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Show Ten Most Outstanding Young Men of 1940 DisplayLeadersliip,BrilliantAcliievement The perennial question of "what's this younger generation coming to" this month received a far more encouraging en-couraging answer than usual. Brilliant Bril-liant leaders in many different fields of achievement were disclosed when Felix B. Streyckmans, editor of FUTURE magazine, selected the 10 most outstanding young men of 1940. Sponsored by the U. S. Junior Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce, the magazine is written for the young men of the nation. All of the men chosen were under 35 years of age. Following is a brief review of their accomplishments. accomplish-ments. ROBERT A. BOYER, 31, is head of the Ford Motor company research re-search laboratory. As a result of his experiments with plastics, revolutionary revo-lutionary changes in automobile production may soon be made. He is responsible for the development devel-opment of the first practical structural struc-tural material suitable for automobile automo-bile bodies. This material is 50 per cent lighter than steel, 50 per cent cheaper and 10 times stronger. Use of the plastic by the automotive automo-tive industry would consume huge amounts of surplus agricultural products such as cotton, wheat, soybeans soy-beans and corn. LEO M. CHERNE, 28, is editor-in-chief and executive secretary of the Research Institute of America and author of "M-Day and What it Means to You." Although he is not )p the federal payroll, he endeavors tu mesh the gears of business and government so they run together smoothly and efficiently. Cherne offers a service to 19,000 subscribers which explains and interprets in-terprets complicated government rulings. He is responsible for gathering gath-ering and accurately interpreting information in-formation concerning the federal government's new laws and regulatory regula-tory commissions so that business men will know how their operations are ofTected. HENRY T. HEALD, 36. became first president of the Illinois Institute Insti-tute 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 em-brace the largest number of students, stu-dents, 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 Lewis institute, both successful educational institutions. DR. IRVING P. KRICK, 34. is associate as-sociate professor of meteorology at the California Institute of Technology Technolo-gy and founder of the Krick Industrial Indus-trial Weather Service. The accuracy of his long-range weather forecasts had been recognized recog-nized as unequalled 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 ago and kept Improving Im-proving his technique until in 1940 he was able to forecast successfully for periods of 90 days. EDWIN n. LAND, 31, president of the Polaroid corporation, is inventor in-ventor of a practical method of polarizing po-larizing light His invention paves the way for a new and effective method of eliminating the glafe of light. Basically the new Polaroid film allows light rays to penetrate it in only one direction. If the film were installed on the lenses and windshields wind-shields of every car, vision at night Pictured above are the nation's 10 outstanding young men of 1940 as selected by the editor of Future magazine. They are, left to right: (top row) Robert A. Boyer, inventor; Leo M. Cherne, legal adviser; Henry T. Heald, engineer; Dr. Irving P. Krick, meteorologist; Edwin II. Land, Inventor; (bottom row) Mark Matthews, leader of young men; Robert R. Nathan, research-economist; Oren Root Jr., "discoverer" of V.'illkie; William Saroyan, author and playwright; and Lyle M. Spencer, occu- 1 pational research expert. would be so glarcfree that drivers could read each other's front license plates in spite of the brightest headlights. head-lights. Land developed this important invention in-vention from its very inception. He had received patents on it when only 20 years old. In 1932 he set up a laboratory for general research in physics with the help of one of his Harvard instructors. instruc-tors. Polaroid light control soon resulted, re-sulted, and light-polarizing material is now made for a long list of manufacturers. manu-facturers. MARK MATTHEWS, 34. president of the United States Junior Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce, is the chosen leader lead-er of America's young men between the ages of 21 and 35. When he accepted the presidency of the organization last June, he became be-came the only man authorized to speak for Americans of draft age. Although this office offers no financial finan-cial remuneration of any kind, he has been serving almcst full .time and has practically relinquished his law practice in New York city. In 1937 Mark Matthews was appointed assistant corporation counsel of the city of New York, in charge of the city's legislation. Only 31 years of age, he was the youngest young-est man ever selected for this important im-portant post. In his present capacity he serves as the outstanding leader of America's Amer-ica's 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 national defense council. In this capacity he probably proba-bly holds the most important technical techni-cal position in the nation. This young research-economist is responsible fof ascertaining the military mili-tary and 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 discoverer" dis-coverer" of Wendell Willkie and the "one-man campaign" who put him before the Republican convention. And win or lose, Willkie was un- doubtedly an Important figure in 1940. Root obtained several million signatures sig-natures single-handed by inserting small classified advertisements in j newspapers throughout the country. Even before the nomination when Dewey, Taft and Vandenberg were the "only" ones considered to have a chance, Root was organizing Willkie Will-kie clubs. At the age of 28, and with only j state-wide acquaintance in politics, he undertook the campaign for Willkie. Will-kie. Everyone knows how successful success-ful he was. WILLIAM SAROYAN, 32, is the only playwright to win the Pulitzer prize and the award of the Drama Critics' Circle both in the same year and to win the Circle award unanimously. unan-imously. He was given this recognition recog-nition for his play, "The Time of Your Life." In addition to winning both these coveted awards, last year he had three plays running on Broadway at the same time an outstanding out-standing distinction for any playwright. play-wright. Although only 32 years of age, he has a phenomenal ability to excel simultaneously as both a playwright and an author. He has had 24 books published during the past nine years. Only six days before 1941 started, LYLE M. SPENCER, 29. is co-founder co-founder and director of Science Research Re-search associates. In this capacity he has become the nation's outstanding outstand-ing specialist in popularizing occupational occu-pational 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. occu-pations. He endeavored to obtain facts that would enable them to train themselves for expanding occupations, occupa-tions, rather than selecting their careers ca-reers to fit their talents, only to find their chosen field too overcrowded. The organization they founded to fill this need was successfully established es-tablished last year. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) |
