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Ralph Mosser Barnes was an American industrial engineer and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Iowa, and the University of California, Los Angeles....
Ralph Mosser Barnes
American industrial engineer
Ralph Mosser Barnes (October 17, 1900 - November 5, 1984) was an American industrial engineer and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Iowa, and the University of California, Los Angeles.
He is known as author of the 1937 "Motion and Time Study," which would become standard work for industrial engineers for generations,[1][2][3] and as recipient of the 1941 Gilbreth Medal.[4]
Biography
Born in Clifton Mills, West Virginia, Barnes was the son of John J.
Barnes and Martha (Mosser) Barnes. He obtained his BSc and his MA in mechanical engineering from the West Virginia University, and his PhD from the Cornell University.[4]
After his graduation in 1923 Barnes started his career at the U.S.
Window Glass Co. in Morgantown, West Virginia for a year. In 1924-25 he was Assistant Engineer at Bausch & Lomb in Rochester, New York, working in Product Development.
