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Food and Flavor at Arthur D. Little, Inc.

  Food and Flavor at Arthur D. Little, Inc. The history of food at Arthur D. Little began quite early.  Roger Griffin and Arthur Little frequently analyzed a variety of foods, including chickens, milk, and sugars in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Starting in the 1920s,

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Joe Voci Story

Arthur D. Little Management Education Institute Arthur D. Little, Inc. did many unusual things, including starting a school. Likely that school was the first started and run by a for-profit corporation. ADL had a contract with the Department of State’s Agency for International Development (aka. USAID). The

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Hank Buccigross’ Memories of ADL

ARTHUR D. LITTLE AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT   Roger Burrill Griffin partnered with Arthur D. Little in 1886 to form Griffin & Little, Chemical Engineers. Griffin was the Analytical Chemist working hard in the laboratory. Arthur Little was described –at times– as the salesman, but others (including me)

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A Historic Perspective-Arthur D. Little Transportation Projects

In 1911, Carl F. Woods, was the Chemical Engineer in charge of the Arthur D. Little, Inc. Electric Railway Department that provided inspection, chemical analyses and physical tests of all material and supplies-specifications-timber preservation-electrolysis surveys.  Woods was also noted as a Director and Secretary of Arthur D.

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ADLAA “NIGHT AT THE POPS”

The ADL Alumni Association has reserved 80 tickets for the Tuesday, May 21, concert at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. Keith Lockhart will be conducting an evening of music from the “Mad Men” era of the 50’s and 60’s, described as a time when smoky “Rat

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Coming Event April 10, 2013: 200 Years of Advances in Medicine

http://www.nejm.org/page/media-center/editor-in-chief Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., joined the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) as editor-in-chief in July of 2000. At NEJM, Dr. Drazen’s responsibilities include oversight of all editorial content and policies. His editorial background includes service as an associate editor or editorial board member for the

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Interview with Derek Till

Product and Process Development Little and Griffin saw their 1886 laboratory as much more than an operation for chemical analysis. Both men were interested in “investigations for the improvement of processes and the perfection of products”. In the early 1900s, Arthur D. Little provided an unusual array

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Annual Meeting, November 13, 2012

Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, 13 November 2012.  ADLAA members will be gathering for a social dinner plus a first-hand account of the rebirth of ADL as an independent firm.  John Brennan, Managing Director Americas of the new ADL and a fellow alumnus of our “old”

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2012 Annual Reunion: Wednesday, September 12

If you act now, you can assure yourself a seat at the 2012 ADLAA reunion and take advantage of a members-only early bird special! The ADLAA Board will welcome alumni to the 2012 ANNUAL REUNION ON: Wednesday, September 12, 6:00-9:30 p.m. (Buffet Dinner & Cash Bar) AT:

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EHS Practice Overview

It could be said (and has been said) that the Environmental Health and Safety Practice at ADL started with Dr. Little in the early 1900s. During the opening of MIT’s applied chemistry laboratory in 1909, Dr. Little said “Every waste that is prevented, or turned to profit,

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