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Richard, George (ed.) / Wisconsin alumnus
Volume 54, Number 3 (Nov. 1952)
Foss, Robert
A blueprint for cooperation, pp. 16-[17]
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The Wisconsin Idea in Action-2 A Blueprint For Cooperation Industry and education make progress together on engineering front BY ROBERT FOSS, '30 University News Service r TWAS ONE of last summer's hottest days-the kind that sets you to thinking of a spray-filled motorboat ride over a blue Wisconsin lake-and L. D. Watkins mopped his brow as he walked into the Mechanical Engineering building at the University of Wisconsin. Watkins, as it happened, did have motor boats on his mind. He often does, being head of the research depart- ment of the Outboard Marine and Manufacturing Co. But he didn't plan to talk Profs. Phil Meyers and Otto Uyehara into an excursion on Lake Mendota-his mission to Mad- ison was pure business. His company was extremely inter- ested in basic research aimed at improving the power output of two-cycle engines. The three engineers had a long and pleasant visit that afternoon. They looked over the University's mechanical engineering laboratories and cornered some top research per- sonnel for consultation. The upshot of Watkin's trip from Milwaukee was a decision which established two fellowships for the 1952-53 school year under the sponsorship of the Cle Evinrude Foundation. Helped by these industrial fellowships, two young men, outstanding graduate students who had exhibited definite promise in their studies and research, have been able to con- tinue their engineering educations. At the same time, they are doing the desired research on two-cycle engines in UW engineering laboratories under the guidance of UW engi- neering experts. That experience is only one among many examples of COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Dean M. 0. Withey watches as UW re- searchers prepare to measure stress resistance of a concrete block in the College-designed 600,000-pound hydraulic testing machine. WISCONSIN ALUMNUS 16
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