Word: wheelwright
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...George W. Wheelwright...
...founder of the photography giant the Polaroid Company, George W. Wheelwright III `25 died March...
...Though Wheelwright concentrated in Fine Arts as an undergraduate, he returned to Harvard as a physics professor. In this position Wheelwright met Edwin H. Land, class of 1930, with whom Wheelwright joined to form Land Wheelwright Laboratories, which later became Polaroid Company...
...Wheelwright left Polaroid during World War II and served in various tasks during the war, including as a naval pilot...
...After the war, Wheelwright moved to Texas and became a rancher, often experimenting with various innovative ranching techniques. Late in his life he sold his ranch to a Zen Buddhist group...