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Show -- auCity:1-diras1er thum.yzhich has only to be eneYaeUniitChemiyi aimed at the rivet head to set off the Department. When he 'graduated ,i.. 1 Fellowship. which is the highest dis- - of the Ph. D. graduating class. The fabulous Du Pont company had a tal- to interview such septa he- spent promising the next ten years in their employ. During his ten years as a research scientist for Du Pont, Dr. Cook worked on explosives and chemical kinetics. He represented Du Pont during the war on the Explosives Theoretical Research Panel, where ace-- scienhe met some of the world's - ,ent -- nd , - About 25 highly technical articles with - such jawbreakin titles as "Thermodynamics utions, tion," have appeared in .scientific magazines. He has given numerous papers before audiences of learned scientists, government officials, and manufacturers the country over. One recent appearance before a goy ous publications. - young-men,a- , ! s tiny charge inside, bulging the rivetinto hole: the The men two tight hold the patent for this gun. there in 1937 withIke degree of Ph. D., he was awarded the Loomis Ii ernment explosives conference in Washington may result in a large grant to the University of Utah for research on explosives. He is a walking -- Who's Who," Who .,. in America.", "American Men of Science," "Who Knows and What." "Who's Who in the West," "Who's : - Xi (honoratyscientific fraternity). and is constantly at his desk when not teaching or takinsg flying trips lirtaruntiva7tr1ndustry;m7-- 7 Who , Beneficiation orthe Ameri- can Institute of Mining and MetaIlur ,gical Engineers. Other memberstdps-T- include American Association fo; Advancement of Science and Sigma ' a slide-ruin one hand and a pen in the other. Occasionally he gets a concept that sends him pacing up and down to still the excitement of another one of tomorrows explosive theories,. "Who's Who in American Educa-- iiOn," and "Chemical Who's Who." He is Chairman for the Salt Lake section of the American Chemical Society and a member of the National Committee on Education, 'Mineral le - tistsEinstein, fail- olniar--eumann,-- Henry Eyring, Kirkwood, Kistiakow- - - sky -Tiiirn w,. naTi-n-y 1d k;ritityreltegdiungty::.:1 e them as a consultant on explosives and reactive kinetics. He visits there two weeks out of every year and has participated in the development of the new fabric Dacron. While at Du Point he directed the. d theoretical work experimental-anon the development of the "bazooka," of recent war fame, and on various 1--- 1 I ,- and-Gamo- - 1 on u gther militsm weans t p I . 1 t emitilftwo.- k , ,f - I; ,i I. ,1?, ii' :, i . ' , ' -----1"-- -- t (t1. ti I 11 I ti II N., - A t 4 1 . t... , ..: I i,til 1 . , - .: . , t , r ' -- t . i . i --I-Q' 0 --.. - i t; 4 r 1, - t., r ; i ;4 i . 1 k 7', 1 , , , I ''. ; ' , - 111 It , . . ; , 4-- - ' -, , - , ', ,...- ,--- - - , - A ALICE ' lk,IORREY BAILEY By ,0'''. . ., -- , . a 0.4,k, . - 17, ,,2'irirti-ST)),743rli- ,, , , - t 0, I . (1),Yr1;,. ortalia.mmo , .' I P ia o i ...) r , II - ,40',... . I I'm) oj One of his extensively commercially in as a "land mine': ing and was applied . Another develop-I- " during the Wit-ment is now being used very much in the shooting of oil wells. Others are in use in seismic prospecting, kimaloit G411;17, oult1-11:1-, I'm-Irm- .. - . - - , - - - ' ,.. . - . - , i . , .. - ' - -- detector, for tracing shots in strata where results aren't trans- mitted to the surface. He holds pat- ents on about 15 explosives and de-- 7 i - well-sh- ot vices. . ' 1 I I - .. . I 4,.. One problem in the manufacture of aircraft is the extensive riveting involved. Previous to the war required an "inside man" to the rivets inserted by workers on :t outside. Since the space inside e wing tips was so srWEI7iiildie-gTroften used, but even they could not crawl to the extreme ends. Dr. Cook, together with one of his Du Pont associates, developed a Buck Rogers type ot high frequency gun and an explosive rivet which licked the problem. With this apparatus three men, working on the outside, can do the work quickly and simply. One bores the hole,- another places the rivets and the third comes along " Milan NIWS "AGAVE& SALT LAKE Kilt (0 ,. ,,,.. - , 1 i , 1)' 1 A - () ! ,, e t ,11 , , ' - - t - ' r .. , ,, , , , 1 i, 1 - - . J ,,,, ,, 17- ill'- , Ai .01.116104 k.1,LOWNEWEIMPA.TIOMM . .. i , ., k----- , .. - I ,, , i1 I 1 4, :,if. t ,' -- - , t .., i. t -, . , , '' - .7 , 1 A , , - I -- - 1 , , . t..., ,,ir 1 , ,,,, , - - - - , -- -I - , 1 . II - 1 .. -- ' ' . t 1 i INSWillignolloiSmillmindllipnlin 4. 1951 - - - .g..,.......-- ", , ,- - -- -- 4 - '- - : . 7 , |