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195/ Wrote letter congratulation to [[red underlined]] Dr. Urey [[/red underlined]] who has been awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Believe he is the youngest to receive this honor. [[red underlined]] Fine chap. [[/red underlined]] [[underlined]] Nov 18 [[/underlined]] (Sunday)Here all day study and writing as usually. [[strikethrough]] Nov 19 [[/strikethrough]] The Sunday [[red underlined]] N.Y Times published my portrait in its Rotogravure supplement announcing my Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Brussels. [[/red underlined]] [[underlined]] Nov 19. [[/underlined]] Today is anniversary of [[red underlined]] 100 year Foundation of Brussels University, [[/red underlined]] to which I was invited to receive my Hon. Causa degree. This afternoon at meeting of Faculty of Engineering, [[red underlined]] Dr. Nicholas Murray [[/red underlined]] Butler reserved his congratulations verbally. [[underlined]] Nov. 20. [[/underlined]] [[left margin in red]] [[red underlined]] Lecture [[/red underlined]] at Columbia [[/left margin in red]] [[red underlined]] Lectured [[/red underlined]] ^[[11 AM.]] to [[red underlined]] Chemical Engineering [[/red underlined]] students in Chandler Hall on: [[red underlined]] "Some stimulants and detriments of the Chemical Industry", [[/red underlined]] putting special stress on combination of Science, research and common sense business. Also showing how Germany won her supremacy in organic chemistry this way, and by [[red underlined]] enrolling the students of Kekulé among the management of its dye- [[/red underlined]] industry based on synthesis, stimulated research etc. - Good financial management + good business management + science. Present dangers here by Sherman Act not permitting us to face I.Cr. [[strikethrough]] Bristh [[/strikethrough]] and the British and other Chemical Trusts and Cartels from foreign countries. [[strikethrough]] Also [[/strikethrough]] our [[strikethrough]] revenue [[/strikethrough]] income-tax laws not allowing sufficiently rapid writing off for amortisation and obsolescence of chemical industries so as to face probability of new discoveries, superseding rapidly each other. - Also the power Germany [[end page]] [[start page]] 196/ and other foreign countries have in "freezing" i.e. not operating their patents in the U.S. and prevents others of doing so; because [[strikethrough]] our P [[/strikethrough]] the [[red underlined]] Patent laws of the U.S. [[/red underlined]] contrary to all other countries [[red underlined]] do not compel foreign patentees to keep their patents [[/red underlined]] alive here by working them in this country. A good audience - about 75 also some of my colleagues, [[red underlined]] McKee, Hixson, Morgan, Fink, Work, [[/red underlined]] etc. Went with them for luncheon at Faculty Club, where met many who came to congratulate me. [[underlined]] Nov. 21 [[/underlined]] [[left margin in red]] Pantone Trist [[/left margin in red]] [[red underlined]] Trist [[/red underlined]] came to see me at office. He leaves tomorrow for England. Had short interview with him. Told him that altho' I regretted very much that we spent [[red underlined]] 3 years work and over $300,000 [[/red underlined]] to make his [[red underlined]] Pantone, [[/red underlined]] a success we had to abandon it. Nevertheless my associates as well as myself considered him as an honest man in his statements which induced us to take the risk. That unfortunately the details of the process were so much more delicate and difficult than he and any of us anticipated. He expressed similar friendly feelings, but added that he believed [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] Pantone would still show its value. - I hope he is right, altho' [[red underlined]] we certainly shall not attempt to put further money and work into this scheme. Let it be a good lesson for George, [[/red underlined]] Swan and all of us who embarked into a business which we were not aware of [[strikethrough]] h [[/strikethrough]] our ignorance as to the difficulties. ^[[Miami]] Herald, last Sunday published my portrait and career in relation to [[underlined]] Brussels [[/underlined]]
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Lincoln T. Work was a member of Columbia U. Engineering faculty.
