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Roy (Robert H) 1906-

Papers (1938-1991)

Ms. 354

Size:                    1 records center box

                         (1.25 linear ft.)

Processed:               May 1993

By:                      Joan Grattan

Provenance:              The papers were a gift of

                         Robert H. Roy, January, 1993.

Access:                  Unrestricted

Permission:              Permission to publish material from this

                         collection must be requested in writing

                         from the Manuscripts Librarian at the

                         address above.

Citation:                Robert H. Roy Papers Ms. 354 

                         Special Collections,

                         Milton S. Eisenhower Library,

                         The Johns Hopkins University

                      Roy (Robert H.) 1906-

                       Papers (1938-1991)

                             Ms. 354

Provenance

The papers were given to the University by Robert H. Roy, January,

1993.  The Accession Number is 92-93.29.

Biographical Note

Robert H. Roy was born in Baltimore, MD in 1906.  Following his

graduation from The Johns Hopkins University with the B.E. degree

in 1928, he joined Waverly Press, Inc. in Baltimore and advanced to

the position of vice president for engineering.  At the Press, he

was actively involved in engineering research and development of

new equipment in the printing field.  He developed the Roy type

case which permitted greater speed and accuracy for type setters.

He also developed a system of pre-positioning press forms which

materially increases press room production.  By time and motion

studies he created new press room procedures and work standards

which also increased output.

In 1945, Roy became a labor arbitrator for the American Arbitration

Association and served in thirty cases involving various companies

and unions.  He was a contract arbitrator for Lever Brothers Co.

and the International Chemical Workers-A.F.L. 

In 1949, Roy returned to Hopkins when he joined the faculty as an

associate professor of industrial engineering.  In 1953, he was

appointed Dean of the School of Engineering, a position he held

until his retirement in 1973.  Professor Roy has been active in

several professional societies and has had more than 40 articles

published.  He is the author of several books on industrial

engineering including The Administrative Process (1958), Operations

Research and Systems Engineering (1964), and Horizons for a

Profession (1967).  Robert H. Roy continues to live in Baltimore.

Professor Roy's two daughters encouraged him to write an account of

his varied career and to describe his many professional and civic

activities.  In 1990, he published privately a memoir,

Bragolections, in which he described the accomplishments in both

his industrial and his academic careers.   A copy of this memoir

is available in the Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. Archives, Special

Collections. (Bragolections is filed under the author's name in the

Vertical File.)

Scope and Content Note

The collection of Johns Hopkins University professor and engineer,

Robert H. Roy, is formed largely by his published articles on

engineering science and technology.  The written work, 1938-1981,

reflects Professor Roy's career and demonstrates the way in which

he applied his engineering background to both industry and to

teaching and administration.   

The collection has been artificially arranged, and the writings

have been filed chronologically.  The papers do not include lecture

notes, research notes, personal items, or administrative items from

his sevice as Dean, School of Engineering.  Aside from the

published articles, the collection also contains several

certificates and awards received by Professor Roy, some incoming

correspondence (1953-1967), and reports and papers from

conferences, seminars attended by Professor Roy.  Incoming letters,

1953-1954, are messages of congratulations regarding Roy's

appointment as Dean of the Engineering School.  Other

correspondence, 1964-1967, relates to publishing matters.

Roy's published articles (1938-1955) were related to his interest

in industrial engineering and more specifically to operations and

efficient management in the printing business.  When he joined the

faculty at Hopkins he wrote often about engineering curriculums and

the professional aspects of the field of engineering (1956-1981).

Professor Roy's work in operations research and the administrative

processes of engineering were recognized internationally.  In the

collection are copies of texts written by Roy, translated into

Japanese and Arabic.

A complete listing of items in the collection can be found in the

Container List.

                         Container List

                             Ms. 354

"Accreditation Report"  (Published n.d.), School of Engineering

Awards, Certificates  (1945-1991)

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Biographical information

Book Reviews by Robert H. Roy, 1978, 1984

Clippings

Convocation in honor of Andrew Schultz, Jr.; Cornell (May 9, 1980)

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute (Honorary degree, April 1970)

Hazardous Waste Facilities Board (State of MD, 1984)

Incoming Correspondence, 1953-1954

Incoming Correspondence, 1964-1967

Memorial for Joseph Trueman Thompson, March 1977

Patauxent Institution:

      (Article: "Dishonored in the Breach: Sabotage of a Good Law"

          1987)

Photographs:   25th Class reunion, 1953 

               Meeting of GAO, Nov. 1967

Reviews:  The Administrative Process (1958-1961)  

Reviews:  Horizons for a Profession (1967)

Reviews:  Management of Printing Production

Washington College (Honorary Degree, Sept. 14, 1982)

Western Electric Seminar, Jan. 22, 1969

Published articles of Robert H. Roy:

1938:     "Air Conditioning the Book Pressroom."

               Bookbinding & Book Production, Nov. 1938.

1938:     "Printing Plant Air Conditioning."  Refrigerating

               Engineering, July 1938.

1940-1945 -

1941:     "Press Production."  Printing, Oct. 1941.

1942:     "Press Packing."  Engineer, April 1942.

1942:     "Why Engineering Pays."  Printing, April 1942.

1943:     "Why Engineering Pays."  The Baltimore Engineer,

               Jan., 1943.

1943:     "Formula Composition."  Printing, March 1943.

1946-1949 -

1948:     "Format and Typography."  State Medical Journal Clinic,

               (Conference of Secretaries and Editors of State,

               Medical Assoc. Journals, Nov. 7, 1947.)

1948:     "Precision Pays."  British & Colonial Printer.

               Jan. 30 & Feb. 27, 1948.

1948:     "This New Hand Composition System Meets Today's

               Drastically Changed Requirements."  Inland Printer,

               Aug. 1948.

1948:     "An Alumnus-and a New Curriculum."  Johns Hopkins Alumni

               Magazine, V. 37, #1, Nov. 1948.

1949:     "Good Foremanship Requires More than Rules and

               Regulations."  Industry and Power, April 1949.

1949:     "How to Increase Production."  Printing Magazine,

               Dec. 1949.

1950-1955 -

1950:     "Report of the President."  The Baltimore Engineer,

               V. 25, #5, June 1950.   

1950:     "How Research Brought Gains in Caster and

               Keyboarding Time."  Printing Magazine, July 1950.

1951:     "Modern Production Management."  PIA Management Reports.

               V. 5, #45, Nov. 9, 1951.

1952:     "Do Wage Incentives Reduce Costs?"  Industrial and Labor

               Relations Review, V. 5, #2, Jan. 1952.

1952:     "New Plans at Hopkins."  Johns Hopkins Magazine, V. 3,

               #7, April 1952.    

1953:     "Operations Research and Industrial Engineering..."

               Scientific Monthly, V. 87, #3, Sept. 1953.

1955:     "Education for Professional Practice."  The Exponent,

               June 1955.

1956-1960 -

1956:     "On Staff Organization and Operations Analysis."

               Operations Research, V. 4 #3, June 1956.

1959:     "Engineering Science and the National Science Foundation.

               J. of Engineering Education, V.50, #3, Dec. 1959. 

1959:     Review of Work Simplification: Creative Thinking about

               Work Problems.  Robert N. Lehrer. (1957).

                Operations Research, V. 7, #3, May-June 1959.

1960-1965 -

1960:     "A Case Study in Newspaper Operations."  Reprinted from

               Operations Research and Systems Engineering ed. by

               Charles D. Flagle, Wm. H. Huggins, Robert H. Roy. 

1962:     "Mathematical Models for Public Utility Rate Regulation."

               J. of Industrial Engineering, Jan.-Feb. 1962.

1962:     [Reprint is not titled]  J. of Industrial Engineering,

               Sept.-Oct., 1962.       

1962:     Review of Industrial Diagnosis by K. Pennycuick (1961).

1963:     "Role of the Engineer in Today's Society.  Baltimore,

               March, 1963.  

1964:     "An Outline for Research in Penology."  Operations

               Research, Jan.-Feb. 1964.

1966-1969

1966:     "Banner with a Strange Device.:  Engineering Education,

               Sept. 1966.

1966:     "The Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum in the

               United States."  Reprint from Cento Conference on

               Engineering Education, (Isfahan, Iran, Nov. 7-13,

               1966).        

1967:     "The Curriculum in Industrial Education." Industrial

               Engineering, Sept. 1967.

1967:     "Introspection - and a Forward Look."  Engineering

               Education, Sept. 1967.       

1968:      Reply to "The Common Body of Knowledge for CPAs: Some

               Problems in Analysis," an article by Mayer N.

               Zald. J. of Accounting Research, V.6 #1,

               Spring 1968.

1968:     "Horizons for a Profession."  J. of Accountancy,.

               Sept. 1968.

1968:     "Proposed: A National Society for All Engineers."

               J. of Engineering Education, V.59 #4, Dec. 1968. 

1968:     "A Proposal for the Establishment of a National

               Engineering Society."  The Bent of Tau Beta Pi,.

               Dec. 1968.

1969:     "Industry's Stake in the Changing Engineering

               Curriculum."  Report of the College-Industry

               Conference, Feb., 1969.

1980-1985

1981:     "Politics, Social Forces, and Engineering Management."

               Engineering Management International, Jan. 1981.

[1985]:   Review of Beyond Mechanization: Work and Technology in a

               Post-Industrial Age by Larry Hirschhorn. (1984)

               Am. J. of Sociology. n.d.

n.d       "Operations Research in the Printing Industry."

Conference Reports, Panel Discussions:

1936      "Type Durability."  Report of a Test Made by the Waverly

               Press, Balto., 1936.

1961      Proposal to the Ford Foundation

1966      CENTO Conference on Engineering Ecucation, Isfahan, Iran.

1968      "Final Report (No. 5) on Operations Research and

               Systems Engineering Study of a University Library

1976      Panel on Public Policy on Nuclear Engergy for

               Electricity Generation.

1976      "Outlook for Nuclear Power."  Nuclear Power Seminar

               sponsored by Balto. Gas & Elec. Co., October 14,

               1976.

1976      Robert H. Roy Symposium on Decision Making.

1977      Resum‚s of Members, Governor's Science Advisory Council,

               State of Maryland, 1977.

Produttivita, November 1952.

Vector, November 1953.

The Johns Hopkins Magazine, June 1953 and March-April 1963.

Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant (Privately printed, 1953.)

Arabic translation of The Cultures of Management.  Balto.: The

     Johns Hopkins Press, 1970.

Japanese translations of:

          The Administrative Process. Balto.: The Johns Hopkins

               Press, 1958.

          Operations Research and Systems Engineering.  Balto.:

               The Johns Hopkins Press, 1964.

          Horizons for a Profession.  Balto.: The Johns Hopkins

               Press, 1967.

Nederlandse Boekdrukkers in Amerika. (A published volume describing

a fact-finding tour by teams from the Dutch printing industry to

printing works in the United States, February and March 1951.)

Carnot, S.  Reflection on the Motive Power of Heat.  Translated by

     R. H. Thurston.  New York:  American Society of Mechanical

     Engineers, 1943.  Designed and Composed by Robert H. Roy.

Bound copy of Journal of Accounting Research. V. 6, 1968.