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manufacturing processes. Charlie proved over and over again that Reliability
Engineering was an effective bottom-line-oriented business tool.
Most everything I learned about leadership and integrity I learned from Charlie
Latino. In the years since working for Charlie I have often formulated successful
solutions by asking, “What would Charlie do?”
PAT WHELAN, RELIABILITY ENGINEER, ELITE MEMBER
OF THE ORIGINAL ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATE
RELIABILITY ENGINEERING GROUP
Shortly after the improper handling and dumping of Kepone, a carcinogenic insec-
ticide, caused a nationwide pollution controversy and the closure of the James River
to shing between Richmond and the Chesapeake Bay, I had the opportunity to meet
Charles J. L