A Man For His People

摘要

The case can be made that by the late 1800s George Westinghouse was America's greatest living engineer. He had 361 patents issued to him during his lifetime. Hundreds more patents bore the names of engineers who worked for him. Beginning with the railroad air brake, Westinghouse's inventiveness formed the basis of a commercial empire.rnHe surrounded himself with good people, including other great engineers of the time-Benjamin Lamme, Oliver Shallenberger, Charles Scott, William Stanley, Lewis Stillwell. and Albert Schmid.rnThey were loyal to him and got credit for their work.rnGiven the evidence of his companies when he controlled them, there is another case to be made for George Westing-house: that he may also have been America's greatest living industrial manager.