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Show KENNECOTT NAMES NEW SYSTEM HEADS The appointment of two men to head the Utah Copper Division's Divis-ion's new employee suggestion system and patent plan was announced an-nounced by 'L. F. Pett, general manager. Roy C. Freeman of Ogden, former for-mer personnel officer at Hill Air Force Base has been appointed suggestion system administrator. He will be in charge of the employee em-ployee suggestion system. E. D. Hammond Jr., office engineer en-gineer of the Utah division will administer the patent plan in addition ad-dition to his other duties. The employee suggestion system and patent plan was inaugurated on April 3. Under the plan, cash awards will be paid to employees for suggestions and patentable ideas which result in reduced costs or improved working conditions, Mr. Pett said.. Awards will amount to 25 per cent of the estimated first years net savings, with maximums max-imums of $25,000 for adopted suggestions and $50,000 for patented pat-ented ideas. Mr. Freeman administered a similar program at Hill Air Force Base between 1950 and 1957 while personnel officer. Prior to his employment at the air base, he was employed by Pacific Intermountain Express as office manager in Ogden. From 1941 to 1947 he was U.S. Army procurement officer and from 1934 to 1941 he was a buyer for the Geo. A. Lowe Co., in Ogden. He also served a two-year mission mis-sion for the LDS Church. Mr. Hammond joined Kennecott Kenne-cott in 1935 as a trackman at the mine. A few months later, lie became assistant assayer and in 1936 moved to the Salt Lake City engineering office as draftsman. drafts-man. In 1941 he was made assistant as-sistant engineer and in 1950, office of-fice engineer. The new patent officer is a native of Salt Lake City where he attended local schools. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1934 with a B.S. degree in geology. He also completed one year of post graduate work in petroleum, geology and engineering engi-neering at the University of Southern California in 1935. |