Previously Held NEC DP-2741-Computer Programmer (COBOL)
DP-9502-Instructor
DP-2705-LHA Computer System Operator
DP-2736-Database Management System (DBMS) Specialist
DP-2755-AN/UYK-65(V) System Supervisor (SNAP 1)
DP-2730-System Administrator
Service Years
1945 - 1965
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
AFTER 34 YEARS FEDERAL SERVICE (20 NAVY AND 14 CIVIL SERVICE AND
ANOTHER 16 YEARS IN COMPUTER RELATED CIVILIAN JOBS, I GAVE IT ALL
UP (FIFTY YEARS IN DATA PROCESSING) TO RELAX AT HOME. I ENJOY USING
MY LAPTOP AND THIS WEB SITE TO FIND OLD FRIENDS
MATTERS OR HISTORY BECAUSE I WAS THERE WHEN THE NAVY BEGAN
EXPANDING IT'S DATA PROCESSING HARDWARE INSTALLATIONS AND
ADDING NEW PERSONNEL. I ATTENDED ONE OF THE FIRST NAVY DATA
PROCESSING SCHOOLS IN BUPERS IN EARLY 1946. THE NAVY HIRED
IBM INSTRUCTORS BECAUSE THERE WERE NO DP INSTRUCTORS. OUR
RATING IN THOSE EARLY DAYS WAS SPI WITCH STOOD FOR IBM.
Other Comments:
THE FOLLOWING LISTS THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE ASSIGNMMENYS:
NOV 1965 TO JUN 1974 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN, WASHINGTON DC (GS-14)..
JUN 1974 TO JUL 1975 FEDERAL ENERGY ADMIN., WASHINGTON , DC (GS-14)
JUL 1975 TO NOV 1979 DEPT OF ENERGY, WASHINGTON, DC (GS-15)
1961-1963, DP-2755, Defense Communications Agency (DCA), Washington DC
Best Friends RICHARD CRUM, LT USN WILLIAM FERGUSON, MA1 PAUL BELL, MA1
Best Moment COMMENDATION FROM ARMY LTGEN STARBIRD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE.
Worst Moment HAVING TO LEAVE AFTER ONLY TWO YEARS.
Chain of Command BUPERS, DCA
Other Memories UNUSUAL JOINT DUTY. MY OPS CREW CONSISTED OF THREE NAVY, THREE ARMY, THREE AIR FORCE AND ONE MARINE TO MAN THREE SHIFTS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS A PHILCO 2000.
