The Bell Labs of Energy
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Exxon's Bell Labs
Exxon was trying to become a research power in the energy industry like Bell Labs. The tech industry likes to think of itself as the country's first innovators, but scientists have always pushed toward the future. Big companies like IBM, AT&T, Xerox were centers of innovation at the time and they hired only the best and brightest.
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