This article by Per A. Holst gives a good overview of the start of George Philbrick's Career at the Foxboro Company in Foxboro Massachussets USA. Philbrick's Polyphemus.PDF 2.2MB, (Contributed by Achim Dassow 11-7-10)

Photo of George A Philbrick from Harvard's 1936 Class Album, which shows his Field of Concentration as Electrical Engineering. (Contributed by ebay seller tlm2012, in April 2010, belatedly uploaded 7-21-14)