At age twenty-five Joe was the youngest bank president in the United States. He also found work as a shipyard manager. There he oversaw the production of transports and warships critical to the war. This job brought him into contact with the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Due to his job at the shipyard Joe was granted differed status during World War I.
His “Pennsylvania Gazette” made him skilled and wealthy, which allowed him to retire from printing at a fairly young age (Logan, 7). Benjamin Franklin became an inventor/scientist after he retired from printing. He took on a lot of different challenges in his life. He established a library, a fire company, a college, an insurance company, a hospital, a police force, among other things (Saari, 74). He invented many things that are still in use today, such as the lightning rod, bifocal glasses, and the Franklin stove (Arnold, 61).
Einstein used a combination of theories on mass, energy and light to come up with his formula of e=mc2 and from that he became the father of modern physics. Michael Faraday was an uneducated English blacksmith who grew up in the 19th century. When Faraday was 20, he received tickets to a series of lectures at the Royal Institution that was the beginning of his journey into science . Faradays interests in science soon brought him to the top of his field where he discovered the invisible fields of electricity and magnetism .He created the law of conservation of energy which is the total amount of energy in an isolated system remains constant over time. Faraday also discovered the electromagnetic waves when conducting an experiment that later on led to the invention of the electric motor.
Sir Titus Salt was born on the 20th of September 1803. He was the first of 7 children and aspired to be a doctor. In 1822 he moved with his family to Bradford to concentrate on the booming textiles business. In 1833, after Titus married his wife Caroline in 1830, Titus’ father passed away leaving Titus to inherit the family business. Throughout the next two centuries Titus continued his rise to fame becoming Mayor of Bradford in 1848 and working towards making conditions in factories better for workers.
Memorandum From: Christopher Perez Paralegal To: Damon Martin Supervising Attorney Date: December 9, 2012 Re: Interview of Edgar Ellison on this date Edgar Ellison is the President and Chef Operating Officer of Widgets and Gizmos, Inc., A long association exist between his corporation and our firm. The corporation has recently research and developed their new project. The widgenometer a microscopic circuit etched into aluminum chips by a newly patented process. The widgenometer multiplies the speed of a computer’s central processing unit by as much as tenfold. Sixteen million dollars was invested in the widgenometers development by shareholders.
Riordan Compliance Plan Law/531 Business Law Kristine Honkus Laurie Wicker December 16, 2012 Company Overview Riordan Manufacturing found by Dr. Riordan, a chemistry professor, who had obtained several patents relative to processing polymers into high tensile strength plastic substrates (University of Phoenix, 2012). Dr. Rriordan realized there was commercial need for patents. So, he began Riordan Plastic, Inc., in 1991. Today, Riordan Manufacturing works in the global plastic market and employs 550 people. The company annual income is $46 million.
At about the same time, Charles Coffin, leading Thomson-Houston Electric Company, acquired a number of competitors and gained access to their key patents. General Electric was formed by the 1892 merger of Edison General Electric Company of Schenectady, New York, and Thomson-Houston Electric Company of Lynn, Massachusetts, with the help of Drexel, Morgan & Co. Jeffrey Immelt is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of GE. He was selected by GE's Board of Directors in 2000 to replace Jack Welch following his retirement. Previously, Immelt had headed GE's Medical Systems division (now GE Healthcare) as its President and CEO. GE's divisions include GE Capital, GE Power & Water, GE Oil
He was born in 1836 in Roxbury, New York. He was a very intellectual and an ambitious man. He used to work at his father’s farm during the day and studied at night. In 1867 Daniel Drew (director of Eri Railroad) added Jim Fisk, dry goods merchant and Gould to the board of directors of Eri Railroads. The team of these three men slowly took over control and Gould became the president.
Case Synopsis William R. Hewlett was one of the most remarkable men in the twentieth century. He completed his bachelor’s degree in engineering in Stanford, and then earned a master’s degree in engineering from MIT. He then returned to Stanford where he met David Packard, one of his former students and close friend, and together founded Hewlett-Packard Company on January 1st, 1939. Both partners helped change the world and create the new technological age. In 1947, they incorporated the company, and debuted its Initial Public Offering in 1957, and this made its founders very wealthy.
OUR FOUNDING FATHER BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRANDIE JACKSON COLLEGE AMERICA Benjamin Franklin our 6th president was born January 17, 1706, in Boston MA. His education was Boston Latin School 1714-1716. He was given the Copley award which is an award for outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science it was given by the Royal Society of London. Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity, and founded the first library. He was put to work at the age of 10 by his father making soap and candles; he didn’t like that too much, so he started writing newspapers with his brother.