"We must equip engineers of the future to present their cases in almost every forum imaginable--from town meetings to the state legislature, from The New York Times to the nightly news, from Congress to the Oval Office. It is not easy to explain why we need a superconducting supercollider in17 words, but on average that's exactly how many words you get when you appear on the network evening news."
"What other advice do you have for young engineers as they begin their careers? I can't emphasize it enough: Make ethics your top priority. I have been fortunate to have many friends who are great leaders, and they differ in many ways. The one thin g they all have in common is that they always put ethics first--before performance, before profit, before paychecks."
Norman R. Augustine, CEO of Martin Marietta, from "The Philosopher Engineer," Graduating Engineer (January 1995): 28-30.
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