Walter Curlook

1929--Alive

Helped shape the world's largest nickel producer. INCO.

born in Ontario. Near Sudbury. Began work at INCO part-time while in highschool.
Did PhD in Metallurgy.

Returned to INCO. Researcher.
1989-- became a director at INCO.
then became commissioner of INCO in Indonesia.
retired--and still president of an INCO company in South Pacific.

Scientific discoveries.
For both refining. And for environment--lower the waste.

Leader in r/D in Thompson MB and Sudbury.

What's this?
He helped create Continuous Mining Systems (CMS), which built innovative mining equipment to improve Inco's productivity. CMS, now an independent firm, has more than 250 employees and annual sales of $50 million.