees of Sandia's served by Evys (1292) and Wal• at the recent annual convention ~herry Fellner, Don Graham, Assistant Editon Livermore Branch. lace Warren (2332 ) on May 14. of the New Mexico Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association. Robert S. Gillespie, Editor The get-better-acquainted eve• The couple was married 19 years Aurora is the wife of Victor S. ning was so successful that plans ago and last Tuesday also marked Gabaldon (2711-3) and for• ~ 7 are being made for a repeat per• the ninth anniversary of their ar• formance. rival in Albuquerque. merly worked in 2461-2. The dress featured an Indian pu• eblo, atomic bomb explosion, any way you look at it ... yucca plant, road runner, jet plane, and produce of New Mexico. Aurora also modeled the winning hair-do in the show. •
"Y" Seeks Counselors Counselors are needed for the the YWCA's Blue Triangle Camp in Tijeras Canyon for the June 5- July 2 period. The counselors must be over 18 and will receive pay in addition to their room and board. About 35 girls, ranging in age from 10 to 15, will be attending each of the week-long sessions. Horses will be provided as well as facilities for crafts. A day camp will also we held from July 8 to Aug. 2. AMBITIOUS PROJECT of building a year-round home in the The camp has recently been re• 0 of~ 1~ Sandias near San Antonito has been undertaken by Olen Stephens modeled with numerous Sandians (5531) and his wife. Mrs. Stephens drew the plans and designs. wielding paint brushes and ham• mers. J~D Approve New Role Information may be obtained Congratulations Ilva Baldwin (7225-5) and Hom• from the YWCA, Alb. 7-8841. er Baldwin (3211) thoroughly ap• ~---_, 0 0 Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Keller (2731- prove of their new role of grand• Science Teachers 2) a daughter, Kathleen Ann, on parents - and report they haven't May 1. spoiled their granddaughter yet. To Take Limited Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gravlin (7218 The baby is Anna Klare Letcher, Tech Area Tour attached to 1610 ), a son, Mark born April 12 in Taos, daughter of ClemEns, on April 22. Jane Letcher, formerly of 3151. Sandia Corporation will be host Mr . and Mrs. P. M. Ramey (A• to a group of high school science teachers and school officials from EC) a daughter, Ellen Ann, on Anniversary Event the Albuquerque School system on April 27 . Betty Van Gundy (4131) and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. K appus May 18 when the educators will her husband, Gerald <2553 ), re• take part in a limited tour of <1422-1 l a daughter, Sandra, on cently marked their 18th wedding April 19. Sandia's facilities. anniversary with an evening "on The Saturday tour, arranged at Ml'. and Mrs. Earle Bosken the town." Accompanying them on 0611-4) a son, Jerome, on May 2. the request of the school system, the celebration were their three will accommodate about 50 teach• Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Champe children and their dates. <2443 ) a son, Andrew Brian, on ers. The groups will make a trip Mary Hazel Bailey (7225 as• through buildings 840 and 860 and April 30. signed to 1462 ) and her husband Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Stewart visit Area III. Earns Art Award observed their 25th wedding an• L. A. Hopkins, Jr., Director of Sympathy \2742 ) a daughter, Laureen Len• niversary last month. Nearly 100 The coming of spring has proved ore. on April 15. Component Development 1400, will happy for Ada Ellis, wife of Louis guests attended a reception in their address the group at the outset of To H. S. Wallis (7130) on the Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Drake honor, held at the home of their • J. Ellis (5531). the four-hour tow·, which will be• recent death of his mother in <1624 ) a son, Thomas Edward, on son and daughter-in-law. She recently won first place in Santa Fe. April 20 . gin at 8 a .m. The visitors will be an amateur art contest at Silver Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Young shown the model shop facilities, Banquet Toastmaster City sponsored by the New Mexico <1611-3 ) a daughter, Jaynan, on environmental testing equipment To Vincent J . Curran (1831-2) James W. McRae, Sandia Cor• and the large research and envi• Federation of Women's Clubs - on the recent death of his mother. April 22. her canvas was called "Winter's Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Griscom poration President, was toastmast• ronmental testing facilities in End." <2551-D a daughter, Gwen V., on er at the Grand Banquet and Ball Area III. To Walter Smith· (2742 ) on the Mrs. Ellis has been an avid ce• April 30. of the National Conference of The teachers are being taken on recent death of his father in Al• Mr. and Mrs. D . B. Farmer Aeronautical Electronics in Day• the tour to better acquaint them ramics artist for many years but buquerque. has turned to oil painting only in (2552-2 ) a daughter, Susan Debra, ton, Ohio, last Tuesday. The con• with industry's need for more the past four years. on April 17. ference was sponsored by the In• young people to enter scientific Louis' hobby for the past 30 To Justin Heineman (7123-3 ) Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Aronson stitute of Radio Engineers. careers. years has been silversmithing. on the death of his mother in New <5242) a son, Anthony on May 7. York on April 21. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Salazar Welcome Son ( 1625-2) twin daughters, Marilyn Eddie (2411 ) and Toni (7423 ) To Ruth Conner <7122 ) on the and Carolyn, on May 1. Montano have added a new mem• death of her father recently in Al• Mr. and l\1rs. John Snyder ber to their family - Michael An• pine, Mo. (2131-3 ) a son, William, on May thony, who will be two years old 6. June 8. To D. C. Robertson (2542-2) on Mr . and Mrs. Mark Forster (2121-2) a daughter, Jean Celeste, Fellow workers in 7423 had a the death of his father in Oklaho• on April 26. luncheon for Toni that was a com• ma on May 5. • Mr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Park bination baby shower and farewell <7412 ) a daughter, Sharon Patri• party. To Ruth Acher (4135 ) on the cia, on March 12. death of her husband, Howard, in Mr. and Mrs. Al Elsea (7411-4) Flower Show Winners Albuquerque on ·· May · 10. a son, Douglas Lee, on April 5. The Magee family is well pleased Mr. and Mrs. William Lutgen with the results ()f .the Seventh An• To Glenn E .- A;p.derson · (2153-2) (7411-4) a daughter, Connie Maye, nual Spring Flow-er Show of Albu• on the death of his brother· in Al- on March 30. querque. buquerque i·~cent}y . · Mr. and Mrs.· Richard R . Ber• Fred Magee <7113 i" entered four ner (5133 ) a daughter, Kathryn exhibits and won" four "ribbons - Marie, on May 9. three blue and one yellow. His To Bob Richardson (7411-6) on Mr. and Mrs . .Robert W .·Kulter• daughter, Mary, also: won a yel• the recent death of his father. man (5132 ) a son, ROn Walter, on SLAPSTICK HUMOR of the end men and Mr. Interlocutor will be low ribbon for her corsage entry. April 23 . a featured pa1·t of the 1957 Sandialiers Minstrel Show. L to R are This was the first time the Ma• To Jim Park (1451-D on the ·· :Mr. and Mrs. Allen V.· .:Robnett Don Gorsline (5241 ), V. A. Uailey (2723) , Lew Walrath (2452), gees had entered · exhibits in the death of his' father in .Washington . < t411~2 ) a daughte1', .Constance.:: ; Cleo Hughes. (7311) and P .·E. ·Stephens (AEC). The show will be Albuqm;rque flower ·show. recently. 1 · Vernon, on May 9". ·. · ...... , . · presented . the evening ·. of- · May : ~Ei . at the Coronado Clp~. May 17, 1957 SANDIA LAB NEWS Page Three Sandianotes . E. B. Kepley, AEC Sandian President Of Math Society Employee, Dies Ephriam B. Kepley, an AEC• Not Knowing Of Election .Results ALO shipment security courier, The Southwestern section of the died April 29 in Sick Report Mathematics Association of Amer• Denver. where Ruth McAdams (7225 -5) has re• ica was without a duly informed he had gone on turned to work following major new president for a day or two. a business trip. surgery. Dick Hildner (5122) attended the He was 48. Co-workers of R. E. Schaefer recent meeting of the group in Mr. Kepley (4122) wish him a speedy recov• Tucson at the University of Ari• had been anAl• ery from his recent illness. zona campus but by catching an buquerque resi• • Wishes for a speedy recovery are early plane he missed the final dent for 18 expressed to Bernice Andrews tabulation of votes for new offic• months. He (4152). ers, for which he had been nom• formerly lived Get well wishes are extended to inated for president. Back in Al• tlu·ee years in Glorya Maginnis (7130) who is re• buquerque the news of his election E. B. Kepley Los Alamos. cuperating from a serious throat caught up with him. Survivors in• infection. clude his widow, three daughters, A speedy recovery is extended to Kelly Makes Magazine a brother and two sisters. Funeral A. E. Johns by organization 2132-1. The national magazine "Popular services were held at Fort Scott, Back at work after a three weeks' Dogs" carried an article and pic• Kan. illness is D. B. Miller (2133). ture in the latest issue of Berenice Employees of 2150 are happy to Henry (2464-1) and her Leader see Jeme Wolintz (2152-2) back Dog "Kelly." Note was made of the at work after an extended illness. use of longhaired Collies in this SERVICE Welcome back to Tom Moody type of training. The photograph, (1452) after an illness of several showing Berenice at her desk at, months. Sandia with "Kelly" lying along• AWARDS side, previously appeared in the At Health Conference Sandia Lab News . Irene Palmer, supervisor of nurses, and Dr. M. L. Skaller, in• New Home dustrial physician, both of the R. H. Berg 0455) and his fam• Medical Department, attended the ily recently moved into a new Ten Year • 1957 Industrial Health Conference home at 922 Arvada, N.E. in St. Louis, the week of April 21. Major theme throughout the See New Mexico First nurses meeting was the control of The YWCA is sponsoring a series Pins absenteeism and rehabilitation. of chartered bus trips this summer SWIMMING TIME at the Coronado Club--and Reba Garrison (2111-1) can hardly wait to test the temperature of the water. For physicians the discussions cen• to scenic places and outstanding Theodore S. Church tered mainly around industrial events in the Southwest. 1410 The club's two pools, wading pond for children and grassy patio toxicology, its prevention and The program includes: Durango, May 26, 1947 area will officially open on Memorial Day, Thursday, May 30. treatment. Colo., and Mesa Verde National Monument on June 8 and 9; Fri• At National Bowling Meet joles Canyon