A Guide for the Care of Mechanical Design Engineers: A paper first presented at the last Winter Annual General Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

THE fact that the mechanical design engineer requires special treatment is well known to most engineering managers. Within the typical engineering department, the mechanical design engineers will generally own the distinction of being the most temperamental, the most self‐centred, the most introverted, the most fractious, the most lacking in team spirit, the most productive, the most dedicated, and the hardest to replace members of the organization.