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

Opportunities in the Electronic and Atomic Age \3cientific research is the basis for virtually all of the material things we have today and for the better things we hope to enjoy tomorrow, General Sarnoff said in an address before the Bernard M. Baruch School of Business and Public Administration, City College of New York, on November 1, 1954. His topic was "Op- portunities in the Electronic and Atomic Age." "Your heritage is rich and inspiring," General Sar- noff told the students, "replete with exhilarating oppor- tunities. It includes substantial improvements in man's lot, a quickened sense of social responsibility, and unprecedented opportunities for service on both the material and the spiritual levels. "My generation has only reconnoitered on the frontiers; yours will push far beyond them—and you are fortunate in having both the electron and the atom young like yourselves. "Whatever course you choose to follow, it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving to succeed and to add something to the welfare and happiness of your community as well as to yourself. If you set your sights above mere personal security, you will avoid mediocrity. "Pioneering and scientific research are the blood and the sinew of industry, providing the basis for versatility and vitality. They give America economic strength and increase our national security. They lead to new products and services, cultivate prosperity and improve the health of the nation. "Science, through research, has a unique way of edging up to an existing industry or business to com- pletely revolutionize routines and operations, to in- crease their safety and productivity and to provide a better return for labor on its effort and for capital on its investment. "From the broad viewpoint, our whole pattern of life—our homes and clothing, the automobiles, planes and trains we travel in—are all products of scientific research. And our social, political and economic insti- tutions—even the conflicts involving them—are affected by that research. "You of this generation are fortunate in being on the threshold of electronics, and also of atomic energy, another vast field for opportunity and advancement. "You are lucky to be young and to be living in a country so vibrant with opportunities. But your greatest advantage is the fact that you are Americans who are free to live, learn, work and advance, in an atmosphere where the dignity and rights of man are the foundations of our national structure. And they are foundations upon which a more stable world can be built. "May I recall to you Mr. Baruch's wise admonition: 'To attain the stability we yearn for in this world, we must first find stability within ourselves.' " George Y. Wheeler Elected RCA Vice-President E, ;LECTION of George Y. Wheeler, II, as a Staff Vice- President of the Radio Corporation of America with offices in Washington, D. C, has been announced by Brig. General David Sarnoff, Chairman of the Board of RCA. Mr. Wheeler, who has been serving on the staff of National Broadcasting Company in Washington, will handle general staff assignments related to the business of the Radio Corporation of America. Joining NBC in 1937 as a page boy, Mr. Wheeler served from 1938 to 1944 in NBC's Program Depart- ment in Washington as an announcer, performer, writer, producer and program manager. He became a war correspondent for NBC in the European Theater of Operations during 1944. From 1945 to 1949, Mr. Wheeler was Assistant General Manager of NBC in Washington. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1937. Between 1951 and 1954, he attended the Law School of National Uni- versity in Washington. Mr. Wheeler serves on the Board of Governors of the Metropolitan Club of Washington and is a member of The Chevy Chase Club, and Delta Theta Phi, law fraternity. 18 RADIO AGE