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Meet the man who watches Moscow
from Michigan Avenue
Jacob G. Tolpin, expert in the field of foreign scientific developments, often is consulted by leaders in academic, government and industrial enterprises.
He keeps tab on Russian scientific moves
NEW SMOKELESS STARTING METHOD
OLD METHOD
What are Russian scientists up to now?
Few people in America are better able to answer this question than a mild-mannered, unobtrusive man dressed like other business executives on Chicago's Michigan Avenue.
There is no cloak-and-dagger atmosphere surrounding Jacob G. Tolpin.
It has been the daily job of Mr. Tolpin since 1937 to keep track of Russian scientific advances. He is a key man on the staff of specialists at Standard Oil who analyze foreign technical journals and patents.
The primary purpose of this work is to keep Standard Oil research scientists informed of developments throughout the world. But the work has broader significance. Standard Oil furnishes important foreign technical data to nationally important bodies and to libraries, such as the Library of Congress. The knowledge gained from the foreign periodicals thus is made available to all.
Even the Russians admit, says Mr. Tolpin, that American knowledge of
petroleum technology is superior to their own. Standard's research at Whiting and other centers has resulted in many important discoveries which have helped to make America supreme in the field of petroleum and to strengthen its defenses. In the last few years alone, Standard scientists have made outstanding contributions that have advanced America's missile program and its jet air defense.
Since our first laboratory opened 68 years ago, we have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to learn more about oil — how to find it, produce it, refine it and make it more useful to more people than ever before.
What makes a company a good citizen?
One measure is the contribution a company makes to the economic and physicial strength of its country. Through constant and intensive research, we at Standard have tried to make oil yield its maximum usefulness— both for civilian and military purposes. Steadily mounting efficiency also has helped to keep the price of oil and gasoline down.
America's jets now have a new, improved smokeless starter cartridge (being used in the engine above, left) as the result of a Standard Oil research development. The old method, on the right, was so smoky it made concealment impossible and also blocked fliers' views of the field.
Radiation-resistant lubricants for atomic power plants are under study in Standard's research laboratories. Seymour Meyerson, above, is engaged in pioneering work in this new field. He is an authority on the controlled shattering of molecules by electron bombardment.
STANDARD OIL COM PAN Y (Indiana)
THE SIGN OF PROGRESS. THROUGH RESEARCH
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April 14, 1958 • Page 47