© Dr. Galen Royer Frysinger
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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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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