William C. Pope, E’35, of Alexandria, Virginia, began his career in 1937 as a safety engineer at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, then took a job training state safety inspectors at the U.S. Department of Labor. After joining the U.S. Navy in 1943 and retiring as a lieutenant commander, he went to work at the Department of State as a safety-law consultant for Latin American governments. In 1948, Pope joined the Department of the Interior, managing its safety affairs until retiring in 1972 as the director of the Office of Safety Management. He is a founder and fellow of the National Safety Management Society and, for many years, served as editor of that group’s publications. Pope was the driving force behind Project Minerva, an effort to introduce safety-management instruction into university-level business administration courses.