Japan; Japan - History - Allied occupation, 1945-1952; Lectures and lecturing; Learning; Education; College students; College teachers; Engineers; Industrial management
Frank Polkinghorn writes about his time in Japan during the allied occupation. He shares his observation of the Japanese educational system and how it impeded on the occupation's policy to push the Japanese toward self-support. The document is in...
A list of Japanese universities with electrical technology programs and their number of students and faculty. The scans of the backs of pages 10 and 11 were rotated 180 degrees. The document is in Polkinghorn's original handwriting.
Engineering; Engineers; Education; Universities and colleges; College students; College teachers; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Nihon Gakujutsu Kaigi; Technology; Scientists; Industries; Research; Laboratories; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers;...
The appendices and exhibits from the report of the engineering education mission to Japan, 1951 July 5 to August 26. It consists of: Appendix A: Institute for Engineering Education; Appendix B: Program of the Mission on Engineering Education;...
Speeches, addresses, etc.; Telecommunication; Universities and colleges; Telephone; Social classes; College students; Lectures and lecturing; Engineers; College teachers; Research; Letters
Frank Polkinghorn's talk on the improvement of telecommunications engineering education in Japan and the relationship between social education and the practice of engineering. It includes an excerpt from a 1957 letter by a distinguished Japanese...
The names of Association of the Advancement of Electrical Engineering Education members and their companies. There is also a list of Association meeting dates and objectives to be carried out. The document is in original handwriting.
Telecommunication; Engineers; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Telephone systems; Telephone; Business enterprises; Census; College students
Frank Polkinghorn's talk to undergraduate engineers on the various aspects of the communication system in Japan and the telephone system in the United States.
Engineers; Engineering; Japan; Executives; Costs, Industrial; Production (Economic theory); Industries; Factories; Machinery; Universities and colleges; College teachers; College students; Economics; Telephone systems; Manufacturing processes;...
Frank Polkinghorn's talk on the need to improve the efficiency of quality of production by Japanese engineers delivered before the annual meeting of the Institute of Electrical Communication Engineers at Tokyo University on 1949 March 7. It...
Slides (Photography); Buildings; Trees; College students; Universities and colleges; Automobiles; Clocks and watches; Kyōto Daigaku; Towers; Men; College buildings; College campuses; Windows
Men walk in front of the administration building of Kyoto University. A car is parked in the driveway.
Communication; Engineers; Engineering; Japan; Telephone; United States; Wood poles; Research; Profit; Telephone systems; Telegraph; Business enterprises; Census; College students
A reprint of Frank Polkinghorn's work from the volume 38, number 10, October 1950 issue of the Electrical Review (Denki Hyoron) titled, "A Talk to Future Communications Engineers." Frank Polkinghorn, director of the Research & Development...
