Pershing General Managers Meet at Kearfott
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I July-August 1975 KEAIIAflI Pershing General Managers Meet at Kearf ott; MMA Presents Their 'Design-to-Cost' Award Kearfott hosted the fourth quarterly Pershing II General Managers' Meeting on May 8. Kear- fott President Al Shaw welcomed participants from the U.S. Army Missile Command, the Defense Mapping Agency, Bendix Corporation, Goodyear Aerospace, and Kearfott's customer, Martin Marietta Aerospace. The meeting was held to review status on the overall program and to allow direct interchange between execu- tives of the major contractors. Immediately following the meeting, MMA Pershing II Program Manager Donald Hickman F presented a "Design to Cost" award to Kear- fott's Engineering Manager, Paul Eland, who accepted it on behalf of the Kearfott Pershing II Inertial Measurement Unit Project. The award was given in recognition of an !MU configuration change suggested by Kear- fott. This configuration change was from a complex gimbal assembly required by the ori- ginal specification to a KT-70 assembly which will not only improve performance, but will significantly reduce costs in the production phases of the program. I .. I ~:m;;:~ntfs~f1epr;:/:!i/ 1 v'fc~a7,~;7;d;n~~ 1 1~~- g~~~~:iKJ~!:~~.~Q~~'Jl:::::n~~M11)~i~a1::re;~::;e~~ C~1. S .C. Skemp, M!COM Project Manager; and S. Stark , MMA Vice President and General Manager. Standing in the front row were Q.C. DeA ngelis Defense Mapping Agency; S. Peckins, P-II Marketing Manager; M.B. Goldman, MMA Resident Manager at Goodyear; E. Reutter, Bendix Marketing Director; D. Gabrielsen, Bendix Program Manager; P.R . Riazzi, MMA Director of JtJ;:::~!; ::~!n~·:;ni'Yf>F;//r!1 f? 0 ~~ 0 /:nfo~~c/J;;[;/~e ~i:u~:~t ~1.~~-fje;,J;,n1;t;{l!~g~:!:~~1 ;: AJi.SQ~i;~~t$~Jj ~S~S:lt~n~:;· P~~SJ~:;~e;~:~n~:r:t~~":~u:~~ tr~~;~':nf!R~'!.eL~Ji:;t:,eg?c;d~~:,.dp:g;r~:fe,:;:e,J;e:~ea":i~ ~~t;J;::: ~~:rJ:;; Al Shaw. Attendees not present for the photograph included W.K. Jann, MICOM Deputy Project Manager; M.B. Jobe, Goodyear President; R.G. Snyder, Business Development Vice President; and R.D. Piper Missiles and Space Marketing Director, Bl Teamwo rk Producing Happy Faces George Bums, Kearfott's Resident B 1 Pro- gram Manager at the Autonetics Division of Rockwell International, accepted the first of three plated-wire memory modules from Auto- George Burns would not dream of giving these men a hard time about signing the final test data on the first plated wire memory module. They are Autonetics Engineers Bob Banozzi and Jerry Bennett. The module is in the fore- front. netics Program Manager Rod Nason during May 1975. "This unit represents th11,eulmination of 15 months of dedicated teamwork between Kearfott and Au tone tics personnel," reports Bl Program Manager Russ Walker. Since delivery of this first unit, a second has been completed and installed in the nuclear hardened computer Kearfott is supplying to Boeing for the Bl Bomber. Both units have demonstrated full compatibility with Kearfott equipment and adherence to the requirements specification. Boeing is Bl Avionics System Contractor to the Air Force. Chris W achter Wins Again Chris Wachter, 13-year-old son of Hank Wachter, JA37 IME Program Mgr. won the state mathematics competition for eighth graders. Last year, Chris came in fust for seventh graders in the same competition, sponsored by the Association of Teachers of Elementary Mathe- matics for seventh and eighth grade students. The top 200 students, of an original 10,000, competed in the finals on May 3 in East Windsor, N.J. Chris was awarded a plaque and a $50 U.S. Savings Bond. He attended the Pearl R. Miller school in Kinnelon, N.J. In recognition of our cost reduction efforts on the Pershing II program, MMA 's Donald Hick- man presented Paul Eland with three appro- priately inscribed awards; the Pershing JI coffee mug Mr. Eland is holding, a Pershing JI _pin, and the Texas Instruments calculator Mr. Hick- man is holding. Finance Management Club Installs Officers The Singer Kearfott Finance Management Club held its annual installation dinner for newly elected officers at Nestors' Restaurant in Singac, N.J., on June 3. Master of Ceremonies Wayne Ferguson in- stalled Louis Iandoli as President, Larry Diana as Vice President, Charles Oegg as Secretary, Vincent Whitmore as Treasurer, and Everett Miller as Sergeant at Arms. The club has provided Kearfott's finance management personnel with an opportunity for communication of ideas among the members as well as the educational opportunities provided by guest lecturers since 1971. They thought it appropriate as they began their fifth year, to honor the people who were instrumental in forming the club. Founding Father awards were therefore presented to Anthony Barbieri, Leon Karole, Charles Howery, Les Seelig, and retired former employee Dr. Gibbs Myers. Members and their guests who attended the meeting were treated to a "roasting" by William McKinley of some of the past officers of the club. Plaques were awarded to last year's officers in recognition of- their contributions to the success of the club. The Finance Management Club officers are (seated) Larry Diana, Louis landoli, and Charles Clegg, and (standing) Vincent Whitmore and Everett Miller.
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July-August 1975 KEAIIAflI
Pershing General Managers Meet at Kearf ott; MMA Presents Their 'Design-to-Cost' Award
Kearfott hosted the fourth quarterly Pershing II General Managers' Meeting on May 8. Kearfott President Al Shaw welcomed participants from the U.S. Army Missile Command, the Defense Mapping Agency, Bendix Corporation, Goodyear Aerospace, and Kearfott's customer, Martin Marietta Aerospace. The meeting was held to review status on the overall program and to allow direct interchange between executives of the major contractors.
Immediately following the meeting, MMA Pershing II Program Manager Donald Hickman
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presented a "Design to Cost" award to Kearfott's Engineering Manager, Paul Eland, who accepted it on behalf of the Kearfott Pershing II Inertial Measurement Unit Project.
The award was given in recognition of an !MU configuration change suggested by Kearfott. This configuration change was from a complex gimbal assembly required by the original specification to a KT-70 assembly which will not only improve performance, but will significantly reduce costs in the production phases of the program.
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~:m;;:~ntfs~f1epr;:/:!i/1v'fc~a7,~;7;d;n~~11~~- ~~o~~~~~d;e~~ g~~~~:iKJ~!:~~.~Q~~'Jl:::::n~~M11)~i~a1::re;~::;e~~ C~1. S.C. Skemp, M!COM Project Manager; and S. Stark , MMA Vice President and General Manager. Standing in the front row were Q.C. DeA ngelis Defense Mapping Agency; S. Peckins, P-II Marketing Manager; M.B. Goldman, MMA Resident Manager at Goodyear; E. Reutter, Bendix Marketing Director; D. Gabrielsen, Bendix Program Manager; P.R. Riazzi, MMA Director of
JtJ;:::~!; ::~!n~·:;ni'Yf>F;//r!1 f?0~~
0/:nfo~~c/J;;[;/~e ~i:u~:~t ~1.~~-fje;,J;,n1;t;{l!~g~:!:~~1 ~~~~i:; ;: AJi.SQ~i;~~t$~Jj
~S~S:lt~n~:;· P~~SJ~:;~e;~:~n~:r:t~~":~u:~~ tr~~;~':nf!R~'!.eL~Ji:;t:,eg?c;d~~:,.dp:g;r~:fe,:;:e,J;e:~ea":i~ ~~t;J;::: ~~:rJ:;; Al Shaw. Attendees not present for the photograph included W.K. Jann, MICOM Deputy Project Manager; M.B. Jobe, Goodyear President; R.G. Snyder, Business Development Vice President; and R.D. Piper Missiles and Space Marketing Director,
Bl Teamwork Producing Happy Faces George Bums, Kearfott's Resident B 1 Pro
gram Manager at the Autonetics Division of Rockwell International, accepted the first of three plated-wire memory modules from Auto-
George Burns would not dream of giving these men a hard time about signing the final test data on the first plated wire memory module. They are Autonetics Engineers Bob Banozzi and Jerry Bennett. The module is in the forefront.
netics Program Manager Rod Nason during May 1975.
"This unit represents th11,eulmination of 15 months of dedicated teamwork between Kearfott and Au tone tics personnel," reports Bl Program Manager Russ Walker.
Since delivery of this first unit, a second has been completed and installed in the nuclear hardened computer Kearfott is supplying to Boeing for the Bl Bomber. Both units have demonstrated full compatibility with Kearfott equipment and adherence to the requirements specification.
Boeing is Bl Avionics System Contractor to the Air Force.
Chris Wachter Wins Again Chris Wachter, 13-year-old son of Hank
Wachter, JA37 IME Program Mgr. won the state mathematics competition for eighth graders. Last year, Chris came in fust for seventh graders in the same competition, sponsored by the Association of Teachers of Elementary Mathematics for seventh and eighth grade students.
The top 200 students, of an original 10,000, competed in the finals on May 3 in East Windsor, N.J. Chris was awarded a plaque and a $50 U.S. Savings Bond. He attended the Pearl R. Miller school in Kinnelon, N.J.
In recognition of our cost reduction efforts on the Pershing II program, MMA 's Donald Hickman presented Paul Eland with three appropriately inscribed awards; the Pershing JI coffee mug Mr. Eland is holding, a Pershing JI _pin, and the Texas Instruments calculator Mr. Hickman is holding.
Finance Management Club Installs Officers
The Singer Kearfott Finance Management Club held its annual installation dinner for newly elected officers at Nestors' Restaurant in Singac, N.J., on June 3.
Master of Ceremonies Wayne Ferguson installed Louis Iandoli as President, Larry Diana as Vice President, Charles Oegg as Secretary, Vincent Whitmore as Treasurer, and Everett Miller as Sergeant at Arms.
The club has provided Kearfott's finance management personnel with an opportunity for communication of ideas among the members as well as the educational opportunities provided by guest lecturers since 1971. They thought it appropriate as they began their fifth year, to honor the people who were instrumental in forming the club. Founding Father awards were therefore presented to Anthony Barbieri, Leon Karole, Charles Howery, Les Seelig, and retired former employee Dr. Gibbs Myers.
Members and their guests who attended the meeting were treated to a "roasting" by William McKinley of some of the past officers of the club.
Plaques were awarded to last year's officers in recognition of- their contributions to the success of the club.
The Finance Management Club officers are (seated) Larry Diana, Louis landoli, and Charles Clegg, and (standing) Vincent Whitmore and Everett Miller.
