Physician at Canadian Johns-Manville in Asbestos, Quebec, from 1944 and Johns-Manville's medical director from 1953 to 1963; reported X-ray surveys of mill workers and answered customer questions about health effects of J-M products.
Kenneth W. Smith appears in 109 documents in our library (1944–1976). The documents describe Kenneth W. Smith as rehired as Medical Director, J-M at DHQ.
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Titles in the documents
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- rehired as Medical Director, J-M at DHQ, 1952-66, from Johns-Manville's witness index
- Corporate Medical Director, Brush Beryllium Company, Cleveland, 1966-71, from Johns-Manville's witness index
- Medical Director, CJM, 1946-51, from Johns-Manville's witness index
- Medical Officer, Canadian J-M, Asbestos, PQ, 1944-46, from Johns-Manville's witness index
- Assistant Corporate Medical Director, Northern Electric Company, PQ, 1951-52, from Johns-Manville's witness index
In our library
109 documents in our library name Kenneth W. Smith, by collection.
JM Knowledge Chronology (107)
- Kenneth Smith to F. G. Lippert on Workers Handling Bags of South African Blue Fibre (1944)
- Dr. Kenneth Smith to H. F. Janson on Moving a Mill Worker Out of the Dust (1947)
- Dr. Kenneth Smith to Ivan Sabourin on Monthly Meetings with Dr. Cartier (1947)
- Letters on the Sixth Saranac Symposium, with Its Compensation Program and Participant List (1947)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to George K. Foster Reviewing the Saranac Asbestosis Report (1948)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to George K. Foster on Autopsies and Compensation (1948)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to J. E. Morrison on Unloading Silica Flour (1948)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to W. A. Young on Asbestos and Silica Hazards at the Toronto Plant (1948)
- A. R. Fisher to Vandiver Brown and J. P. Woodard Enclosing Dr. Smith's Survey of 708 Men in Dusty Areas (1949)
- Arthur J. Vorwald to Kenneth W. Smith on Reviewing Asbestos X-Rays for Lung Cancer (1949) (recipient)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith's Public Statement on Health Conditions in Asbestos, Quebec (1949)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith, Industrial Hygiene Survey of 708 Canadian Johns-Manville Mill Workers (1949)
- Kenneth W. Smith to George K. Foster on the Saranac Report (1949)
- Arthur J. Vorwald and Kenneth W. Smith on Lung Cancer Among Canadian J-M Workers (1950)
- Arthur J. Vorwald to Kenneth W. Smith on Merewether and "Another Storm" in Quebec (1950) (recipient)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to H. M. Jackson and C. M. McGaw on Dr. Wright's Findings Without X-Ray Evidence (1950)
- George K. Foster to Kenneth W. Smith Enclosing Comments on the Saranac Asbestosis Report (1950) (recipient)
- J-M Correspondence on a Confidential "Special List" of Workers with Advanced Changes at Lompoc (1950)
- J. P. Woodard to Kenneth W. Smith on Dr. Lanza's View of Merewether's Paper (1950) (recipient)
- Kenneth W. Smith to Arthur J. Vorwald Enclosing Merewether's Article on the Pneumoconioses (1950)
- Kenneth W. Smith to C. M. McGaw on Dr. Lanza's Lung Cancer Study Contract (1950)
- Kenneth W. Smith to J. P. Woodard Naming Asbestos and Silica as Possible Causes of Lung Cancer (1950)
- Kenneth W. Smith to K. V. Lindell Urging a Study of Asbestos and Lung Cancer (1950)
- Kenneth W. Smith to K. V. Lindell on Reporting Asbestosis Under Quebec's New Health Regulations (1950)
- Kenneth W. Smith to R. S. Gardner on the Causes of Lung Cancer (1950)
- Letters on a Lung Cancer Study Among Quebec Asbestos Workers, June to October 1950 (1950)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to C. M. McGaw on Waiting for Cancer Results Before Publicizing the Saranac Report (1951)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to C. M. McGaw, Report of the Quebec Asbestos Mining Association Meeting at Lake Placid (1951)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to Dr. Paul Parrot of the Quebec Ministry of Health on Lung Cancer and Death Certificates (1951)
- Arthur Elsenbast to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on an Industrial Hygiene Literature File (1953) (recipient)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to H. J. O'Brien on the Manville Plant Health Program and the No-Dust List (1953)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to J. O. Eby on J-M's Boston Asbestosis Symposium (1953)
- Johns-Manville Correspondence on Thermobestos Skin Irritation at Reid-Hayden (1953)
- Dr. David T. DuBow and Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on Warning Fibrocel Installers About Perlite (1954)
- Dr. Herbert K. Abrams of the International Chemical Workers Union and Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on Conditions at J-M Plants (1954)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to A. J. Maahs on a Warning for Ring-Tite Lubricant (1954)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to Boyd Mulder on Telling Waukegan Employees Their Examination Results (1954)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to Dr. T. R. Grainger on Measuring Blood Oxygen to Detect Asbestosis Early (1954)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to N. J. O'Brien on Health Hazards of Expanded Perlite (1954)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to A. B. Cummins on Asbestos Fiber for Animal Experiments (1955)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to K. A. Gervais at Nashua on Keeping X-Ray Findings from the Men (1955)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to K. A. Gervais on the Nashua X-Ray Survey and Probable Compensation Claims (1955)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to O. B. Westmont on the Public Health Service Lung Function Studies at Lompoc (1955)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to W. A. Young at the Toronto Plant on No-Dust Recommendations and Transfers (1955)
- Kenneth W. Smith, "Asbestosis," Chapter 2 of The Pneumoconioses (1955)
- Kenneth W. Smith, "Pulmonary Disability in Asbestos Workers" (1955)
- Dr. David T. DuBow to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on the Manville Plant's "No Dust" List (1956) (recipient)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to K. J. Whalen on an X-Ray Machine for the Stockton Plant (1956)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith, A. M. Schmidt and Marsh & McLennan on Rising Sickness Claims at the Manville Plant (1956)
- C. L. Sheckler to Dr. Kenneth Smith on the First Transite Pipe X-Ray Conferences (1957) (recipient)
- Dr. Kenneth Smith to Ivan Sabourin on the Condensed Industrial Hygiene Foundation Survey (1957)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to A. J. Stenari on a Customer's Silicosis Question about Steam-Cured Asbestos Cement (1957)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to F. M. Stumpf of Columbia Acoustics and Fireproofing on Asbestos Hazards (1957)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to L. J. Lambert of Insulation Industries (Canada) on an Alleged Asbestosis Case (1957)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to Whirlpool Corporation on Mineral Fiber Insulation (1957)
- Dr. Paul Gross to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on Lung Slides Showing Asbestosis and Cancer (1957) (recipient)
- Dr. Paul Gross to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on Revising a Manuscript on Asbestosis (1957) (recipient)
- J-M Correspondence on Funding a Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory at Middlesex General Hospital (1957)
- Kenneth W. Smith and Hugh Jackson, "The Asbestos Industry: Certain Health Experiences Among Asbestos Workers" (1957)
- Transcript of a J-M Medical Meeting at Manville on Conferences before Recording X-Ray Diagnoses (1957)
- Dr. Kenneth Smith and the J-M Research Center on Free Silica in Finished Products (1958–1959)
- Dr. Kenneth Smith to A. O. Smith Corporation on Rock Wool (1958)
- Dr. Kenneth Smith to J. M. Gadway on Pulmonary Function Studies at Lompoc (1958)
- Dr. Kenneth Smith to Patrick A. Christel of Hamilton Manufacturing on Colorlith Dust (1958)
- Johns-Manville Memos on a Caution Label for Marinite (1958)
- Ralph M. Barley, Herbert Ball and Dr. Kenneth Smith on Raybestos-Manhattan's Asbestosis and Lung Cancer Claims (1958)
- Dr. Kenneth Smith to Detroit Edison Company on Thermobestos, Mineral Wool and Asbestos (1959)
- Dr. Kenneth Smith to J. M. Gadway on a Medical Communications Program at Lompoc (1959)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to D. E. Van Farowe of the Michigan Department of Health on Marinite (1959)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to General Motors and Firestone on Asbestos Fiber (1959)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to H. G. Brewer on Chest X-Rays and Dust at the Pittsburg Plant (1959)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to H. G. Donovan on the Bonafide Plastics Company (1959)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to H. O. Blackburn of Pine Bluff Arsenal on 85% Magnesia (1959)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to L. E. Inguagiato on Barium Metaborate in Fungus-Resistant Asbestos Shingles (1959)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to Mrs. Sylvan on a Child's Rash from Rock Wool Batts (1959)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to A. L. Fisk Jr. on a Reply to Niagara Asbestos Company in Cavanagh (1960)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to J. F. Lowry on Silicosis at the Toronto Plant (1960)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to Westinghouse Electric Corporation on J-M 450 Insulating Cement (1960)
- E. C. Koch Teletype to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on a Warning for J-Spray Bags (1960) (recipient)
- J. S. Parkinson to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on No Caution Labels for J-Spray Bags (1960) (recipient)
- Johns-Manville Industrial Relations Managers Meeting Minutes on the Industrial Health Program (1960)
- Dr. David T. DuBow, Dr. Kenneth W. Smith and C. H. Grote on Releasing Medical Records to Insurance Companies (1961)
- Dr. Joseph A. Smith to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on Dr. Selikoff's Proposed Passaic County Asbestosis Study (1961) (recipient)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to C. W. Hite on Asbestos and Cancer for the Division Managers' Meeting (1961)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith's Industrial Health Talk at the J-M Management Information Session (1961)
- Dr. T. H. Davison to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on Waukegan's Pneumoconiosis Procedures and the T.B. Sanatorium (1962) (recipient)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith and C. L. Sheckler at the J-M Industrial Relations Managers' Meeting (1963)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to C. H. Grote on a Shredder for Confidential Medical Correspondence (1963)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to Dr. T. H. Davison on Reading X-Rays for Compensation Liability (1963)
- Dr. T. H. Davison to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on Untold Waukegan Red Slip Cases (1963) (recipient)
- Kenneth W. Smith to L. Hemerda on Arthur Freed's Tissue Findings (1963)
- L. Hemerda to Kenneth W. Smith on Edward Rozycki's Autopsy Findings (1963) (recipient)
- J. B. Jobe to Kenneth W. Smith on Labeling Industrial Insulations Division Products (1964) (recipient)
- Kenneth W. Smith to C. W. Hite on Asbestos and Cancer Publicity (1964)
- Kenneth W. Smith to E. C. Lindstrom on the Gummed Caution Label at Manville (1964)
- Kenneth W. Smith to E. W. Redd of Leed Insulator Corporation on Asbestosis (1964)
- Kenneth W. Smith to Lewis J. Cralley of the Public Health Service on Caution Labels (1964)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to N. W. Hendry, "Asbestos versus Cancer" (1965)
- Kenneth W. Smith, "Asbestos and Cancer," Talk to J-M's Industrial Relations Managers (1965)
- C. L. Hite to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on the X-Rays of Marrero Worker Steve Cedotal (1966) (recipient)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to Dr. Leonard Bristol on an X-Ray Survey at the Jeffrey Mine (1966)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to O. A. Battista of Food Machinery Corporation on Asbestos Health Hazards (1966)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith's "Health Projects" Talk at the Johns-Manville Industrial Relations Conference (1966)
- F. J. Solon Jr. to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith Asking for Records on Cancer Among J-M Workers (1966) (recipient)
- Transcript of Dr. Kenneth W. Smith's Taped Message to Kent Wise on Who Decided What J-M Employees Were Told (1975)
- Deposition of Dr. Kenneth W. Smith in DeRocco v. Forty-Eight Insulation on Caution Labels for Celite and Insulation (1976)
- Deposition of Dr. Kenneth W. Smith in Louisville Trust Company v. Johns-Manville on Dust at Asbestos, Quebec (1976)
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