ABSTRACTS OF SPEECHES AND BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES OF SPEAKERS FOR THE INSTITUTE ON MANAGEMENT INFORMATION AND DATA TRANSFER SYSTEMS

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2009
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 18, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AMID ADMINISTRATION
ABSTRACTS OF SPEECHES
and
BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES
of
SPEAKERS
for
October 18=21, 1965
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Wednesday A.M.
Lt. Col. Thomas .d. Freaney, Jr.fl USAF
Defense Supply Agency
A B S T RAC T
"THE DEFENSE SUPPLY AGENCY's MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM"
This presentation will emphasize user experience in the developm
ment, implementation and maintenance of a Management Information
System designed to retain a centralized control over a decentralized
type of operation. In effect it will follow the purpose of this
session - "Retaining control through effective management of Informan
tion and Data Transfer Systems".
The presentation will show through a series of 35 MM slides (30),
the development processes that took place in estac~lishing the present
DSA Management Information System and the use that is oeing made today
of the products of this system, These products being produced from
the Data Bank h1:at has been established and associated with the System.
Progress in development will be shown through the use of a manual
and later a mechanized Management Information System.
One of the important products of the N]IS will be portrayed ~ a
Performance Rating~System. This system is designed to give a relative
standing to each field activity with the objective of creating competi=
tion between these activities and thereby resulting in the improvement
of manageme nt and management techniques .
B I O G R A P H I C S K E T C H
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania --, AB m 1938
Ohio State University Law School., Columbus, Ohio - 1940m1941,
Columbus Law School of Catholic University, Washington, D.C. LLB-1953
Lt, Col. Freaney was selected to become junior executive with the
Firestone Tire & Ruober Company upon graduation from Temple University,
from which position he went on leave of absence to attend Ohio State
University Law School. He entered military service as an Aviation
Cadet, Army Air Corps, in September, 1941. Upon receiving his wings
in April, 1942, he was assigned as an advanced flying instructor in the
Air Training Command. Until February, 1946 he served in various
flying instructor assignments, most of the time as an instructor in the
Central Instructors School at Randolph Field, Texas. In February,
1946 he was assigned to the Air Materiel Command as a Branch Chief in
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Lt. Col, Thomas J. Freaney
(cont'd)
the Engineering Division. He Baas relieved from extended active
duty and returned to civilian life in November, 1946, where he
established an importing concern bearing his name. In January,
1951 during the Korean conflict, Colonel Freaney was recalled to
active duty and was assigned as Assistant Executive Officer with
the Office of the DCS/Comptroller at HQ USAF. During this tour of
duty he completed his legal education in off~duty hours and was
admitted to the Bar for both the State of Virginia and the District
of Columbia. In January, 1955 he was assigned as Chief of Internal
Audits for the European District of the USAF Auditor General at
Rhein Main, Germany. Upon his return to the CONUS in September,
1958 he was assigned to the Directorate of Plans and Programs at
HQ Air Force Logistics Command at WrightdPatterson Air Force Base, Ohioo
He was selected for the initial increment of officers assigned to
HQ Defense Supply Agency in February, 1962 where he is currently
assigned as Chief Hof the Management Information System Coca! rol office
of the Comptroller.
In non military activities, he is currently serving on the Board
of Directors of two corporations.
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Wednesday A, M.
William H, Whitaker, Director of Product Management
Industrial Data-Processing Division
Control Data Corporation
A B S T R A C T
"MESSAGE SWITCHING AND REMOTE DATA PROCESSING OR
TOTAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION~'+~YSTEMS"
The presentation will de al with implementing a computer controlled
message switching system and the upmgrading of such a system to a Total
Management Information System, Problems associated with creating a
"Data Base" for the system will be discussed. A management information
system presently under implementation at Control Data for internal
corporated use will be used as an example .
~;~ I O G R A PHI C S K E T C H
Education: B.SoE.E~ m Auburn University, Graduate Studies at
University of Arizona.
Previous Experience: Project Engineer, Kaiser Aircraft and
Electronics, Applied Science Representative, I,,B.M.
Previous Positions with Control Data: Joined Control Data
as Sales Engineer in January 1960, District Manager, July 1961,
Product Manager, June 1964, and Present Position, January 1965.
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Wednesday A,Mo
Murray Green, Auerbach Corporation
A B S T R A C T
THE DATA COMMUNICATION SUBSYSTEM
ONE ELEMENT OF A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
There are basically three major elements in an effective
Management Information System, The first is data processing
equipment, which includes high speed computer systems and re-
mote located input/output terminal equipments. A second basic
element are the files of information. The third and perhaps most
overlooked element are the communication links for data transfers.
The overall communication network associated with a Management
Information System can be considered as a subsystem, A corporation
in order to gain the competitive and managerial advantages possible
with a verell planned Management Information System must recognize
the problems and possible solutions associated with data transfers
over communication links.
This presentation will discuss those areas that are related
to a nation-wide corporation getting their data communication sub-
system off the ground and into implementation reality. To accomplish
this, the areas of concern are management planning, system design,
equ~.pment selection and system operation. In addition, the teamwork
that is essential between communications and data processing operations
for t:~aking the effective Management Information System a reality is an
important item for consideration. The discussion will also stxe ss how
a corporation can get the most out of the communication subsystem.
B I O G R A P H I C S K E T C H
Spent three years in the t~a,,S, Air Force teaching electronics.
Employed by IBM as customer engineer before entering Temple University
where I received a degree in Physics in 1957. From 1957 to 1963, was
at RCA where % was involved in logic design, large scale communication
system sfiudies and new techniques in the area of digital data links.
Since 1963 I have been a member of AUERBACH?s Technical Staff. My
main area of activity. at AUERBACH has been in the field of
communications for both government and commercial groups.
involved in the Autodin program for DCA, This involvement
preparation of specifications, evaluation of proposals and
prime contractors in the areas of reliability and
I have done system studies for data communication
scale nation?wide commercial organizations. He is
and of Sigma Pi Sigma, the Physics Honor Society.
data
I have bee n
included
monitoring
software. Recently,
systems for many large
a member of the IEEE
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Wednesday Luncheon Speaker
Dr . George P , Cre ssman , D ixe ctor
UoS. Weather Bureau
A B S T R A C T
THE NATION'S WEATHER SERVICE -m AN INFORMATION
PROCESSING SYSTEM
The Weather Bureau can be viewed as a system having the
function of acquiring, processing, and distributing information,
It is not a closed system, since it depends on other countries
foT acquiring data, other agencies for communicating it, and on
private business for distributing the results.
The basic nature of the meteorological problem is so ideally
suited to treatment by electronic data processing equipment that the
Weather Bureau has been active for the last ten years in converting
from manual to automatic methods of data processing, The principal
components of the system, the problems encountered, and the progress
achieved are described. Limiting conditions to progress are the
state of the art in meteorology and in electronic data processing
equipment, as well_ as the necessity for keeping the cost benefit
ratio of services at a very low figure.
B I O G R A PHI C S K E T C H
Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Dra Cre ssman received his
bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State College in 1941, his
master's degree from New York University in 1942, and his doctorate
from the University of Chicago in 1949.
He served in the U.S. Army as Meteorolgist from 1941-1946.
After leaving the Army, Dr. Cressman served as a Research Assistant
in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Chicago. From
1949-1954 he was in a civilian capacity as Consultant with the Air
Weather Service at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. In
1954 he assumed responsibility for establishing the Joint Numerical
Weather Prediction Unit. This special forecast unit, sponsored jointly
by the LVeather Bureau, Air Force, and Navy poineered in the field of
operational forecasting procedures by numerical weather prediction
techniques. When the Weather Bureau? s Office of National Meteorological
Services was established in 1964, he was named Director of this Office
and was recently appointed Acting Director of the U.So Weather Bureau
following the rece nt reorganization in the Department of Commerce.
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Wednesday P.M,
A,R. Bumsted, Special Studies Staff
Advanced Systems Division
System Development Corporation
A B S T R A C T
TIMESHARING AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL
A brief description of the theory of a general purpose
timeshared computer system will be presented with emphasis
on those features of time-sharing that are applicable to
manageme nt needs. Some programs now operational in the SDC
system will be used as illustrations of information retrieval
and the man=machine communication capability under time sharing.
B I O G R A P H I C S K E T C H
Mr. Bumsted is a computer systems specialist in the Special
Systems Department of .the System Development Corporation. He is
also the Washington representative for SDC's Time-Sharing System
and coordinator of its use at the Falls Church office.
He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery,
presently serving as chairman of the Education and Professional
Development Committee for the Washic~gton, D, C. , chapter and is
also the chairman of the National ACM Professional Development
Committee.
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Wednesday P,M,
ASE, Speckhard, General Manager
Computer Sciences Corporation
A B S T R A C T
TIMESHARING SYSTEMS AND THE SMALL__COMPUTER INS~ALLATI~V
The prospect for the existence of large centrally located time
sharing installations operating'as "computer utilities" poses
some significant management decisions ~c~r the manager of a small
computer installation, The major question I would pose might be
considered by many to be a matter of "life or death". Namely, in
the face of being able to obtain computing services from a "computer
utility", is it economically justified to operate a small scale
computer installation. I contend that this is a question which is
meaningful to ask today. I further contend that a careful review
of the situation will provide an answer in favor of the "computer
utility".
A, What is a "computer utility?7? '
B, Who is a user of computers?
C. What are some of the true costs associated with the operation
of a computer installation?
D, What change i.n attituted and techniques will be required to
successfully use a "computer utility"?
E, What advantages should be anticipated from the use of "computes
utility" services?
F, How will the "computer utility" affect the future of the computer
oriented professions?
(~~'he 5ulk of the discussion wil? involve an examin:~tian of the above
listed points in the light of the question posed in the initial
paragraph.)
B I O G R A P H I C S FC ETC H
Mr. Speckhard graduated from the University of Michigan in the
spring oi` 1954 with an A,B. degree in Math and Philosophy. In 1954,
he joined Gilfillan Bros,. Inc. of Los Angeles, California who were
at that time involved in guided missile we aeons work,
From 19.58 through 1962 Mr. Speckhard was employed by IBM in
Applied Sciences activities can the West Coast, responsible for much
of the early thinking and lobbying for "Direct Coupled Systeffis"
oriented to machine room automation and remote access capabilities.
In late 1962 he joined Bellcomm, Inc, in Washington, D.C< (a sub?
sidiary of ATBT~ an organization which provided systems engineering
support to :NASA's Apollo programs a At Cie l lcomm Mr . Speckhard was
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A.fi. Speckhard, (cont'd) m2- Wednesday P,M,
responsible for management of their Data Processing activities.
During his stay with eellcomm the monitor system for a direct
coupled configuration of an IBM 7040-7444 computer was developed
which is capable of providing on line time?sharing access to the
computer from remote sources. This system is presently in operation
in Washington, D.C.
In .7tune of this year N,r. Speckhard joined Computer Science
Corporation as Assistant General Manager of the Northwest Division
and has since been promoted to the position of General Manager.
I n this capacity he is re spansible for the supervision of a staff
of approximately 170 people supplying computational support to the
Atomic Energy Commission and its cont~ractros in Richland, Washington,
as well as our normal commercial activities in the Pacific Northwest.
The Northwest Division has the responsibility for the planning effort
within C:iC leading to a "computer utility" service .
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Wednesday P.M.
Thomas W
Thomas Gorman Jr. Product Administrator for
~' 'L Time-Sharing Systems
Data Processing Division
I B M Corporation
A B S T R A C T
The background and development of Time-Sharing Systems will be
discussed. The relationship of Time-Sharing, conversational facilities,
remote computing and multiprocessing will be described as well as
their role in applications currently under consideration.
B I O G R A P H I C S K E T C H
A graduate of American IIniversity Mr. Gorman specialized in the
fields of Mathematics and Statistics.
His areas of specialization in IBM have been military c:~}command of
control systems and large scale scientific systems. Currently he is
responsible. for the introduction into the market of IBMfs System 360
Model 67 Time-Sharing System.
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