SZ/CSA/106/3 - [CSA. Correspondence with Professor W.R. Hawthorne]

SZ/CSA/106/3

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[CSA. Correspondence with Professor W.R. Hawthorne]

1959-1965

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Hawthorne, William,

Professor Hawthorne was Professor of Applied Thermodynamics in Cambridge and also spent part of his time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Included is correspondence relating to academic matters and Hawthorne's work in the British Embassy in Washington. A paper by Hawthorne on axial flow compressors is at [SZ/CSA/106/3/17]. SZ and Hawthorne discuss the filling of the post of Controller of Aircraft in the Ministry of Aviation. Opportunities for a multi-lateral force and complementary projects are discussed. A newspaper cutting [SZ/CSA/106/3/33] tells of a boating accident involving Jerome Wiesner, defence adviser to President Kennedy. A new institute for operational research, headed by W.N. Jessop, is described. Hawthorne identifies a need for engineering design to be evaluated and he comes up with the idea of establishing an Institute for Design Analysis.