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- Title
- U.S.S. Will Rogers (Polaris Sub)
- Date(s)
- 1966
- Creator
- Lukens Steel Company
- Description
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Written on verso: 'Launching - Groton, Conn. Nearly 2,000 tons of heavy-gauge Lukens H4-80 steel went into the hull. 1966 Lukens annual report.'
- Collection ID
- Lukens Steel Company photographs (Accession 1972.360)
- Hagley ID
- 72360_0743
- Collection
- Lukens Steel Company photographs
- Title
- Keel laying ceremonies for USS Nautilus
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Creator
- Lukens Steel Company
- Description
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Written on verso: 'U.S.S. 'Nautilus,' Groton, Conn. World's first atomic-powered submarines, Nautilus and Seawolf, have Lukens high tensile steel in their keels. 1955 Lukens annual report.'
- Collection ID
- Lukens Steel Company photographs (Accession 1972.360)
- Hagley ID
- 72360_0751
- Collection
- Lukens Steel Company photographs
- Title
- USS Nautilus submarine in water
- Date(s)
- 1960?, 1960
- Creator
- Lukens Steel Company
- Collection ID
- Lukens Steel Company photographs (Accession 1972.360)
- Hagley ID
- 72360_0745
- Collection
- Lukens Steel Company photographs
- Title
- Interview with John "Jack" A. Krol, 2016 September 29 and 2016 October 7
- Date(s)
- 2016-09-29, 2016-10-07
- Contributor(s)
- Krol, John A. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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In his interview, John Krol details the following three phases of his career: nuclear submarine development in the Navy, development engineer to senior management at DuPont Co., and his post-DuPont career serving on various boards in industry, education, and charitable organizations. Krol describes his early life in Massachusetts, crediting his grandfather for developing his sense of discipline, expectations, and high standards. He then details his education at Tufts, which he attended on an...
Show moreIn his interview, John Krol details the following three phases of his career: nuclear submarine development in the Navy, development engineer to senior management at DuPont Co., and his post-DuPont career serving on various boards in industry, education, and charitable organizations. Krol describes his early life in Massachusetts, crediting his grandfather for developing his sense of discipline, expectations, and high standards. He then details his education at Tufts, which he attended on an ROTC scholarship, and his post-college naval service. He describes his experience in an elite naval group working on nuclear submarine development under the command of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover.
Krol then transitions to his career at DuPont, explaining his reasons for this career shift. He describes the opportunities for career advancement available to him as he held a variety of engineering and management positions. Krol also discusses his experience in manufacturing at Old Hickory and relates some of the events around a threatened strike there. He then discusses his promotion to a marketing sales position and his later impact in the Agriculture Products Department. He then details his experience as President of the Textile Fibers Department and later as Chairmen of the Board of Directors and President of DuPont Co.
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20160929_Krol
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department