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Partially due to his involvement in Technocracy (despite his break up with the increasingly erratic Scott) and partially due to his other political views, Rautenstrauch gained animosity from more conservative staff members at Columbia up to his retirement in 1943. Despite this, he was remembered by
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in 1932, which advocated a more rational and productive society headed by technical experts. However, Rautenstrauch and Scott soon found they held very different views. Scott advocated for complete control of society and the government by Engineers. Rautenstrauch was more moderate, wishing for
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Engineers to only be in charge of industrial and economic decisions and the government to maintain some level of democracy. Rautenstrauch also stressed the need for human and moral values. In 1933 the Committee disbanded, largely because of different views held by the two men.
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Rautenstrauch was instrumental in the creation of Columbia University's Department of Industrial Engineering, which is said to be the first such department in the United States. One of his most important students and colleagues was
62:(1880–1951) was an American mechanical and consulting engineer, and Professor at Columbia University's Department of Industrial Engineering in the 1930s. He coined the term 145: 118: 114: 309: 289: 110: 299: 294: 238: 304: 121:. He contributed to scientific journals and authored books on engineering up until his death. He died at the 187: 263: 101:
Rautenstrauch remained active even after his retirement. He helped raise funds for refugees during
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A Lever Long Enough: A History of Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science Since 1864
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Technocracy and the American Dream: The Technocrat Movement 1900-1941
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Technocracy and the American Dream: The Technocrat Movement 1900-1941
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most students as a "caring and insightful teacher".
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Index

break-even point
break-even chart
Charles Edward Knoeppel
Seymour Melman
Howard Scott
Technocracy
World War II
Edward Condon
House Un-American Activities Committee
Progressive Party
1948 Presidential Election
Lenox Hill Hospital


Technocracy at work
Richard Mattessich
Design Engineers and the Capitalist Firm
Rautenstrauch of Columbia Dies
Works by or about Walter Rautenstrauch
Internet Archive
Walter Rautenstrauch papers
Categories
1880 births
1951 deaths
American mechanical engineers
American business theorists
Columbia University faculty
Technocracy movement
People from Sedalia, Missouri

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