Show ten most outstanding young men of 1940 L the perennial question of what this younger generation coming to this th Is month received a far more encouraging coura cou raging ging answer than usual brilliant leaders in many different holds fields of achievement were disclosed when felix B editor of FUTURE magazine magazin e selected the 10 most outstanding young men of 1010 1040 10 10 sponsored by the U S junior chamber of commerce tho the magazine Is written tor for the young men of the notion nation all of the men chosen were under 35 years of age following is a brief review of their accomplishments ROBERT A BOYER koweil 31 Is head of the ford motor company research laboratory As a result of his experiments with plastics revolutionary lutio nary changes in auto automobile bile production may soon be made lie ho Is responsible tor for the development of the oral first practical tural material suitable for automobile bodies this material Is 50 per cent lighter than steel 50 per cent cheaper and 10 times stronger ilse of the plastic by the automotive industry would consume huge amounts of surplus agricultural products such an aa cotton wheat soybeans and corn LEO M 20 Is editor in chief and executive secretary of the research institute of america and author of IM M day and what it means to you although he Is not on the federal payroll he endeavors to mesh the gears of business and government so co they run together smoothly and efficiently cherne offers a service to subscribers which explains and interprets ter complicated government rulf rulings ile he Is responsible tor for gathering ond and accurately interpreting information concerning ta the ie federal governments new laws and regulatory commissions so that business men will know how their operations are affected HENRY T HEALD 30 36 became first farst president of the illinois institute of technology last july when only 35 years of age to head the greatest engineering training college in the nation not only does it embrace the largest number of students den ts but its research division is recognized as one of the three best the organization he heads was formed from a merger of armour institute and L lewis institute both successful educational institutions DR IRVING HIVING P KRICK 34 Is associate professor of meteorology at the california institute of technology and founder of the krick industrial weather service the accuracy of his long range weather forecasts had been recognized as unequalled unequal led anywhere in the world both the U S army air corps and the royal air force have assigned officer personnel to study his methods krick began experimenting with a new method of weather prediction about eight years year ago and kept improving his technique until in 1940 he be was able to forecast successfully for periods of 00 90 days EDWIN 11 LAND 31 president of the polaroid corporation is inventor of a practical method of polarizing lar izing light ills his invention paves the way tor for a new and effective method of 0 eliminating the glare of light basically the new nev polaroid film allows light rays to penetrate it in only one direction it if the flim film were installed on the lenses and wind shields of every car vision at night X A U W Z me 1 1 I 1 1 I ll 11 f pictured above are arc tho the nations 10 outstanding young men of 1040 1940 as selected elected by the lie editor of future magazine they are left to right to top P row robert A doyer boyer inventor Invent orl leo M cherne legal adviser henry T engineer dr irving P krick meteorologist edwin it II land inventors inventor bottom row mark matthews leader of young men robert it nathan research economist oren root jr discoverer of Will kiel william author and playwright and lyle M spencer occupational pat ional research expert would be so glare free that drivers could read each others front license plates in spite of the brightest headlights land developed this important invention from its very inception lie ile had received patents on it when only 20 years old in 1932 he set up a laboratory tor for general research in physics with the help of one of his harvard instructors polaroid light control soon resulted and light polarizing material Is now made for a long list of manufacturers rs MATTHEWS 34 president of the united states junior cham chain ber of commerce Is the chosen leader of Americas young men between the ages of 21 and 35 when he accepted the presidency of the organization last june he became the only man authorized to speak for americans of draft ago age although this office offers no financial remuneration of any kind he i has been serving almost full time and has pr practically relinquished his law practice in now new york city in 1937 1037 mark matthews was appointed assistant corporation counsel of the city of new york in charge of the cites legislation only 31 years of age he was the youngest man ever selected for this important post in his present capacity he serves serve as tho the outstanding leader of americas young leaders in a thousand communities throughout the nation ROBERT R NATHAN 32 is chief of the division of economic research of the department of commerce and is now on leave from that position to survey defense requirements of both the united states and great britain for the natio national nril defense council in this capacity he probably holds the most important technical position in the nation this young research economist is 18 responsible tor for ascertaining the military and nonmilitary non military requirements in terms of both finished products and raw materials and scheduling military needs by time intervals OREN ROOT JR 29 is the dis coverer of wendell willkie and the one man campaign who put him before the republican convention and win or lose willkie was un an important figure in 1940 root obtained several million signatures single handed by inserting small classified advertisements in newspapers throughout the country even before the nomination when dewey dewcy taft and Von donberg were the only ones considered to have a chance root was organizing willkie clubs at the age aga of 28 and with only statewide state wide acquaintance in politics ho he undertook the campaign for willkie everyone knows how success successful he was WILLIAM WILLIA 51 32 Is I 1 the he only playwright to win the pulitzer Pull tzer prize and the award of the drama critics circle both in the same year and to win the circle award unanimously ile he was given Us this recognition for his play the time of your lite life in addition to winning both these coveted awards last year ho he had three plays running on B broadway roadway at the same time an outstanding distinction tor for any playwright although only 32 years of age ho he has a phenomenal ability to excel simultaneously as both a playwright and an author ile he has had 24 books published during the past nine years only six days before 1941 started LYLE 51 SPENCER 29 Is co founder and director of science research associates in this capacity he has become the nations outstanding specialist in popularizing occupational pat ional information scientifically obtained with the aid of robert burns 31 he founded an organization in 1937 to offer young people reliable and understandable information on occupations pat ions he endeavored to obtain facts that would enable them to train themselves for expanding occupations rather than selecting their careers to fit at their talents only to find their chosen field too overcrowded the organization they founded to fill this need was successfully established last year ne released leased by western newspaper union |