Diaries; Autobiography; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Japan; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Industrial management; Denki Tsūshin Kenkyūjo (Japan); Telecommunication; Communication; Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931; Management;...
The diary and memoirs of Frank Polkinghorn's two years in Japan as director of the Research and Development Division of the Civil Communications Section (CCS) of the Supreme Command of Allied Powers (SCAP). It consists of: the Preface; Chapter 1:...
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;...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Management; World War II; Japan; Industrial management; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900-1993; Juran, J. M. (Joseph M.), 1904-2008; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001;...
Kenneth Hopper's article from the September 1985 issue of Quality Progress discussing Japan's new industrial management based on Japanese traditions and American ideals from practicing American industrial managers.
Newspapers; Associations, institutions, etc.; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Engineers; Engineering; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Bell Telephone Laboratories; Manufacturing industries; Education; Telecommunication; Telephone; Telegraph;...
The proposed press release concerning the services of Frank A. Polkinghorn with the Civil Communications Section (CCS) for his hometown news service. The proposed press release is incomplete.
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...
American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Institute of Radio Engineers; Letters; Engineers; Associations, institutions, etc.; Denki Gakkai (1888); Denki Tsūshin Gakkai
Some excerpts from letters written in 1951 regarding the efforts to reestablish relationships with the IRE (Institute of Radio Engineers) and AIEE (American Institute of Electrical Engineers). The backs of pages 1 and 2 contain a memorandum from...
Travel; United States; Tōkyō Daigaku; College teachers; Engineering; Universities and colleges; Ōsaka Daigaku; Scrolls, Japanese; American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Denki Gakkai (1888); General Electric Company; Swope, Gerard,...
Professor Oyama, dean of engineering, at Tokyo University, and Professor Kimagai, of Osaka University, representing the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, presented F. A. Polkinghorn with a scroll to express their appreciation during a...
Frank Polkinghorn's talk to the scientists of the second United States scientific mission to Japan delivered at the Dai Ichi Building on 1948 November 29. The talk covers topics such as: the Ministry of Communications, private research...
Speeches, addresses, etc.; Laboratories; Telecommunication; Leadership; Engineers; Scientists; Teams in the workplace; Morale; Bell Telephone Company; Denki Tsūshin Kenkyūjo (Japan)
Frank Polkinghorn encourages leadership during his remarks at the opening of the Electrical Communications Laboratory.
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.
Frank Polkinghorn gathers around a pond with electrical engineering professors and their wives. The women are dressed in kimonos. The location is probably Hokusen-sō, Sapporo. The photograph is attached to a card with a leaf pattern.
Photographs; Women; Plants; Kimonos; Men; College teachers; Electrical engineers
Electrical engineering professors and their wives gather near plants in Sapporo. The women are dressed in kimonos. "At" and "Hokusen-sō, Sapporo" along with Japanese writing, are handwritten on the back of the photograph. "22 Oct. '49" is also...
Electrical engineering professors and their wives gather around a pond in Sapporo. The women are dressed in kimonos. "At" and "Hokusen-sō, Sapporo" along with Japanese writing, are handwritten on the back of the photograph. "22 Oct. '49" is...
Telecommunication; Industrial management; Engineers; Radar; Ionosphere; Central Radio Propagation Laboratory (U.S.); Armed Forces - Officers
Frank Polkinghorn's briefing to Generals Church and Danforth on the Research and Development Division's objective to see that the necessary telecommunications knowledge, equipment and systems are available when needed for the expansion or...
Speeches, addresses, etc.; Denki Tsūshin Gakkai; Meetings; Radio; American Physical Society; Nyquist, Harry; Friis, Harald T. (Harald Trap), 1893-1976; Radio Receivers and reception; Telecommunication; Telephone
Frank Polkinghorn's brief introduction on receiver noise and its measurement delivered at a special meeting of the Institute of Electrical Communication Engineers on 1949 March 26.
