DOCTOR OF ENGINEERING
H THOMAS HALLOWELL JR
Dr H Thomas Hallowell became the
first Honorary Member of the
An internationally recognised industrialist,
inventor and philanthropist, Tom Hallowell devoted his entire professional life
to the success of SPS Technologies. He
joined the Company after graduating with an Economics Degree from
During his leadership the Company
developed from modest beginnings to become a leader in precision metal
manufacturing of international proportions with plants in the
On his personal initiative, Tom
Hallowell created a completely new approach in the field of manufacturing
industry. He identified needs and
provided resources to meet them. Tom
Hallowell surprised all the “Doubting Thomases” by
delivering on many novel approaches to manufacturing industry. On the establishment of the SPS Company in
His philosophy of “Total Quality
Control” pervaded all the SPS plants worldwide.
What may be more important, he introduced the Louis Allen Management
Development Programme into SPS and in the process produced a number of converts
to the importance of management development for
Tom Hallowell was constantly
challenging those he cared about to do better.
Addressing the students here in 1985, when receiving special recognition
he said “I don’t want you to just do your best … I want you to do it exactly
right; how do you know what your best is?”
Tom Hallowell accomplished all that
he ever wanted to do with his life. He
took every opportunity to leave things better than he found them. He deserved well of
I ask you to honour Thomas
Hallowell (and his family) with the respect, gratitude, acclamation and verve
that such a noble life deserved.