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American historian (born 1950)
David Allen Hounshell
(born 1950) is an American academic. He is the
David M. Roderick Professor of Technology and Social Change
in the
Department of Social and Decision Sciences
, Department of History, and the Department of
Engineering and Public Policy
at
Carnegie Mellon University
. He is known for his work of the history of
research and development
and industrial research in the United States,
[1]
particularly at
DuPont
.
[2]
Early life
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Hounshell is from
New Mexico
.
[3]
Hounshell studied electrical engineering at
Southern Methodist University
, receiving a
B.S.
in 1972. He then changed fields and enrolled in the
University of Delaware
's history program earning a
M.S.
in 1975. He continued his studies at Delaware completing his
Ph.D.
in 1978.
[3]
Career
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Hounshell started his academic career at
Harvey Mudd College
in 1977. He then taught at the
University of Delaware
for twelve years.
[3]
In 1983 he got promoted to associate professor of history. In those days he was also curator of technology at the
Hagley Museum
.
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In the year 1987/88 he was a Marvin Bower Fellow at
Harvard Business School
.
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In 1991 he moved to the
Carnegie Mellon University
, where he was appointed David M. Roderick Professor of Technology and Social Change in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Department of History, and the Department of Engineering and Public Policy.
[3]
Hounshell has worked with
National Research Council
and the
National Science Foundation
to study the effects of the
Cold War
on science and engineering research.
His
From the American System to Mass Production, 1800?1932
was awarded 's 1987 Dexter Prize by the
Society for the History of Technology
.
[4]
In 2007 the Society for the History of Technology also awarded him its highest prize, the
Leonardo da Vinci Medal
.
Selected publications
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- Books
- Hounshell, David A.
(1984),
From the American System to Mass Production, 1800?1932: The Development of Manufacturing Technology in the United States
, Baltimore, Maryland:
Johns Hopkins University Press
,
ISBN
978-0-8018-2975-8
,
LCCN
83016269
,
OCLC
1104810110
- Hounshell, David A., Smith, John Kenley.
Science and Corporate Strategy. DuPont R&D, 1902?1980
, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988,
ISBN
978-0-521-02852-3
.
- Articles
- Hounshell, David A. "The evolution of industrial research in the United States."
Engines of innovation: US industrial research at the end of an era
13 (1996): 51?56.
- Hounshell, David. "
The Cold War, RAND, and the generation of knowledge, 1946?1962
." Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences (1997): 237?67.
- Holbrook, D., Cohen, W. M., Hounshell, D. A., & Klepper, S. (2000). "
The nature, sources, and consequences of firm differences in the early history of the semiconductor industry
."
Strategic Management Journal,
21(10-11), 1017?41.
- Taylor, Margaret R., Edward S. Rubin, and David A. Hounshell. "
Effect of government actions on technological innovation for SO2 control
."
Environmental Science & Technology
37.20 (2003): 4527?34.
- Taylor, Margaret R., Edward S. Rubin, and David A. Hounshell. "
Regulation as the Mother of Innovation: The Case of SO2 Control*
."
Law & Policy
27.2 (2005): 348?78.
References
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Cohen, Wesley M., Richard R. Nelson, and John P. Walsh. "Links and impacts: the influence of public research on industrial R&D."
Management science
48.1 (2002): 1?23.
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Freeman, Christopher, and Luc Soete, eds.
The economics of industrial innovation.
Psychology Press, 1997.
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b
c
d
e
"The Crucible ? January 2019"
(PDF)
.
pittsburghacs.org
. 2019
. Retrieved
July 31,
2021
.
- ^
"The Dexter Prize,"
Technology and Culture
29, no. 3 (July 1988), 641?43.
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