Donald Clemens Burnham (January 23, 1915 - April 17, 2005) was an American business executive at

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, and recipient of the 1971

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.Lester Robert Bittel, Muriel Albers Bittel (1978), ''Encyclopedia of professional management .'' p. 456 In his days at Westinghouse he was known as "Mr. Automation.""Management: Mr. Automation," ''Time,'' Friday, July 26, 1963 Burnham was born in

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to Charles Richardson Burnham and Freda (Clemens) Burnham. He obtained his BSc from

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in 1936.''World Who's who in Commerce and Industry.'' 1968. p. 196 He worked his way up in

, where he was president and chief executive officer from 1963 to 1968, and chairman from 1969 to 1975. He was awarded an ED with honor from the Purdue University in 1959, from the

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in 1963, and from the

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in 1964. In 1971 he also received the

Selected publications

* Donald C. Burnham. ''Productivity Improvement.'' Carnegie Press, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1973.

References

External links

Donald Clemens Burnham papers: 1973
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