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;...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., presenting him with the words of Ron Duncan's song. Hopper says that opportunity came to Japanese managers in the post-war years to improve management and that they did not...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying that he hopes that when Hopper is in Japan, he can discuss how the information he is collecting can be taught to others. Hopper shares that he spent time working with...
College teachers; Teaching; Research; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory; Tōkyō Daigaku
Mr. F. A. Polkinghorn, of the CCS (Civil Communications Section), writes Dr. Eells comparing the number of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) professors, research assistants, and teaching hours to those of Tokyo University. Polkinghorn's...
Interviews; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Tribus, Myron; World War II; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory; Radar; Radar transmitters; Radio; Radio Receivers and reception; Japanese...
Myron Tribus interviews Homer Sarasohn in Arizona. Sarasohn says he was in the paratroops during World War II and worked at the radiation lab at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) developing search radar. He talks about his first jobs...
The materials from a 1980 September 18 letter from Mr. B. Inoue with information regarding Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI) and the Deming prize. Inoue discusses SEI and its utilization of quality control and the role of foremen to the...
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.
Slides (Photography); Universities and colleges; College buildings; College campuses; Trees; Plants; Buildings; Tōkyō Kōgyō Daigaku; Clocks and watches
Blooming trees grow on the campus of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. A building stands in the near distance.
Letters; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Factories; Management; Supervisors; Health; Technology; Books; Japan - History - Allied occupation, 1945-1952; Manufacturing industries; Brooms and brushes; Factory management
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. Protzman thanking him for talking with him at length. Hopper states that he is enclosing two pieces that will give Protzman some detail about Hopper. He informs Protzman that the Innovation piece was written when things...
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:...
Letters; Learning; Lectures and lecturing; Japan; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bell Telephone Laboratories; Harvard University; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Travel;...
A letter from an unnamed author expressing gratitude for the information he learned the previous year. He writes that the kind and thoughtful talking, along with the atmosphere of the office, made the author feel as though he had been in America. ...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Letters; Management; Business enterprises; Hindle, Brooke; Authorship; University of Michigan; Kondō, Y. (Yoshio), 1924-; Asian Productivity Organization; Library of Congress; Quality control;...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying that he was very aided by Inoue's suggestion that Hopper not try to compare the contributions of individuals to the new Japanese management. Hopper shares that Dr....
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.
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Industries; Letters; Factories; Management; Authorship; Japan times; Lectures and lecturing; Sailing ships; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Shakers
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. Isamu Sakamoto, chairman of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., thanking him for his support during his recent tour of Japanese industry. He reports that he has written an article for the Japan Times from comments made to...
Women wearing kimonos sit in front of a switchboard. A man stands at a desk and a clock hangs from the wall. "Switching Room of Main office of Tokyo, Japan" is handwritten on the negative's sleeve.
Women wearing kimonos sit in front of a switchboard. A man stands at a desk and a clock hangs from the wall. "Switching Room of Main office of Tokyo, Japan" is handwritten on the photograph's sleeve.
Women wearing kimonos sit in front of a switchboard. Two women stand behind the switchboard operators. Three women gather around a desk. "'B' Operators Position" and "Shiba Exchange, Tokyo" are handwritten on the photograph's sleeve.
