Radio age research, manufacturing, communications, broadcasting, television (1941)

Honorary Degrees to Folsom and Engstrom IKANK M. Kill,SUM t-^liANK M. FOLSOM. President of the Radio Corporation of America, received honorary de- frre€.>s of Doctor of Laws from Fordham I'niversity and Manhat- tan ('ollejff. New York, tlllrin^' Com- mencement Kxercises held at the two institutions on .Iiine 0 and 14 respectively. The citation acccimpaiiyinjr Mr. F'olsom's decree at Fordham read a.s follows: FRANK MARION FOLSOM — The distinK'uished jiresident of the Radio Corporation of Amer- ica, awarded the Presidential Medal in reco^'nition of his con- tinued and outstanding services to our country in administering a multiplicity of hi>fh offices throujrhnut the war years. reci|)i- ent of the Distinv'uished Civilian Award, the Navy's coveted honor. His American ancestry dates to the early seventeenth-century waves of colonists to our shores. The record of his name in the roll.s of our country's patriots entitles him to memhership in the Sons of the Revolution. For two decades he ha.s executed top-level posts not only in the larjfest busi- ness of the world—our Govern- ment—but also in half a dozen leadini; corporations. He simul- taneously holds directorships in numerous companies and he is a rejrent or councilor or trustee in many institutions of hijrher learn- injr throujrhnut the United States. For his work and his achieve- ments in favor of the church he holds the papal honor of Roman Knijrht in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. In celebration of his preat personal accomplish- ments and to add our tribute to his other honors, he is presented for our most jr'orious decoration, the honorarv depree of Doctor of Laws. .At .Manhattan College, the follow- ing tribute preceded the award of the depree to Mr. Folsom: The family name borne by this tiistiiiKuished gentleman, Frank Marion Folsom. has been a bri^'ht and honored liKht, from the very l)ojrinninp, in the history of New Knjrland. In the business world (if manajrement and iiroduction that honorable name rinps as a synonym for hard work, for un- tiring perseverance, for absolute honest.v linked with hijrh pifts of mind and heart. Today this dis- tinjfuished gentleman holds the Idfty iiosition of President of the liadio Corporation of .America. He has l)een besides, the recipient of the hijrhest honors of Church and State in recojrnition of no- table services rendered to both. KImer W. Fnpstrom. vice presi- dent of the Radio C<u'poration of America in charge of research at RCA Laboratories, was awarded the honorary dejrree of Doctor of Laws at the Commencement Kxer- cises of .New '^■(u-k L'niversity on •hine 15. IJrin. General David Sarnoff. Chairman of the Hoard of RC.A and a member of the I'niversity's Gnv- erniuK' Board, escorted Mr. Knjr- strom to the speaker's iilatf<»rm where Chancellor Harry Woodburn Chase conferi-ed the decree with this citation : KI \IKIt W, KNCSTHoM E I. -M E li W I L L I A M E N G - STROM—A native of Minnesota and an enjrineerinjr jrraduate of the University of that state, his ))ersonal contributions as a re- search enjrineer to radio and elec- tronic development, and notably to the incredible progress of tele- vision, command the forthright respect of his .scientific peers. \'ice president in charge of re- search of the Radio Corporation of .America, he is one of that ex- clusive group of latter-day Pro- metheans who not only illumines with his own brilliance, but who yokes the genius of fellow Titans unrenowned for tractability into corporate resourcefulness and fecundity. President of the In- dustri.il Research Institute, he is concerne<l moreover with the con- stant improvement of research activity throughout American in- dustry as a buttress to our com- mon wealth. In his residential community at the grass roots level he has no less proved him- self the good citizen in various roles of civic leadership. For all of which, with unconscionable gusto, we would envelop him with the bondage of our honorary doc- iiirate of Science. 24 RADIO AG L