Abstract :
Contract for the design and construction of the new McDonald Observatory on Mt. Locke in southwestern Texas, containing the second largest telescope in the world and exceeded only by the 100-in. telescope on Mt. Wilson in California, has been awarded to The Warner & Swasey Co., Cleveland, Ohio. The company has long been famous for the building of telescopes and precision machine tools. Ambrose Swasey (HM ´28) chairman of the board of the company has been active in the scientific world for over 50 years.
