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John Wistar Simpson
John Wistar Simpson
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He joined Westinghouse Electric Corporation as a junior engineer in 1937 and retired as executive vice president and president of the Power Systems Company, one of its four main groups, in 1977. He remained active in business, professional, and community affairs until his death.
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Rickover was assigned to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee to study the application of nuclear energy, Westinghouse granted Simpson a two-year leave of absence to join Monsanto and Rickover's group. After pursuit of the Daniels pile, a gas-cooled reactor, ended in a blind alley, Rickover seized on the concept of pressurized water and established industrial efforts at General Electric (GE)
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When John left Bettis, he was made vice president in charge of both the Astronuclear Laboratory and the fledgling Commercial Atomic Power Activity. The latter, which was completely outside Admiral Rickover's aegis, had won several small contracts -- one for a small PWR (11MWe)
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It was John's leadership and drive that made the remarkable surge in nuclear power during the 1960s and 1970s possible. In 1962, he put in a brief stint as corporate vice president for engineering and research, before being appointed vice president for the Electric Utility Group (EUG)
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; recipient of a Certificate of Merit from the U.S. Navy during World War II; a fellow of IEEE and a recipient of the IEEE Edison Gold Medal; a fellow of ASME and a recipient of the ASME Westinghouse Gold Medal; a recipient of the Gold Medal for Advancement of Research from the American Society for Metals; and a recipient of the Newcomen Gold Medal from the Franklin Institute.
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He maintained close ties with Pittsburgh too, keeping memberships at various clubs there, such as the Duquesne Club, the University Club, Laurel Valley Country Club, Rolling Rock Club, and others. He also belonged to Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Bear Creek Golf Club on Hilton Head.
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