Landis, John W. (John William), 1917-
John W. Landis papers, 1943-1970.
Collection includes extensive documentation (correspondence, memoranda, proposals, studies, and reports) on a number of Babcock and Wilcox nuclear reactor projects worldwide. Other papers relate to Landis's membership on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Board of Visitors, 1966-1970; the Advisory Council of Virginia State Technical Services, 1966-1969; the Virginia State Advisory Committee on Nuclear Energy, 1956-1961; the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, 1954-1968; the Virginia Engineering Foundation of the University of Virginia, 1962-1969; and the Virginia Advisory Board on Industrial Development, 1962-1969.
Nuclear engineer. Educated at Lafayette College, the University of Rochester, and Princeton University. Consultant on guided missiles, U. S. Navy Department, 1946-1950; worked for the Educational Testing Service from 1948-1950 and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission from 1950-1953. Associated with the Babcock and Wilcox Company from 1953- 1969, as Head of Customer Relations, 1953-1955, Assistant Manager, 1955-1962, and manager, 1962-1965, of the Atomic Energy Division, and General Manager of Babcock and Wilcox Washington, D. C. operations, 1965-1969.
Landis, John W. (John William), 1917-
Babcock & Wilcox Company.
Virgina State Chamber of Commerce.
Nuclear reactors -- Design and construction.
Memorandums. aat
Proposals. aat
Reports. aat
Nuclear engineers. lcsh
University of Virginia. Virginia Engineering Foundation.
Virginia Advisory Board on Industrial Development.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Board of Visitors.
AIP-ICOS
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Carol M. Newman Library. Special Collections Department. P. O. Box 90001, Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001, USA