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An tempLe's 91vory 'Clower TEMPLE. UNIVERSITY engaged itself to sound out Philadelphia ,.. and east coast business men on the desirability of placing a non-profit research agency within.reach of local industry. a The response was extiemely heartening and bared a very real need. The war years were accentuating the lack of a cooperative research organization to serve industry, government, and educa- tional institutions. Large concerns did their own research, but additional jobs they might have wanted"to undertake were out because their` facilities" couldn't acc6mmodate additional work. Srnaller'companies in the area "didn't have the facilities to do their own research and often didn t have the requisite funds to have a private organization in some other locale undertake a project. -Government scientific programs awere increasing. Thexi too, as a nation we face a sexious shortage of-highly trained ncientists I and technicians. . In 1945 the University began laying the foundation for the projected Research Institute. Impetus for the project, for its plans and their fruition, was sparked mainly by Temple's pzesi- dent, Robert Livingston Johnson. In actual operation for more than six months now, the Research Institute follows a two-fold purpose. It provides adequate facili- ties and scientific know-how in the ramifications of scientific and technological research. Fields in which the Institute is presently engaged are biology, chemistry, physics, metallurgy and minerals and the subdivisions of these main fields. The Institute is especially designed to serve those industrial and other establishments which do not possess the equipment and specializ_esLp-ersonnel-#o-+andertak~~+_~ eir ?van_xesear.ch-work. I. plans to work in cooperation also with those firms which under- 4ake their ovwn projects but find it advantageous to call in an outside agency. The service of the Institute is available to groups within various

industries, associations of manufacturers, government agencies- state or federal-and to similar bodies which may wish to sponsor extensive research programs of fundamental or practical nature. The Research Institute is also open to educational and other community institutions which may want to cooperate with it in furthering pure or applied research. ,In addition, the Institute will educate and train, in connection with the University, through its, Graduate School, the scientists of tomorrow. At present the nation laments a sad lack of young, qualified research specialists and scientists, and Temple aims at filling a part of this acute need. ' The plan of the Institute is extremely advantageous to industry, to the University and to the Philadelphia community in general. In the first place, it brings the concentration of "ivory tower" scholars to bear on commercial problems. There are some 50 to 60 Ph.D.'s, specialists in their fields, on the Temple faculty ... on tap for the Institute. Ordinarily, these men and women would not be available to industry because of a bent for the freedom and the go-your-own- speed atmosphere found within the walls of a university. Many experts, on the other hand, who would not be teaching, but working in industrial laboratories, are brought into the college lab where they have the opportunity of playing the dual role of teacher and researcher. And so the University is not solely dependent on its own staff for instruction. Temple's Research Institute operates under its own charter and enjoys the status of a separate corporate entity under its own Board of Directors, officers and committees. The University con- . trols the Institute in that Temple appoints the majority of the Board . of Directors. The Board and officers are men eminent in their fields .. . science, industry and education. Temple University officers in the organization include Univer- sity Vice President David N. Hauseman, who is Institute president; Dr. Robert L. Johnson, Board chairman; and the heads of several of the professional schools. Science is represented at the Institute's helm by such men as Charles F. Kettering, formerly Vice President of General Motors Corporation, who is a director of the Institute; and many other men prominent in industry and research circles. This combination of industry and university has produced gratifying results on projects for quite a number of local manu- facturers. Already, the Institute has clone special jobs foi RCA Victor, Radio Condenser Company of New Jersey, the federal government .and others. It is making a study of the fundamental properties of acids for the Armstrong Cork -Company and is consultant on metallurgical - problems for PhoenixvilTe Iron Company. At present the Institute is researching a fundamental , bio- chemical °project which .points,=to discovery of the reactioiis involved in the chemistry of animal and plant life for the Sun Oil Company. This special job, which promises to rank "with'X-ray as a tool of medical science," was transferred from the.laboratories of the Houdry Process Corporation, Linwood, Pennsylvania, to . Temple Research because the work of Houdry had progressed to a point which justified its being carried on by a specialized re- search group. This particular study centers about the Carbon 13 isotope which, as a body tracer, is a powerful new approach to investigat- ing the fundamental processes that take place in the body under the influence of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and hardening of the arteries. To give an idea of, the enormity of the project ... it takes 500,000 pounds of carbon to produce one pound of C13: The Institute has recently been assigned a grant from the govern- ment's Public Health Service which runs along the same lines as the Sun Oil project. All developments coming out of applied research projects done at the Institute for a particular company or organization, revert ' to the sponsoring company. The company bears the expense of carrying on the project and of any additional equipment which might be necessary for it. The results of studies in fundamental research will be made available to the public through publication in trade papers. . General Hauseman points out, regardless of achievement to date, the Institute is still in the process of ironing out administra- tive kinks. He says the Institute will develop _gradually and expand in logical sequence to as many fields as the present and ." future industrial growth of 'the Philadelphia area and the Uni- versity demands. At present the Institute is using the facilities of the University which puts some 10,000 feet of floor space at its disposal for laboratories. But plans call for some of the finest equipment and personnel in the country to be housed in central location. Reprinted from Philadelphia Magazine, November 1947 .

r R RESECH flRIflSTITUTE Of TEII1PLE UflIVESITY OFFICERS ROBERT LIVINGSTON JOHNSON ................................... Chairman of the Board I~C~D ~~I~SENrIAIA. . .+~5''~ S ~~ CJ .v ~. . Gx'OS.S ~ ............. . ... President WILLIAM T. CALDWELL ...........................................Vice President RUSSELL CONWELL COONEY ..................................... Counsel ARSENE N. LUCIAN ...............................................Technical Advisor JOSEPH H. LAWSON .............................................. Secretary HARRY A. COCHRAN .............................................Treasurer HARRY H. PITTS ..................................................Comptroller DIRECTORS GLADEON BARNES ................................ Vice President, E. G. Budd Manufacturing Company CHARLES BERWIND ................................ Vice President, Berwind-White Mining Company WILLIAM T. CALDWELL ........................... Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Temple University Vice President, Research Institute of Temple University RUSSELL CONWELL COONEY ...................... Attorney, Mancill, Cooney, Ott and Semans Counsel, Research Institute of Temple University MILO F. DRAEMEL ........ ........................ Secretary of Forests and Waters, Harrisburg, Pa. ALBERT A. GARTHWAITE .......................... President, Lee Tire and Rubber Company DAVID N. HAUSEMAN ............................. Vice President, Temple University E"re'sYde.~1'rR~'sL'a'r)-'ns _ • MXbf T"e`9ff'eQJffffeN M1 N. J. HOOPER ..................................... Vice President, Sharples Chemical Company, Inc. C. JARED INGERSOLL .............................. President, Muskogee Company ROBERT LIVINGSTON JOHNSON .................... President; Temple University Chairman of the Board, Research Institute of Temple University CHARLES F. KETTERING ........................... General Motors Corporation WILLIAM J. MEINEL ............................... President, Heintz Manufacturing Company RONALD R. MONROE .............................. .President, ACF-Brill Motor`s Company WILLIAM N. PARKINSON .......................... Dean, Temple University School of Medicine ARTHUR E. PEW, JR ................................ Director, Sun Oil Company HENRY RODENBAUGH .............................. Railway Executive; Consulting Engineer R. BARCLAY SCULL ...............................President, William Scull Company CHARLES P. STOKES .............................. Farmer and Trustee ~ WILLIAM W:OIRIhOW ............................... President; Lebanon Steel Foundry

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