0utstanding Gareer Women

Chosen As Part 0fIWY Gelebration

Vol. XVll, No.20

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The "gals" pictured here represent DMAAC's outstanding career women of achievement inDMA Chreer Women and Women of Achievement competition. They may receive additionalrecognition locally or from DMA.

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October 3,1975

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Fast Start for CFCPayroll lJeduction High

The Combined Federal Campaign has jumped off to the fastest startever, according to Center project officers. In one week of collectingDMAAC has achieved 72.4Vo of its goal.

The Directorate of Administration, led by Fair Share keyman, MSgt.Wayman, was the first to achieve i00% of their assigned goal. Payrolldeductions have pushed AAto l7l7o.

Throughout the agency over {n persons have been identified as FairShare givers by CFC siandards. These people will be receiving gold"People Helping People" pins.

As stressed by Chairman Jerry Becker before the campaign began, "Ifwe get more than 50S payroll deduction the drive can't help but be asuccess." Early reports indicated 59% of contributors used the payrolldeduction method and have donated82Te of the total receipts.

"The drive is well underway with a strong potential to have othersections join AA in exceeding their goals," said Becker.

Members of the DMAAC work force listen and watch as an in-structor from the St. .Ioseph Institute for thc I)o[[ lrxplsin5 trntrnxll!trtrront tat gtttnr. oI lrr.r ntrldr.n1r 'l'hn :nllr.llrrr.: lnrrr.r.rl l lrrr

Outstanding career womeninclude:

Elaine M. Slephenson,, a car-tographer, has been involved forthe past three years in develop-ment of DLMS at the Center. She isa graduate of Southern IllinoisUniversity, Carbondale and hasbeen employed at the Center since1967. She was the first woman to besent to the Defense MappingSchool at Ft. Belvoir to briefmilitary individuals on "Struc-tural Analysis, Radar Analysisand Tarcetini".

In the civic community she isactive in the St. Louis Civic Ballet,the Dance Concert Society and theArts and Educational Council.

Peggy Matkin, a supervisorycartographer, held the firstsupervisory position in 1958 in theIntelligence Library, ChartResearch Division. She hasremained in a supervisory positionfor most of the remainder of heremployment with the Center. Sheis active in the PTA, Girl Scouting,church and school activities in hcr

was instrumental in developingnew production and quality controltechniques to satisfy the program.She has also served as one of theCenter's Equal EmploymentOpportunity Investigators. Shehas been active in the AmericanBusiness Women's Association,the St. Louis Women's JuniorChamber of Commerce and mostrecently in the ACSM.

Sue Fidler, an aeronauticalinformation specialist was theI'irst. Ii'ntale prurnotcd to t.hc (iS=12

Stephenson Brec kenkarnp Mrassot Matkin

Mandel Fidler Sinnwell

Shirley Sostman, a car-tographer/photogrammetrist, isinvolved in providing DoDagencies, non-DoD agenties andtheir contractors, unique geodeticand geophysical informationwhich can be used in the solving ofspecial problems related to theirMC&G activities. She is active inthe work of the Federal ExecutiveBoard and the Federal BusinessAssociation, currently serving aspresident of the latter. She is alsogreatly involved in the work of thetechnical and professionalsocieties associated with theCenter.

Laura Breckenkamp, asecretary-steno, is a graduate ofMcCluer High School and iscurrently studying to achieve thetitle of Certified ProfessionalSecretary. Her nomination citedher initiative, and motivation asinspirations to fellow professionaland clerical personnel.

Palricia Massol, a supervisorycartographer, has been with theCenter for more than 17 years andhas earned a reputation fortechnical excellence andproduction accomplishment. Hercontributions in the developmentof products, procedures and dataprocessing software have con-tribfted greatly to the Center'sabilityto provide new services andto meet established requirements.

communlty.Mabel Charlene Gill is a car-

tographer/photogrammetristserving as a production manager.She has been employed at theCenter since 1g48 and currenflyserves also as the Center FederalWomen's Program Coordinator.She was the first woman analyticalplotter operator, the first womansupervisor in the TopographyDivision, and the first woman to beelected Vice President of theAmerican Society ofPhotogrammetry, St. LouisRegion. In the community she isactive in the Bi-Centennialcommittee efforts and in historicalpreservation actions.

June A. Moran, supervisorycartographer, came to the Centerin 1946. She has been the recipientof the USAF Civilian MeritoriousService Award for developmentand implementation of the ACICQuality Control System. She is alsoan active member in the ASP andACSM having held various officesand committee assignments in thelocal sections and conventions.She is a graduate of WashingtonUniversity and a member of theuniversity's Women's Society.

Rose Eleanor Mandel, a car-tographer, has been with theCenter since 1951. She was in-volved in the initial phases ofcharting support for the AirWeather Service Program and

grade in the Aeronautical In-formation Department. She holdsa degree from the University ofMissouri. Currently she is incharge of quality control for theFlight Information Publicationscovering Europe, Africa and theMiddle East. She conducts in-process random quality in-spections to insure that theoperational FLIP products containaccurate and clearly depicteddata. She is active in the work ofher church and was a member ofthe Bach Society of St. Louis forapproximately ten years. She alsoserved as a soloist with the St.Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Eileen Sinnwell, a computer-aid,has been with DMAAC since 1963.She had the responsibility forcombining the second and thirdgeneration automated computerlibraries into a single DMAACautomated cartographer librarysystem which has grown to avolume of 22,000 magnetic tapes.She now provides technicalguidance and direction to fourcomputer aids in order to main-tain a responsive program anddata storage system that meetsthe changing requirements of theDMAAC Scientific ComputerDivision.

All the women will be honoredduring the DMAAC salute to Inter-national Women's Year on October24th.

After discussing the dictionarydefinition of a professional and thehistory of the professional in thegovernment service, the Coloneltalked of the characteristics he feltmade up the professional.

"One of the most recognizablethings about a professional is hisattitude toward himself and hisprofession," pointed out theDirector. "I believe there arethree essential elements whichmake up the true professionalattitude.

"First is the individual's need tobe valued and judged as a

professional, not a non-professional. This fierce pride inwhat his training and talent havegained for him is not to besacrificed to any other incentive,however tantalizing. First andforemost, he is a professionalcartographer, lithographer,photographer, Air Force Officer,etc., next he is a DMAAClithographer, or WashingtonUniversity geophysicist or USGScartograph-er. Thid atti tude, regard-less of the hardship it mightimpose on management, is im-portant. For it is more than

d.sr5'urerr !u sorrle or ner stuoents. 'l'he solicitors toured theinstitute as part of the DMAAC Combined Federal Campaign.Exployees toured various agencies which receive rnoni ,through the United Way, a part of the CFC. From left to rightemploy_ees are: Ray Karrasch, Sam Baxter, Laurance Suiie,Larry Schwaller, John Broleman, Donald Riggs.

Director Speaks 0n

ProfessionalismTo Joint Societies"A professional is one who is in an occupation_requiring a high

level of knowledge, training and proficiency. ,A professional has-pride"inhis or her work, seeks chaltenging assignments, and fully prriiciprte,in the total mission of the organization. A professional strive,s to improtnhis or her personal capabilities and is probably a member of the techtnicaland profesional societies. A professional aggressively seeks ways to in-crease total capability and output of his or her organization.,,

With those remarks Col. James St. Clair, DMAAC Director, summedup his interpretation of "who Is A hofessional", in an address deptember23rd before a joint meeting of the technical and professional iocietiesassociated with the Center.

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Lt. Col. G. StrebeckDireclorLogistics

Lawrence F. AyersTechnical Direclor

G. N. Collins€hief

Equal EmploymenlOpporlunity Office

Ll. Col. K. CowanDirector

Facililies Engineering

€apt. R.A. AllenCommander

Office ol Communications

Lt. Col. H. AllisonDireclor

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Col. Roberl C. BurnsDepuly Director

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T. SeppelinChief

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Junior AchievementProgram Begins Oct. I

The 1975 DMAAC JuniorAchievement program will beginOctober 8th with the organiza-tional meeting of the three Centersponso_red companies.

Advisors have already beenworking to formulate plans for thecompanies activities throughoutthe year.

The Junior Achievementprogram provides an opportunityfor teenagers to meet for twohours each Wednesday night tocapitalize, operate and finally,liquidate their own miniaturecompanies.

This year DMAAC will sponsorthree companies in the JuniorAchievement Mississippi ValleyNorthside Center located at 6363Natural Bridge. Meetings will beevery Wednesdav from 7 until 9p.m. A total of 60 youngsters areexpected to take part in the threecompanies. Al Gilbert, coor-dinating advisor for the DMAACprogram, said he was very pleasedwith the voluntary response he hasreceived from Center employeesto participate in the program asadvisors. Anyone still interested inparticipating can contact him at4106.

This year's advisors include:Sgt. William Dixon, Frank Schie,Joseph Statum, Jim Boyd, J.Edward Jones, Warren Mathews,Gross T. Marcus, and Jean Morrisin addition to Gilbert.

In special ceremonies duringSeptember Col. James St. Clair,DMAAC Director, presentedJunior Achievement Certificatesof Appreciation to the advisorswho assisted in the program lastyear. These included Phil Foster,John Snipes, William Brown, JoeGoines, Robert Myers, Al Gilbert,Beverly Smith and Gross Marcus.

The Director expressed hispleasure in the contributions theindividuals had made to helpingthe youth of the city to learn thefundamentals of the Americanbusiness system.

The week of October 5-11, 1975,has been designated by thePresident as "National Employthe Handicapped Week". Insupport of that proclamation,DMAAC takes this opportunity toemphasize the accomplishmentsand goals of our handicappedemployees and to congratulatethem on their achievements.

In the past, people with han-dicaps have either suffered with orfought the stereotypes whichconfine them. Those with deter-mination have refused to fit intothe molds of society's making.Today, handicapped individualsare amply demonstrating theircapabilities in diverse fields,winning acceptance from all withwhom they have contact.

National Fire Prevention Weekwill be observed across the nationnext week and DMAAC has specialactivities planned for each day,according to Fire Chief JosephLeahy.

Monday will be the normal civildefense and fire siren testing thatis conducted at 11:00 a.m. the FirstMonday of every month. However,this Monday the St. Louis FireDepartment will make a practice"run" to building 36 to assist in thepractice evacuation of thebuilding.

Wednesday has been designatedas clea_n-up day throughout theCenter. This is the time to get ridof all unnecessary debris, cleanout desks, etc. AIso on Wednesdavthe St. Louis Fire Departmentwill display an antique fire pumperin front of Building 36 from11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Thursday the special inspectiongroup will conduct an inspection of

assigned locations. The inspectiongroup is made up of M.G. Hurst;FE, R. Gast; MD, G. Gann, LO;E.B. Gonza, PD; Captain J. Saenz,FE; W. Arms, PP; R. Hall, PR;MSgt. Miller, SO; J.N. Jolley, AD;W.E. Benner, CD; Capt. Brown,SO; E.J. Hauer, RD; T.B. Fles,PO; Captain K. Keenan, AA; andE.L. Wheeler, CMDC.

On Friday the St. Louis FireDepartment will display theirrescue truck in front of Building 36from 11:00 to 1:00 and at 1:15 thearea fire marshals will meet withthe Director to discuss the in-spections.

During the last week of Sep-tember the Fire Chief distributedtickets to employees throughoutthe Center which entitled theholder of a winning number to afree Iunch in the dining hall. Thefive numbers selected were 598,431, 42, 665, 314. Employeesholding the lucky tickets shouldcontact the Fire Chief.

Oct 5-l IHqndicopped Fire Prevention Week

Week Begins Monday

The OR IENTOR is an of f icial news-paper, published bi-weekly on Fri-day bV and for the personnel of theDefense Mapping Agency AerospaceCenter, at St. Louis, Missour,i. Opin-ions expressed herein do not neces-

sarily represent those of the DOD.

Col. James H. St. ClairDirector

David L. BlackChief , Public Alf airs Of f ice

Editor

Galendar of Events

Gctober 1975

OCT EVENT

13 COLUMBUS DAY

14 FBA Lunch & Mtg

17 Bloodmobile

17 AFA Meeting

24 DMAAC Salutes the

24 IWY Awards Niqht

24 FBA Annual Mixer

27 VETE RAN'S DAY

WHERE INFO

Carpenter Hall D. Blackl41422nd Street and H. Kadowakii4031South Annex

Anheuser-Busch D. Kuehn/8254Hospitality Room.610 Pestalozzi

IWY DAY

Grant's Cabin C. cilll4213Mart. Bldg. D. Blackl4142

Contact Shirley Sostman/4563, to have your November events listed.

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compensated for by the excellenceof the work such an attitudeproduces. And I feel it is theAgency's responsibility to providethe individual opportunities toincrease his or her professionallatitude and stature.

"Second, the professionaldemands challenge. He activelyseeks the task that offers thegreatestchallenge to his talents: atask that stimulates his mind, thatdemands his total dedication, atask which inspires and intrigueshim. These difficult tasks he musthave in measured amounts to keephis skills keen and hisprof essionalism paramount.

"Third, the professional in agroup of workers desires a sense ofparticipation. This sense of par-ticipation for the professionalexceeds the sense of participationa worker might derive from beinga team member in some elementof an organization. Theprofessional must participatedirectly in the whole mission of theorganization-in other words, inthe aesthetic or functionalcharacter of the products them-selves. For example, theprofessional feels that a DMAACproduced chart, or data base,flight information product, orstudy is a better product than anyother because he as a professionalcartographer, photogrammetrist,

geodesist, air informationspecialist, etc., had an influence inand made a contribution towardthe size, shape and design format,or accuracy of the completedproduct. Professionals relatethemselves to the products andthey feel that they not only par-ticipate but are judged as par-ticipants in the total product of theagency regardless of what theproduct might be."

More than 100 members of thesocieties represented, which in-cluded ASP, ACSM, ION, AGU, St.Louis Litho Club and the Air ForceAssociation, listened intently asColonel St. Clair presented a self-evaluation checklist for each andevery professional.

"What does a professional do forhimself , his profession and hisorganization?" asked theDirector. "To put it in one word, hedoes his best. He is never satisfiedwith the status quo. He constantlyseeks improvements."

What does he do for himself ? Hesets aside a little time eachevening or each weekend to dosome reading or studying that willexpand his technical orprofessional knowledge. He seeksopportunities to go back to schooleither on government sponsoredlong-term training or on his owntime at his own expense so that hecan keep abreast of rapidly ex-panding scientific knowledge and

technology."He joins a professional or

technical society. These societiesplay an important role in themaking, molding and growth of aprofessional. Active membershipin technical and professionalsocieties is also an excellent wayfor the professional to advance hisprofession. "

"The f inal mark of aprofessional is his actions toelevate the capability of hisorganization---or we could havesaid his organizations output,efficiency, or productivity.

"A professional is alwaysseeking a better way to do an oldjob or devising an efficient way todo a new job."

In his closing remarks theDirector issued a challenge to allprofessionals when he said," . . . itis imperative that we in theAerospace Center-as well asemployees in all federal agenciesand private industry-developbetter, more efficient operationaltechniques. We must aggressivelyeliminate lost motions andwasteful activities so thatresources available can bestretched to cover the urgentrequirements of our productusers."

"The key, fundamental, andmost critical role of theprofessional is to help us meet thatchallenge, to light the way towardtechnological and managerialimprovements that will allow ussignificantly increased overallproductivity."

JOINT CITY-FEDERAL EFFORTS TO PROMOTE NationalFire Prevention week are shown as DMAAC Director- Col.J_ame5 St. Clair, signs the Center proclamation as memb'ers ofthe St. T,ouis City Fire Department look on. Shown fromleft to right are Allan kandmeyer, acting Chief St. Louis FireDepartment; Battalion Chief Frank Stockmann. Cant. BudMiller of the St. Louis Fire Academv and Lt. Cbl. KennetliCowan, DMAAC Fire Marshal.

Women's Club Officers

Mrs. James Sl. Clair, (right), Honorary presidenl of lhe DMAACwomen's club heads rhe receiving line of oflicers wairing lo welcome themembers and guests at lhe September luncheon al Jeremiah,s. Theofficers wilh Mrs. sl. clair are, (right to left), Mrs. Henry puricelli,presidenl; Mrs. Joseph Exler, lst vice presidenl, Mrs. Clint Murphy,2ndvice presidenl; Mrs. Glen Mulkey, recording secrelary; Mrs. MyronCarlson, corresponding secrelary; Mrs. Douglas Wolfsberger,lreasurer; and Mrs. Gilbert Ferguson, advisor.

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