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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
List of American automobile and aviation engineers to be thanked for their goodwill during a visit to America.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 173\3\  img159
Date  3rd May 1934
  
To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}20/KW. 3.5.34.

The following Automobile Engineers were particularly helpful to me during my visit to America, and it might be in the interests of the Company to thank them officially for their goodwill.

(1) Mr. Seaholm, Chief Engineer, Cadillac Motor Car Co., Detroit, Michigan.
(2) Mr. S.G. Bates, Chief Engineer of Hudson-Essex Co., Detroit, Michigan.
(3) Mr. Brodie, General Manager, and Mr. Paton, Chief Engineer, of the Packard Co., Detroit, Michigan.
(4) Mr. Bower, Chief Engineer of the Buick Co., Flint, Michigan.
(5) Mr. Kishline, Chief Engineer, Graham Paige Co., Detroit, Michigan.
(6) Mr. Guy Vaughan, President of the Curtiss Wright Corporation, Paterson, New Jersey; and Messrs. Arthur Nutt, P.V. Taylor and R.{Sir Henry Royce} Chiltern, members of the same firm.
(7) Mr. W.J. Davidson of the General Motors Laboratory, General Motors Building, Detroit, Michigan.
(8) Mr. Anibal, Chief Engineer of the Pontiac Motor Car Co., Flint, Michigan.
(9) Mr. Marcus, Managing Director, Eclipse Aviation Corporation, Lamsing, New Jersey.
(10) General Pratt, Officer Commanding, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio; and Captain Powers, in charge of Power Plant Section.
(11) Mr. Dawson, Chief Engineer of the Delco Electrical Corporation, Muncie, Indiana.
(12) Mr. F.C. Thomas, of the Morse Chain Co., Detroit, Michigan.
  
  


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