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Charles Vanden Bulck. It is ironically appropriate that this 20th Anniversary Edition of The Oak Ridger should carry an editorial tribute to Charles Vanden Bulck, the former assistant manager for operations of the Atomic Energy Commission, who died Saturday. He was very much a part of Oak Ridge's 20 years of progress being celebrated this week. 'tributes to Vanden Bulck have been many already. Fortunately, many of them came well before his death. (Too often we honor only the deceased.) He had received the Legion of Merit citation for his service to the Manhattan District during World War IL He had been granted the A E C's Distinguished Service Award several years before his retirement. He had also been honored that year by the National Civil Service League. He was a government official in the finest sense of the word. In-deed, in manner he impressed one considerably more as a very efficient and successful business-man. He gave lie to any attempts to establish a sort of federal employee type. His professional life was crown-ed with his employment in a top position by a large industry, American Machine and Foundry, one of the many firms that came to respect him as he dealt with them for the government he served so faithfully and vigorously. Indeed, there are not man: men who, on retirement, cal command a top industry post, fo all the emphasis on youth today Undoubtedly he would have give] this firm many years of valuable service, had not cancer strut: him down. A touching sidelight to Mr. Van den Buick's death was the letter from his brother-in-law receive here almost coincidentally wit the news of his passing. It was in response to an invitation to al tend the weekend ceremonies. "Although Charley may not be among the quick on Saturday Oct. 6," Erich Korman wrote, " trust you will remember his kindly to General Groves and all the many others. He will certainly be present in spirit for his regard for all in Oak Ridge is a lasting and continuing one." In his passing, Oak Ridge ha lost a man who contributed immeasurably to both the plant an community development here — under the stress of wartime expediency, later under the adjustment to the transitions coming wit peace — or at least a "cold" in stead of a "hot" war. In his passing the nation's Civil Service system has lost a ma who embodied its best tradition! It is exceedingly fitting that during all of the weekend anniversary celebration — which surely h would never dampen— Mr. Vanden Bulck be remembered often.

From family archive provided by son, Charles Franz VandenBulck

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