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CHAUNCEY GUY SUITS
CHAUNCEY GUY SUITS
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Photograph Courtey General Electric
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" it is important to pause and consider one who always kept the big picture in focus and in so doing helped his company and his country become more prosperous and more productive. As the chief scientific executive officer of General Electric (GE)
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In addition to being an eminent scientist, Guy embodied commitment and dedication to excellence and leadership. Under Guy Suits direction the different units of the company paid into a central pool such that approximately two-thirds of the GE research lab budget was funded by internal money with only one-third coming from external grants and contracts.
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During his years as director of research at GE, Guy led teams who developed a literal treasure chest of technologies. One such example was the first engineered diamonds as well as a patented process for their large-scale production.
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He described electrical arcs as follows: Electrical machinery, as a manner of speaking, is made up of copper wires, electric fields that form coils, circuit breakers, and the like. The principal unknown was what went on in the circuit breaker, involving electric arcs.
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Despite his frustrations he stayed focused on prioritizing his teams' efforts to meet Allied demands. In the face of almost zero information exchange, as well as the difficulty of obtaining accurate details of the technology needed at the front, Suits was able to stay focused on the needs of the military.
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In 1958 he was awarded the Procter Prize of the Scientific Research Society of America. Always an advocate for improving on the metallurgical skills in heavy industry, Guy received the Industrial Research Institute Medal as its highest honor for contributions to the management of industrial scientific research.
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When his country called, he answered, saving thousands of lives. • Success -- He was a highly regarded scientist who rapidly rose through the ranks of a very competitive company.
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Acta 2:3. 1930 A thermal voltmeter method for the harmonic analysis of electrical waves.
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:198. High pressure arcs in common gases in free convection.
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1962 The new engineer and his scientific resources. Paper presented at the Eta Kappa Nu Society, 25th Anniversary of the Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award, Governor Clinton Hotel, N.Y., on January 29, 1962.
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