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At Work in Industry Today Page 19

[photo to right]
Roscoe B. Robinson, Jr.

Californian prepares for career by studying during Navy service

When Roscoe Robinson saw a help-wanted ad for a calibration technician in the General Electric electronic tube plant at Palo Alto, Calif., he applied, but without much hope.
     He had already been job-hunting unsuccessfully for two months and had had no luck with 100 written applications to California companies. Although he had not expected that his transition to civilian life from the Navy would be simple, he had not anticipated as much difficulty as he was experiencing.
     Yet, Mr. Robinson got the job, largely because of his good Navy record. While with the Navy he served on two carriers, one destroyer and had two valuable years as an electronic technician at the Naval Air Development Center in Johnsville, Pa. (where he had also attended night school classes at Temple University).
     Less than five months after joining General Electric, he won a three-grade promotion into the technician classification. Meanwhile, he had been offered jobs by two other companies, but he stayed with GE because he felt that the work offered him the bet challenge and opportunity.
     He kept on going to school (College of San Mateo) studying microwave theory and electronic math. He now intends to remain in the instrumentation field and continue his schooling to become a top-flight specialist in it.
     Roscoe Robinson was born in Houston June 26, 1938, just in time (he says) to interfere with is father's plans to become a doctor (the senior Robinson became a painter instead and now serves as a foreman at an Air Force base). Young Mr. Robinson grew up in Richmond, Calif., the oldest of eight children. After an undistinguished high school career, he served six years in the Navy which he feels was "the making of me." There he says he learned this lesson: "To keep a job you work like heck and learn as much as you can to make yourself more valuable."
     He and his wife, a registered nurse, expect to teach this lesson early to their children (Karen is two and another child is on the way).
     Mr. Robinson has this advice to the young man on the way up:
     "Try to decide what you want to do. In this process avoid the 'herd' instinct. Determine that you will be a cut above average. If you cannot decide on something definite, set your goals as high as you think you are capable of reaching and aim in this direction."

[photo to right]
Charles Rundles

Quality technician aims for perfection in electronics equipment

The quality of the nation's military electronics equipment must be first rate. Perfection is the aim of every important builder of such equipment-- even though much of it is among the most complex equipment ever made by man.
     Charles Rundles has an important role in quality work at one of the nation's most important military electronics plants, General Electric's Light Military Electronics Department plant in Utica, N.Y.
     As a senior electronic technician in quality control work, he helps provide technical guidance and leadership to 16 to 20 highly skilled technicians and inspectors.
     He's progressed into this key spot rapidly, since signing up with GE as a junior technician in 1956. After eight years in industry he says, "while there may be instances of prejudice I, personally, have not encountered any." Promotions, he believes, are base don the individual's ability.
     Mr. Rundles studied electronics in Detroit after serving in the Army for three years during the Korean conflict. Since coming to GE he has taken courses at Mohawk Valley Community College and Utica College.
     "To all students aspiring to work in industry, especially in electronics," he advises, "get as much education as possible and learn to communicate with fellow employees."

[photo to left]
Benjamin W. Sallard

Teamwork and experience help lick problems in exciting space work

As manager of Manufacturing Proposal Programming for General Electric's Re-entry Systems Department in Philadelphia, 35-year-old Benjamin W. Sallard directs the activities of half a dozen manufacturing programming engineers. Their task: To estimate the costs and prepare other manufacturing information necessary for bidding on new business.
     Ben Sallard has the utmost confidence in this business of space. "Sure, there are problems and we run into economic slumps," he says, "but we have an excellent team of people and such sound experience that we're sure

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[photo to right] Roscoe B. Robinson, Jr. Californian prepares for career by studying during Navy service When Roscoe Robinson saw a help-wanted ad for a calibration technician in the General Electric electronic tube plant at Palo Alto, Calif., he applied, but without much hope. He had already been job-hunting unsuccessfully for two months and had had no luck with 100 written applications to California companies. Although he had not expected that his transition to civilian life from the Navy would be simple, he had not anticipated as much difficulty as he was experiencing. Yet, Mr. Robinson got the job, largely because of his good Navy record. While with the Navy he served on two carriers, one destroyer and had two valuable years as an electronic technician at the Naval Air Development Center in Johnsville, Pa. (where he had also attended night school classes at Temple University). Less than five months after joining General Electric, he won a three-grade promotion into the technician classification. Meanwhile, he had been offered jobs by two other companies, but he stayed with GE because he felt that the work offered him the bet challenge and opportunity. He kept on going to school (College of San Mateo) studying microwave theory and electronic math. He now intends to remain in the instrumentation field and continue his schooling to become a top-flight specialist in it. Roscoe Robinson was born in Houston June 26, 1938, just in time (he says) to interfere with is father's plans to become a doctor (the senior Robinson became a painter instead and now serves as a foreman at an Air Force base). Young Mr. Robinson grew up in Richmond, Calif., the oldest of eight children. After an undistinguished high school career, he served six years in the Navy which he feels was "the making of me." There he says he learned this lesson: "To keep a job you work like heck and learn as much as you can to make yourself more valuable." He and his wife, a registered nurse, expect to teach this lesson early to their children (Karen is two and another child is on the way). Mr. Robinson has this advice to the young man on the way up: "Try to decide what you want to do. In this process avoid the 'herd' instinct. Determine that you will be a cut above average. If you cannot decide on something definite, set your goals as high as you think you are capable of reaching and aim in this direction." [photo to right] Charles Rundles Quality technician aims for perfection in electronics equipment The quality of the nation's military electronics equipment must be first rate. Perfection is the aim of every important builder of such equipment-- even though much of it is among the most complex equipment ever made by man. Charles Rundles has an important role in quality work at one of the nation's most important military electronics plants, General Electric's Light Military Electronics Department plant in Utica, N.Y. As a senior electronic technician in quality control work, he helps provide technical guidance and leadership to 16 to 20 highly skilled technicians and inspectors. He's progressed into this key spot rapidly, since signing up with GE as a junior technician in 1956. After eight years in industry he says, "while there may be instances of prejudice I, personally, have not encountered any." Promotions, he believes, are base don the individual's ability. Mr. Rundles studied electronics in Detroit after serving in the Army for three years during the Korean conflict. Since coming to GE he has taken courses at Mohawk Valley Community College and Utica College. "To all students aspiring to work in industry, especially in electronics," he advises, "get as much education as possible and learn to communicate with fellow employees." [photo to left] Benjamin W. Sallard Teamwork and experience help lick problems in exciting space work As manager of Manufacturing Proposal Programming for General Electric's Re-entry Systems Department in Philadelphia, 35-year-old Benjamin W. Sallard directs the activities of half a dozen manufacturing programming engineers. Their task: To estimate the costs and prepare other manufacturing information necessary for bidding on new business. Ben Sallard has the utmost confidence in this business of space. "Sure, there are problems and we run into economic slumps," he says, "but we have an excellent team of people and such sound experience that we're sure 19