Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970

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United States Senator.

From the description of Reminiscences of Ralph Edward Flanders : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451699

Ralph E. Flanders was an American engineer, businessman, and legislator. He represented the people of Vermont in the United States Senate for twelve years.

  • 1880: Born in Barnet, Vermont
  • 1896: Graduated from high school Central Falls, Rhode Island
  • 1897: Apprenticeship at Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island
  • 1900: Becomes journeyman machinist and then draftsman
  • 1901 - 1902 : Professional experience in mechanical engineering at Taft-Pierce Manufacturing Company, Woonsocket, Rhode Island and Flather Manufacturing Company
  • 1903: Engineer, International Paper Box Company, Nashua, New Hampshire
  • 1904: Engineer, General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachusetts
  • 1905 - 1910 : Associate editor of Machinery
  • 1910: Sales Engineer, Fellows Gear Shaper Company, Springfield, Vermont
  • 1911: Manager, Fay automatic lathe department of Jones & Lamson Machine Company, Springfield, Vermont
  • 1912: Director, Jones and Lamson Machine Company
  • 1920 - 1924 : Member, National Screw Thread Commission
  • 1924: President, National Machine Tool Builders Association
  • 1932 - 1936 : Director, Social Science Research Council
  • 1933 - 1946 : President, Jones and Lamson Machine Company
  • 1933: Member, Business Advisory and Planning Council
  • 1933: Member, Industrial Advisory Board, National Recovery Administration
  • 1933 - 1946 : President, Bryant Chucking Grinder Company
  • 1934: President, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1934: Awarded Warner Medal for understanding of economic problems
  • 1938 - 1941 : Director, Shawmut National Bank, Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1938 - 1946 : Director, National Life Insurance Company
  • 1941: Member, Machine Tools Priority Committee, Office of Production Management
  • 1941 - 1942 : President, New England Council
  • 1942 - 1943 : Member, Economic Stabilization Board
  • 1943 - 1944 : Chairman, Machine Tools Committee, War Production Board
  • 1944 - 1946 : President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1944: Awarded Hoover Medal for Outstanding Public Service
  • 1946: President, American Research and Development Corporation
  • 1946 - 1958 : Member, United States Senate
  • 1958: Private citizen, Springfield, Vermont and Washington, D.C.

Flanders is also the author of several books, among them Gear Cutting Machinery (1909), Spur and Bevel Gearing (1914), Taming our Machines (1931), Platform for America (1936), Toward Full Employment (1938), The American Century (1950), Letter To A Generation (1956), and Senator From Vermont (1961).

From the guide to the Ralph E. Flanders Papers, 1903-1958, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

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referencedIn Lawrence Graham Brooks papers, 1897-1981 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Maurice Rosenblatt Papers, 1910-2003, (bulk 1942-2000) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with Ralph Flanders Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Jenner, William Ezra, 1908-. Letter, 1954 Dec. 8, Washington, D.C., to Harold G. Rugg, Clearwater, Fla. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Leiserson, William M. William M. Leiserson papers, 1901-1959. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Edward G. Ramberg Papers, 1916-1994 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with Grover W. Ensley Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf MS 1143, Rust, David Dexter 1874-1963. David D. Rust papers 1870-1963 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church History Library
referencedIn Hartness family. Hartness family papers, 1774-2000. Vermont Historical Society
creatorOf Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970. Letters, 1949-1951, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970. Reminiscences of Ralph Edward Flanders : oral history, 1967. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Barker, James M., 1886-1974. James M. Barker papers, 1825-1975, bulk 1920-1970. Newberry Library
referencedIn Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President, records of Karl Taylor Compton and James Rhyne Killian, 1930-1959 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries
referencedIn Davis, William Hammatt, 1879- . Papers, 1905-1963. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970. Letter, 1954 Dec. 31, Washington, D.C., to Harold Rugg, Clearwater, Fla. / Ralph E. Flanders. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Walter H. Judd papers., 1921-1993 (bulk 1940-1980). Minnesota Historical Society
referencedIn Benton, William, 1900-1973. Papers, 1951-1961. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Judd, Walter Henry, 1898-. Walter H. Judd papers, 1921-1993 (bulk 1940-1980). Minnesota Historical Society Library
creatorOf Poetry Society of Vermont. Papers relating to First Annual Festival. 1961. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Dorothy Thompson Papers, 1914-1961, 1940-1961 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Ralph E. Flanders Papers, 1903-1958 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Blair Moody Papers, 1928-1954, 1934-1952 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970. Letter, 1956 April 20, Washington, to John Pearson, Hanover, N.H. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Bingham, Millicent Todd, 1880-1968. Papers, 1865-1968 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mid-Century Convocation on the Social Implications of Scientific Progress records Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries
referencedIn Back, Gunnar, 1907-1983. Papers, 1931-1965. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970. Papers, 1951-1957. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961, Papers, 1822, 1831, 1845, 1903-2007 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Clara E. Sipprell Papers, 1915-1970 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Paul Blanshard Papers, 1912-1979 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Louis Fabian Bachrach Papers, 1950-1963 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Harvard Law School Forums Records Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Barton, Bruce, 1886-1967. Papers, 1881-1967. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Fetter, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1863-1949. Fetter mss., 1875-1988. Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Bingham, Millicent Todd, 1880-1968. Millicent Todd Bingham papers, 1865-1968 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Arthur H. Vandenberg papers, 1884-1974, 1915-1951 Bentley Historical Library
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associatedWith Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984 person
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associatedWith Beard, Charles Austin, 1874-1948 person
associatedWith Benton, William, 1900-1973. person
associatedWith Bingham, Millicent Todd, 1880-1968. person
associatedWith Blanshard, Paul, 1892- person
associatedWith Brooks, Lawrence Graham, 1881-1981 person
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associatedWith Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 person
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associatedWith Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 person
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associatedWith Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 person
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associatedWith Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965 person
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associatedWith Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 person
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associatedWith Rosenblatt, Maurice. person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
United States
Vermont
United States
Subject
Business and industry
Businessmen
Internal security
Legislators
Legislators
Machine-tool industry
Mechanical engineering
Politics, government and public administration
Screw-threads
Standards
Occupation
Businessmen
Engineers
Activity

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Birth 1880-09-28

Death 1970-02-19

English

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