Contributors to this Issue 



Harry Blount, educated in England. Western Electric Company, 

 1903-. Mr. Blount has been engaged in the rolling of copper rods, drawing 

 of wire, and application of protective coatings on wire. 



H. F. Dodge, S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1916; 

 Instructor, Electrical Engineering, 1916-17; A.M., Columbia University, 

 1922. Engineering Department, Western Electric Company, 1917-25; 

 Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1925-. Earlier associated with the develop- 

 m.ent of telephone instruments and allied devices, Mr. Dodge as Quality 

 Results Engineer is now engaged in quality assurance work, particularly 

 the application of statistical methods to inspection and quality engineering. 



JoHX S. Little, S.B., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology, 1915; Operating Engineer, DuPont Company, 1915-1916; 

 Instructor, Chemical Engineering Practice, Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology', 1916-1917; Lieutenant and Captain, Chemical Warfare Serv- 

 ice, 1917-1919; Research Engineer, Pulp and Paper, Brown Company, 

 Berlin, N. H., 1919-1922. Western Electric Company, 1922-. Mr. Little 

 has been engaged continuously in development work in cable since joining 

 the Western Electric Company. Recently, wire drawing and vacuum 

 tube manufacturing development have been added to his activities. 



H. G. RoMiG, A.B., Pacific University, 1921; University of Washington, 

 1922; A.M., University of California, 1923; Ph.D., Columbia University, 

 1939; Teaching Fellow in Physics, University of California, 1922-24; 

 Instructor in Mathematics and Physics, San Jose State Teachers College, 

 1924-26. Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1926-. Mr. Romig's work has 

 been in the field of application of statistical methods to inspection and 

 quality engineering. 



M. E. Strieby, A.B., Colorado College, 1914; B.S., Harvard, 1916; 

 B.S. in E.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1916. New York 

 Telephone Company, Engineering Department, 1916-17; Captain, Signal 

 Corps, U. S. Army, A.E.F., 1917-19. American Telephone and Telegraph 

 Company, Department of Development and Research, 1919-29; Bell Tele- 

 phone Laboratories; 1929-1940; American Telephone and Telegraph 

 Company, Long Lines Department, 1940-. Mr. Strieby has been asso- 



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