donald, burnham, donald, clemens, burnham, january, 1915, april, 2005, american, business, executive, westinghouse, electric, corporation, recipient, 1971, henry, laurence, gantt, medal, days, westinghouse, known, automation, burnham, born, massachusetts, char. Donald Clemens Burnham January 23 1915 April 17 2005 was an American business executive at Westinghouse Electric Corporation and recipient of the 1971 Henry Laurence Gantt Medal 1 In his days at Westinghouse he was known as Mr Automation 2 Burnham was born in Massachusetts to Charles Richardson Burnham and Freda Clemens Burnham He obtained his BSc from Purdue University in 1936 3 He worked his way up in Westinghouse Electric Corporation where he was president and chief executive officer from 1963 to 1968 and chairman from 1969 to 1975 He was awarded an ED with honor from the Purdue University in 1959 from the Indiana Institute of Technology in 1963 and from the Drexel Institute of Technology in 1964 3 In 1971 he also received the Henry Laurence Gantt Medal Selected publications editDonald C Burnham Productivity Improvement Carnegie Press Carnegie Mellon University 1973 References edit Lester Robert Bittel Muriel Albers Bittel 1978 Encyclopedia of professional management p 456 Management Mr Automation Time Friday July 26 1963 a b World Who s who in Commerce and Industry 1968 p 196External links editDonald Clemens Burnham papers 1973 nbsp This business related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Donald C Burnham amp oldid 1169143735, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
