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J. Herbert Hollomon
J. Herbert Hollomon
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in metallurgy in 1946. Following wartime service as a major in the United States Army at the Watertown Arsenal, Hollomon joined the research laboratories of the General Electric Company (GE)
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, the Commerce Technical Advisory Board, and the State Technical Services program. While in this position, he was among the first to recognize the importance of national policies directed at improving the technological performance of civilian industries, and became famous, if not infamous, for his efforts at establishing the ill-fated Civilian Industrial Technology Program.
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In 1983 he and several other center staff and their activities moved to the campus of Boston University, where he remained until his death. Hollomon tore through life, leaving in his wake myriad expanded mincis, changed lives, and reformed institutions.
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It was a typical Herb payoff! As a special note, Herb and I had a lot of fun redesigning everyday objects that partially paralyzed stroke victims, as he then was, couIcI use.
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