| Title: |
Thomas A. Keenan
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| Local code: |
OH 217
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Description: |
After Keenan briefly discusses his education, he describes the Rosser and Pierce reports that he worked on that spurred National Science Foundation (NSF) activity in relation to computers and a networking grant that he received from NSF while at the Inter-University Communications Council (Educom). He discusses his work with Kent Curtis in the Office of Computing Activities (OCA). Keenan concludes with a brief mention of other NSF personnel who worked in OCA or related areas.
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| Extent: |
28 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=171
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1990 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Keenan, Thomas A.
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Electrical engineer
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| Document location: |
Washington, D.C.
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| Document date: |
28-Sep-1990
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| Interviewer: |
Aspray, William
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023982-25526
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