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- Local newspaper
R. L. Haskell Dies;
Magnesium Expert
Pioneered in Fabrication,
Developed Many Uses
By Charles J. Patterson
Raymond L. Haskell was one of the pioneers in the field of magnesium fabrication and was instrumental in developing processes for the use of that metal in wide applications to the nation's war effort.
His career was ended yesterday by a heart ailment that brought his death at Woman's Hospital.
For many years before his death he was a nationally recognized authority on magnesium casting processes and manager of the Cleveland magnesium sand foundry of American Magnesium Corp, a subsidiary of Aluminum Co. of America.
He was born in 1892 at Harrison, Me., and began working with magnesium when he left Colby College to take a research post with the old Rumford Metal Co, a forerunner of Magnesium Corp. He became manager of the company's plant and in 1919 went to Niagara Falls, N.Y., to manage a similar operation,
In 1928, when Alcoa moved the Niagara Falls plant to its operations in Cleveland, Mr. Haskell came here as manager and held that position until his death.
He lived at 3556 Silsby road, Cleveland Heights, and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marcia Robbins Haskell; his son, Donald R.[sic], 17, Cleveland Heights High School senior and basketball player; his brother, Claude A. of Norway, Me., and his sister, Mrs. Leland S. Buck of Harrison, Me.
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