词条 | David William Rowsen Morgan |
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BiographyYouth, education and early careerMorgan was born in 1892 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, son of William E. Morgan and Sarah (Thomas) Morgan. In 1913, at the age of 21, he obtained his MSc in mechanical engineering from Ohio Northern University.[6] After his graduation in 1913[7] Morgan started his lifelong career at the Westinghouse Electrical Corporation in Philadelphia. By 1917 he was engineer at the condenser department,[8][9] where he was later promoted to Engineer in Charge of the Condenser Department. In 1926 he got appointed manager condenser and internal combustion engineering[10] in the internal combustion engine department of the Westinghouse Electric.[11] Further career and acknowledgementIn the 1930s Morgan had become assistant manager of engineering of the South Philadelphia plant of Westinghouse Electric.[12] In 1941 he got appointed vice president of the South Philadelphia plant.[13] From 1948 to 1953 Morgan was general manager of Westinghouse Steam Division,[14] and from 1953 until his retirement late 1955 he was vice president of Westinghouse Electric Co.[15] After his retirement he was Professorship of Engineering at the Drexel Institute of Technology, now the Drexel University.[16] Morgan was awarded the Westinghouse Order of Merit in 1942.[17][6] In 1950 he was awarded the honorary doctorate in engineering from Drexel Institute of Technology.[18][6] Morgan was elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the year 1955-56.[19] He had been elected Fellow of the ASME,[20] and was member of the Hoover Medal Board of Award.[3] Selected publications
References1. ^The Naples Daily News, Wednesday, May 2, 1973. p. 12 2. ^The Philadelphia Inquirer, Thursday, May 3, 1973. p. 18. 3. ^1 Mechanical Engineering, Volume 95. 1973. p. 93 4. ^Power Plant Engineering. Volume 59, Nr 1-6, 1955, p. 92 5. ^Plant Management and Engineering, Volumes 13-14. 1956. p. 92 6. ^1 2 John William Leonard, Winfield Scott Downs, M. M. Lewis. Who's who in Engineering, Volume 9. 1964. p. 1321 7. ^Engineering Journal: Revue de L'ingénierie, Volume 38. 1955. p. 133 8. ^Electrical World, Volume 71. 1918. p. 1335 9. ^Iron Age, Volume 105. 1920. p. 872 10. ^Iron Age, Volume 118. 1926. p. 1111 11. ^Automotive Industries, Volume 60. 1929. p. 484 12. ^Iron Age, Volume 148, 1941. p. 24 13. ^Harold Gardiner Bowen. Ships, Machinery and Mossback. 1954; 2015. p. 246 14. ^Richard F. Hirsh. Technology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industry. 2003 p. 222 15. ^Electrical World, Volume 141. 1954. p. 47 16. ^Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Corporate Financial Reports, 1951-55. p. lii 17. ^Mansfield, Ohio, News-Journal, Saturday, November 21, 1942, Page 10. 18. ^Miriam N. Kotzin. A History of Drexel University, 1941-1963. 1983. p. 201 19. ^Carl Stripe. Combustion, Volumes 26-27. p. 54 20. ^Stevens Indicator, Volumes 72-73. 1955. p. 5 External links
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