© Dr. Galen Royer Frysinger
SCENICPHOTOGRAPHY

Department of the Army

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

In 1964 on a balmy April day in Washington with the tree blossoms out I was interviewed for a laboratory administrator job in the Dept. of the Army at Ft. Belvoir. It was a chance to work with a group instead of as an individual consultant and had a very substantial ( 2 million) annual budget. Since it was still cold and dreary in Boston, I made the decision and started looking for a house near Mt. Vernon.

Electric Storage Battery Inc.

In the fall of 1969, I became Director of Research

of ESB Inc., the largest battery company in the

world. I quickly transformed an old style

commercial laboratory into a highly productive

new product oriented development activity. One

product which I got started later became the basis

for a successful new company making several of

my associates millionaires. The success of the

laboratory and the aggressive management style

in fact lead to opposition within the company

leading to my being "fired" two weeks after my

fortieth birthday, hence accelerating my mid life

crisis.

Pfizer

My next job as Director of Research Administration for Pfizer Central Research in Groton, CT was a desk job associated with various functions of running a research facility and planning for required support services. The only part of the job that I found stimulating was the planning for and the project management of the construction of several new research facilities. I had to preside over the redo of the building energy control system in the midst of the energy crisis.
I didn't realize how big a challenge it would be to learn to administer in Civil Service.  It was, however, very good training for later, since one had to deal with and solve people problems, not avoid them by firings. I also enjoyed working with the commercial vendors to the government, to encourage them in scientific progress through the placing of research contracts. I became expert in electrochemical power sources.  
In 1967 The Electric Storage Battery Company was merged into ESB Incorporated.[23] In 1972, ESB Inc. acquired the Edison Storage Battery Company, which had developed a practical nickel-iron battery in 1901. The production of this type of battery was subsequently discontinued in 1975. From 1974 through 1978 ESB Inc. became Inco Electroenergy Corporation as the result of the first hostile takeover in the US
Pfizer headquarters on 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan

My Life

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SCENICPHOTOGRAPHY

Department of the

Army

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

In 1964 on a balmy April day in Washington with the tree blossoms out I was interviewed for a laboratory administrator job in the Dept. of the Army at Ft. Belvoir. It was a chance to work with a group instead of as an individual consultant and had a very substantial ( 2 million) annual budget. Since it was still cold and dreary in Boston, I made the decision and started looking for a house near Mt. Vernon.

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