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John C. Warner
John C. Warner
Pages 318-333
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international scientific activities. lake, born on May 28, 1897, on a farm near Goshen, Indiana, was the seconc!
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degree in 1923. In 1924 he became a research chemist for Wayne Chemicals Corporation in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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I met him on a visit to Glenn Seaborg's Plutonium Chemistry Division of the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago while he was coordinating inter-site research. Returning to Carnegie Tech in ~ 945, he undertook a vigorous rebuilding and expansion of the chemistry department, and I, among others, was brought aboard in 1948.
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In 1960 there had been some discussions among Paul en cl Richard Mellon, Warner, en cl lames Board, chairman of the CIT Boars! of Trustees, about a possible merger between CIT en cl the Mellon Institute of Funciamental Research, locatecl about a half-mile from the CIT campus.
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of Trustees of CIT, en cl Paul Mellon, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mellon Institute, to effect a formal merger. This was accomplishes!
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In 1940 Warner publishecl a review of activation energies in solution reactions. These studies continued until 1953, yielding mechanisms, solvent effects, rate constants, activation energies, frequency factors, and effects of structure, with the objective of determining the vaTiclity en c!
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the Ames Project at the University of Iowa. Warner became intimately involvecl in an effort to prepare plutonium metal of extreme purity with respect to light elements that emit neutrons uncler bombardment with alpha particles, which are emitted in profusion by 239Pu.
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To insure adequate scientific and engineering manpower we must provide gifted young men and women with competent and inspiring teachers by paying attractive salaries. Science instruction should emphasize basic principles rather than extent of coverage, scientific methodology, and application of the basics to the solution of problems in new situations.
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Accorclingly, he became a strong advocate of the Carnegie Plan of Professional Education, pioneered! by his predecessor President Robert Doherty.
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its application to the betterment of mankind through solutions to complicatecl social, economic, en cl political problems. Properly trained professional people could help to provide these solutions, but all eclucatecl persons shouIcl possess familiarity with scientific methodology.
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G~TEFUL for assistance from several colleagues, particularly Robert Parr, Herbert Simon, and Guy Berry, from Warner's sons, William and Thomas, and from Jennifer Aronson, archives and art inventory specialist at Carnegie-Mellon University Libraries.
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Kinetic salt and medium effects in the reaction between ethylene chlorohydrin and hydroxyl ion.
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McCabe. Kinetics of the reaction between ethylene chlorohydrin and hydroxyl or alkoxyl ions in mixed solvents.
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Vol. 12A, Division IV - Plutonium Project Record, Manhattan Project Technical Series, National Nuclear Energy Series.
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