The Papers of Robert S. Shayne

Collection

Identifier: 2009-002

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1085572~S6

Most of the reports deal with Shayne's career in the Light Military Electronics Department at G.E. There is one report dating from his time in the Reactor Engineering Department at Westinghouse and one from a later stint at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Dates

Creation: 1971-1997

Language of Materials

Text in English.

Biographical sketch

Robert S. Shayne was born on December 8, 1910 in Chicago Illinois. He attended the University of Chicago (BS, 1930; PhD, Organic Chemistry 1933). His fields of expertise were adhesives and surface chemistry but he eventually expanded his interests to include metallurgy corrosion studies and radiation effects. He was a member of both the ACs and the AIChE. Robert Shayne died on May 29, 2008.

Extent

.44 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection is mostly a gathering of technical reports written by Shayne during his days at Westinghouse, General Electric Light Military Electronics Department and the USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service.