Vol. 1 No.10 December, 1972

DFO ASSIGNMENTS The following personnel assignments for the Draper Fiscal Office have been an­nounced by' D. C. Driscoll, Assistant Treasurer of the Draper Laboratory:

Raymond .H. Gagnon-Manager

John F. Kingston-Assistant Manager

Anthony L. Santagate-Accounting Of­ficer for Payroll Accounts Payable, Travel and Benefit Accounting

John L. Matarese-Accounting Officer for Cost Accounting and Fiscal Opera­tions

Ray Gagnon joined the Institute in Jan­uary, 1958. He was assigned to the In­strumenfation Laboratory as a Staff Accountant in the Pay and Accounts Section. In May, 1964, he was assigned to the Instrumentation Fiscal Office, which was then being established at Technology Square. He became the Assistant Manager of I FO in 1968. Ray was graduated from Suffolk University with a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Business Administration.

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AGMC TOUR Six key personnel from the Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center of New­ark Air Force Station visited Draper Laboratory this month for tours and detailed discussions of guidance and navigation. They were the fourth group to visit the Lab from the Ohio Air Sta­tion in the last three months.

Participating in Phase 11 of the tech­nology and inertial systems and equip­ment information exchange were Col. Chester Czephya (Director of Metrol­ogy), J. Heimrich (Service Engineering), W. Horton (Technical Directorate), J. Kennedy (Service Engineering), D. Slee (Maintenance) and W. Winters (Met­rology).

GILMORE USAF SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR

Deputy Associate Director Jerold P. Gil· more (231) has been appointed to the USAF Scientific Advisory Board Guid· ance and Control Panel.

Jerry, the Director of the Inertial Sub­system Division of the Apollo Guidance & Navigation System Project, is respon­sible for the development and support of the Apollo Inertial Subsystem and the development and testing of Strapdown Inertial Reference Systems. His prior re­sp~msibilities included the systems en­gineering of the Apollo System Elec­tronic Coupling Data Unit and the defi­nition of the Apollo Ground Support Equipment.

Jerry received a B.S. in Electrical En­gineering from the City College of New York. He was graduated from MIT with an S.M. in Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Before joining the Laboratory in 1962, he was employed by the Sperry Phoenix Company as a Senior Project Engineer.

STAFF APPOINTMENTS

Three female employees have recently been promoted to staff positions at the Draper Laboratory. They are Jane Car­mody (Administrative St.aff-41), Susan Colcock (Administrative Staff-44) and Marilyn Katherman (Technical Staff-28).

Jane Carmody received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Clark University. She started with the Laboratory as a Technical Typist for the Department of Technical Publica­tions in June, 1969. She was promoted to Senior Clerk, to Section Head, and to Publications Specialist in the Bi­weekly area. She is now a Staff Editor responsible for preparing technical docu­ments for publication and presentation.

Susan Colcock joined the Laboratory in August, 1969 as a Secretary after teaching in the Cohasset and Wellesley School Systems for five years. She was promoted to Administrative Assistant in October, 1970. Susan was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology­Sociology and with a Master of Educa­tion from Boston University. She will

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D-LAB SENDS GRAVIMETER TO MOON

It may have been another first for the Draper Laboratory-sending the traverse gravimeter to the moon, but it was just one more example of Draper specialists coordinating their efforts in the great adventure known as the Apollo Pro­gram.

The Draper Laboratory has supported every Apollo Mission to date. In addi· tion to its responsibilities for the Guid­ance and Navigation of Apollo 17, the Laboratory has also designed, developed and built the traverse gravimeter. The gravimeter is the first instrument actu­ally built at the Draper Laboratory to be sent to the moon.

The gravimeter, deployed on the Lunar Roving Vehicle to measure gravity points on the lunar surface, was de· signed to obtain information for a grav­ity profile.

Seven Draper Lab members, each repre­senting a different area of the Lab and each assuming a prime responsibility for the Gravimeter Experiment, worked in cooperation with its Principal I nvestiga­tor, Dr. Manik Talwani, of the Lamont­Doherty Geophysical Labs at Columbia University.

Responsible for the traverse gravimeter at Draper are John Harper, Program Manager (23P); Sheldon W. Buck, Tech­nical Director (38); Frank Siraco, Mech­anical Design (37); Larry Schnee, Fabri­cation (22S); Glen Mamon, Electrical Design (20); Bill Beaton, Reliability & Quality Assurance (51) and Bob Erick­son, Documentation (28).

One hundred Draper employees have been involveg with the traverse gravi­meter since work was started on the ex­periment in June, 1970.

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"'®" THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY ~

She majors in Civil Engineering at MIT, but she was once a Draper file clerk-She enjoys baking her own bread, but she believes that ruffles take too long to iron-She'd rather be called Mrs. than Ms. although she believes in human liberation-

PEOPLE: LINDA DAVIS

Once upon a time there was a pretty girl with long blond hair, who was study­ing mathematics at the University of New Hampshire. Her name was Linda Scamman, but she decided to change it to Linda Davis by marrying an MIT student named Steve.

Linda and Steve settled in Cambridge. Steve eventually received degrees in Civil Engineering and Soil Mechanics from MIT. During the five years of their marriage, Linda worked at the Draper Laboratory. She started as a file clerk working for the DSS Group, but she taught herself how to type and became the secretary to Deputy Associate Direc­tor Bernie Murphy.

It was her husband who encouraged Linda to go back to school. This Sep­tember she entered MIT as a Freshmen. As a Civil Engineering major, she spends 19 hours a week in class studying Cal­culus, Bio-Physics, Programming and Western Traditions. At least 15 hours a week are devoted to preparing for classes.

LINDA SCAMMAN DAVIS

Linda still works at DL 12 twenty -three hours a week assisting in logistics de­terminations and balancing expenditures and commitments. She also helps with auditing.

Concerned about ecology on both the industrial and the personal level, she plans a career in Urban Systems and Regional Planning. Someday, Linda and Steve would like to set up their own company-Davis and Davis, Inc., but that is still in the future. Right now school, work, and spending time together have priority.

Sheldon Buck (38), Technical Director for the traverse gravimeter, checks out the instrument with Apollo 17 Commander Eugene Ceman.

GRAVIMETER Continued

The traverse gravimeter· consists of an instrument package and a battery pack assembly both enclosed in a multilayer insulating blanket which provides ther­mal protection.

Lightweight, completely self-contained and essentially automatic in operation, the instrument requires no external power, recording devices or telemetry.

The traverse gravimeter is noted for its almost completely automatic modes of operation and the use of an accurate low-power vibrating-string accelerometer as the gravity sensor. A quantization in excess of 0.03 milligal is obtained on a visual readout with an overall expected accuracy better than 0.05 milligal.

Semi-automatic and self-leveling, the gravimeter is capable of providing a grav­ity measurement in either an upright (Normal) or inverted (Bias) orientation approximately three minutes after the measurement is initiated.

The results of each gravity measurement and additional data about the status of the gravimeter temperature are displayed to the astronaut who then sends the coded information to earth by voice communication.

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JUDY VIEWS APOLLO 17 AT CAPE KENNEDY

When Apollo 17 was launched at 12:33 A.M .. E.S.T., on December 7, Judith Ann Ellenson (231) was a part of the Cape Kennedy experience. She was also participating in the Undergraduate Re­search Opportunities Program (UROP).

UROP is an educational program which provides interested MIT students with the opportunity to participate with MIT faculty and staff members in a wide range of research and independent study activities, both on and off campus.

The Draper Laboratory is an active par­ticipant in U ROP and provides students with a broad spectrum of research pro­jects. During the fall term, students established U ROP research projects in oceanography and the use of computers in biomedical research, as well as the Apollo 17 launching, according to Ed Porter (43), UROP Coordinator for the Laboratory.

Judy, an MIT junior majoring in Mathe­matics, has been working part-time on the Apollo Project since the beginning of the summer. She works under Stephen Helfant and Julius Feldman in the-Iner­tial Sub-system group responsible for the selection of the inertial component flight compensation parameters.

MIT undergraduates, in the past, have gone to the Apollo launchings as limited spectators. As an actual participant with security clearance, Judy believed that she would be in an advantageous posi­tion to view the events of the launching while acquiring a practical education in the intricacies of one of the Nation's most complex technical operations.

JUDY ELLENSON

Laboratory personnel who either have questions about the program or who have suggested research projects for stu­dent participation should contact Ed on Extension 8-2373.

DFO Continued

John Kingston joined the Laboratory in 1957 and was assigned to the Pay and Accounts Section. In 1960, John became the Group Leader of Pay and Accounts. When that office became a part of the Fiscal Office, John stayed with the Lab as Supervisor of Contract Administration. He was graduated from Northeastern Uni­versity with the Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administratiori.

Happy about new DFO assignments are Assis­tant Manager John Kingston, Manager Ray Gagnon (seated), and Accounting Officers Tony Santagate and John Matarese (seated).

Tony Santagate joined the Institute in January, 1961. He was assigned to the Comptroller's Accounting Office. He came to I FO in 1964 as the Supervisor of the Accounts Payable Operation. Tony was transferred to Payroll Operations as Super­visor. He was promoted to Staff Account­ant in July, 1969. He attended Burdett College and is a graduate of the Account­ing and Finance School of the USAF.

John Matarese first started working at the Institute in 1965 as a Northeastern Uni­versity Co-op student. After receiving his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Northeastern, he joined the MIT Audit Division. He was transferred to I FO in 1968 as a Staff Accountant.

The MIT Credit Union is not opposed to change ... in a home or an office address. Tell it to Bill Otenti at E19 -601, Ex­tension 182-3-1207.

D·NOTES is published for the personnel of the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Cam­bridge, Massachusetts. News and contributions should be addressed to D-NOTES and for· warded to Publications, Room DL1-411, 68 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Telephone: (617)-258-354 7.

DRAPER WOMAN SANTA'S HELPER

In these days of Women's Lib and Equal Opportunity, a little lady with a big heart has decided to rewrite the job de­scription for Santa Claus-she thinks he should work all year 'round, and she's willing to help.

Her name is Pat Anderson, and she's been the Matron at Draper Lab since 1970. Aside from making Draper a nice place in which to work, a major portion of Pat's spare time is devoted to bright­ening the lives of the 22 patients in Ward T at the Long Island Hospital in Boston Harbor. She visits them on the third Saturday of each month bringing with her candy, cookies, books and good conversation.

Pat is usually joined by friends from the Wesley United Methodist Church in Dor­chester. Her current companion is Miss Mildred Mitton, a retired teacher. This month, the two ladies, joined by eight other church members, will decorate Ward T, serve ice cream and cake to 37 patients and lead them all in the singing of Christmas carols.

Many of the men in Ward T no longer have families, but each one will receive a Christmas box filled with small gifts. Pat usually bakes an unfrosted pound-

cake for the men because most of them are on restricted diets. But during the holiday season, she presents them with a Christmas fruitcake, (see recipe below).

Although she believes that it is more blessed to give than to receive, Pat is doubly blessed by the reception she is given each time she visits Long Island Hospital. As one man said, "Just to see i,/ou smile means so much."

According to Pat, the feeling is mutual.

PAT ANDERSOl\i'S ONE-PAN CHRISTMAS FRUITCAKE

Stir together and boil for about 20 minutes:

1 large box raisins 2 cups sugar 3 cups cold water 1 tablespoon shortening

Cool at room temperature for about 30 min­utes. Then add to cooled mixture:

1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 level teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 3 cups flour

Mix thouroughly. Bake in well-greased and floured loaf pan at 325° for about 45 min­utes.

This is a not-too-rich fruitcake with a nice brown crust suitable for those on slightly re­stricted diets.

New staff members ( L to R): Susan Col cock, Marilyn Katherman and Jane Carmody.

STAFF Continued continue as a Personnel Assistant and is currently developing a seminar pro­gram for supervisors relative to the effec­tive leadership and management of peo­ple, in general, and women and minori­ties, in particular. Marilyn Katherman is a graduate of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. She started at Draper in August, 1969, as a Technical Assistant

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after teaching for one year in the Hing­ham School System. In December, 1969, she became a Junior Programmer and in November, 1970, was promoted to Pro­grammer in the Exempt area. She is presently a Staff Programmer responsible for major software modification to the DSRV's pre-launch operational program. Marilyn also assumes responsibility for the maintenance of all Central Processing Computer Factory Acceptance Test soft­ware.

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Doc Draper and Arthur Murray dancer Pam Fe rris trip the light fantastic at the Lab Christmas Party . Demonst rations by Trudy Hastings, Ray Niverson and John Brando, of the Arthur Murray Studio highlighted the evening .

THANKS TO YOU - IT'S WORKING!

1972 Draper Laboratory United Fund Campaign returns, (as of December 8, 1972):

$17 ,278.70 - D-Lab United Fund 1,925.50 - United Black Appeal

$19,204.20 - Total

Having a grand ti me dancing to the are Draper Lab members and guests .

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ROTE CHILDREN'S PARTY

A Christmas party for the children of the Research Development & Technical Employees' Union was held on Decem­ber 10, in the Sala de Puerto Rico. Party coordinators were Joe Fleming (32), John Delsie (Lincoln Lab), Regin­ald Roderick, Jr. _(37) and Charles Sbuttoni (MIT). with Henry Tivnan a convincing Santa.

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond (Sonny) Allieri were the winners of the dance contest on Saturday evening.

Hully-Gullying it at the Draper Lab Christmas Party.

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Bernie Feldman is about to present Doc with his Christmas gift, a pocket-size "miniature electronic sliderule", the BOW MAR 901 B Calculator.

CHRISTMAS COMES TO BEDFORD FLIGHT

Look what John Eisenhaure, Aircraft Maintenance Foreman at Bedford, found tucked away in the newly arrived Boeing CH-47 helicopter!