Moments at Mid Century: a memoir: *MIT students and their communist professor *Sputnik stuns the White House *The Genius at Polaroid (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781491079904)

"MOMENTS AT MID CENTURY: A MEMOIR" A rich collection of mid 20th Century memories, this book chronicles the author's career path through newsworthy events of the 1950s and 1960s. It starts with a story of student life and self-government at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author, Student Body President, faces challenges from student activists organizing to support a communist professor during the McCarthy era. After three years working at MIT, the author's career takes him to the White House as an assistant to MIT President J. R. Killian, appointed Science Advisor to President Eisenhower as the President reacts to a frightening cold-war event: the Russian satellite Sputnik is seen sailing ominously over American backyards. These "moments" end with four years at Polaroid Corporation when the author takes a new role as administrator of the Company's "innovative laboratories." He describes the methods of the Company's popular entrepreneurial genius, Dr. Edwin H. Land, simultaneously Board Chairman, President and Director of Research, as he leads the Company toward the forefront of the mid-century industrial world.

Author: Robert M. Briber
ISBN-10: 1491079908
ISBN-13: 9781491079904
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/08/2014
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.38d