James E. Gleason
James Emmet Gleason (November 27, 1869 – February 10, 1964) was an American mechanical engineer, President of the Gleason Corporation, and inventor. He was awarded the ASME Medal in 1939.[1]
Gleason was born in Rochester, New York, son of the Irish immigrant William Gleason (1836-1922), founder of the Gleason Corporation, and Ellen (McDermott) Gleason.[2] He studied mechanical engineer at Cornell University. After his graduation he started his lifelong career at the Gleason Corporation, manufacturer of precision machine tools. He was president from 1922 to 1947, and until his death chairman of the board. He served as president of the National Machine Tool Builders Association.[1] He was the brother of pioneering female engineer and businesswoman Kate Gleason.
Selected publications
- Patent Patent US1236834 - Gear-cutter, 1915-17.
- Patent US 1236836 A - Gear-generator, 1917.
- Patent Patent US1372340 - Gear-cutting machine, 1917-21.
- Patent Patent US1612371 - Apparatus for finishing curved-tooth gears, 1926.
- Patent Method and apparatus for making gears - US 1660502 A, 1928.
References
- ^ a b "JAMES E. GLEASON, MACHINE MAKER, 95," The New York Times, Feb. 13, 1964
- ^ John William Leonard, William Frederick Mohr, Herman Warren Knox. Who's who in New York City and State, Vol. 11. 1947. p. 397
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- 1921: Hjalmar G. Carlson
- 1922: Frederick A. Halsey
- 1923: John R. Freeman
- 1926: Robert Andrews Millikan
- 1927: Wilfred Lewis
- 1928: Julian Kennedy
- 1930: W. L. R. Emmet
- 1931: Albert Kingsbury
- 1933: Ambrose Swasey
- 1934: Willis Carrier
- 1935: Charles T. Main
- 1936: Edward Bausch
- 1937: Edward P. Bullard Jr.
- 1938: Stephen J. Pigott
- 1939: James E. Gleason
- 1940: Charles F. Kettering
- 1941: Theodore von Kármán
- 1942: Ervin G. Bailey
- 1943: Lewis K. Sillcox
- 1944: Edward G. Budd
- 1945: William F. Durand
- 1946: Morris E. Leeds
- 1947: Paul W. Kiefer
- 1948: Frederick G. Keyes
- 1949: Fred L. Dornbrook
- 1950: Harvey C. Knowles
- 1951: Glenn B. Warren
- 1952: Nevin E. Funk
- 1953: Crosby Field
- 1954: E. Burnley Powell
- 1955: Granville M. Read
- 1956: Harry F. Vickers
- 1957: Llewellyn M. K. Boelter
- 1958: Wilbur H. Armacost
- 1959: Martin Frisch
- 1960: C. Richard Soderberg
- 1962: Philip Sporn
- 1963: Igor I. Sikorsky
- 1964: Alan Howard
- 1965: Jan Burgers
- 1967: Mayo D. Hersey
- 1968: Samuel C. Collins
- 1969: Lloyd H. Donnell
- 1970: Robert R. Gilruth
- 1971: Horace Smart Beattie
- 1972: Waloddi Weibull
- 1973: Christopher C. Kraft Jr.
- 1974: Nicholas J. Hoff
- 1975: Maxime A. Faget
- 1976: Raymond D. Mindlin
- 1977: Robert W. Mann
- 1979: Jacob P. Den Hartog
- 1980: Soichiro Honda
- 1981: Robert S. Hahn
- 1983: Jack N. Binns Sr.
- 1984: Aaron Cohen
- 1985: Milton C. Shaw
- 1986: Orlan W. Boston
- 1987: Philip G. Hodge
- 1988: Eric Reissner
- 1989: William R. Sears
- 1990: Harley A. Wilhelm
- 1992: Daniel C. Drucker
- 1993: Richard H. Gallagher
- 1996: Robert C. Dean Jr.
- 1997: Bernard Budiansky
- 1998: Frank Kreith
- 1999: H. Norman Abramson
- 2000: Arthur E. Bergles
- 2001: Warren M. Rohsenow
- 2002: Leroy S. Fletcher
- 2003: Norman R. Augustine
- 2004: Bradford W. Parkinson
- 2005: Robert E. Uhrig
- 2006: Richard J. Goldstein
- 2007: Dean L. Kamen
- 2008: Frank E. Talke
- 2009: Nam-pyo Suh
- 2010: John Abele
- 2011: C. Daniel Mote, Jr.
- 2012: Jan D. Achenbach
- 2013: Siavouche Nemat-Nasser
- 2014: Van C. Mow
- 2015: James R. Rice
- 2016: J. N. Reddy
- 2017: Zděnek P. Bažant
- 2018: Thomas J.R. Hughes
- 2019: Reginald I. Vachon
- 2020: Subra Suresh
- 2021: Pol D. Spanos
- 2022: Katepalli R. Sreenivasan
- 2023: Huajian Gao
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