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Biographical/Historical Sketch
Description of the Collection
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Language of Material:
Undetermined
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: H. O. Fuchs papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0101
Physical Description:
31 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1950-1988
Abstract: Course notes for mechanical engineering
undergraduate and graduate classes; correspondence; case histories in engineering problems
prepared by Fuchs; records pertaining to the Engineering Case Program; research notes,
articles, and papers by Fuchs; and photographs.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Henry Fuchs, 1972 and 1977, and the Dept. of Engineering, 1991.
Information about Access
Records from ACCN 2000-105 are restricted and may be made available in 2072.
Ownership & Copyright
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Cite As
H. O. Fuchs Papers (SC0101). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Fuchs, an expert on fatique in metals, taught mechanical engineering at Stanford University
from 1964 to 1973, when he became an Emeritus Professor. He was educated in France and
Germany, earning his Ph.D. in 1932 from the Technical University in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Before coming to Stanford, he was an engineer with General Motors (1933-45) and president of
Metal Improvement Company (1946-60), where he designed the shot peening process. While at
Stanford he directed the Engineering Case Program, writing or supervising the production of
more than 200 case studies. He died in 1989.
Description of the Collection
Course notes for mechanical engineering undergraduate and graduate classes; correspondence;
case histories in engineering problems prepared by Fuchs; records pertaining to the
Engineering Case Program; research notes, articles, and papers by Fuchs; and
photographs.
Conditions Governing Access
Addenda 2000-105 is restricted and may be made available in 2072.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Engineering design -- Case studies.
Engineering -- Study and teaching.
Photoprints.
Almen, John O.
Pitzer, Kenneth S.
Olley, M.
Fuchs, H. O. (Henry Otten)
Stanford University. Engineering Case
Program
Stanford University. Department of Mechanical
Engineering. Faculty