Thursday, October 4, 2007

John Fairfield Thompson

1881-1968 .
Worked for 5 decades. Thomson-- is an Inco guy. Scientist--worked on Nickel and Nickel Alloys.
Worked on the classic Stainless Steel Kitchen Sink. All that and the kitchen sink?
Maybe a story in there.

Was a mining executive/owner/ doing explorations of Lynn Lake in Manitoba.
Made first fully integrated mine/mill/refining place.
Town was named after him. Thompson I guess.

American. Began as scientist for Inco.
Worked on alloys/different usage for metals.
Moved from US to Canada. Became senior executive. '
Presumably Ontario/Sudbury. (although no proof in the record here--could have been exec in Toronto)
BIG output during WWII of nickel.

Designed the stainless steel sink.... in 1948. That's a cool story. How about that?

Became president--chairman. Did manitoba stuff.

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