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John B. Lovis papers on the Bethlehem Steel Company plant

Creation: 2007 Creation: 2014
 Collection
Accession: 2539

Abstract

John B. Lovis (1935-2015) was a longtime employee of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, where he assisted in the design and engineering of the Burns Harbor Plant and held various positions in the company's Corporate Engineering and Planning Department before his retirement as Director, Strategic Planning, in 1995. The collection consists of an unpublished paper prepared in 2007 on the closure of the steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and a revision of that paper delivered at Lehigh University in 2014.

Dates

  • Creation: 2007
  • Creation: 2014

Creator

Extent

2 item(s)

Biographical Note

John B. Lovis (1935-2015) was an engineer who spent nearly forty years of his career with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Lovis was born on January 9, 1935 at Rahway, New Jersey, and grew up in Winchester and Lexington, Massachusetts. He graduated from Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont with a B.S. in Engineering Management in 1956. Immediately after graduation he joined the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and was assigned to the Blast Furnace Department at Sparrows Point, Maryland. In 1963 he was transferred to Bethlehem, Pennslyavania to assist in the design and engineering of the company’s new Burns Harbor Plant in Indiana. Over the next thirty-two years, he held various positions in Bethlehem’s Corporate Engineering and Planning Departments. He retired as Director of Strategic Planning in 1995.

Scope and Content

Consists of an unpublished paper prepared in 2007 on the closure of the steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and a revision of that paper delivered at Lehigh University in 2014. The original paper was written for inclusion in "Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem Pennsylvania," published by the National Canal Museum.

Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access; this collection is open for research.

Related Materials

John B. Lovis notes on Bethlehem Steel Corporation (MSS 2410), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

Language of Materials

English

Related Names

Subject

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title:
John B. Lovis papers on the Bethlehem Steel Company plant
Description rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description:
English
Script of description:
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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