Tales from the Vault

Sep 2, 2025

Tales from the Vault: The Mystery of Grand Bahama Island

By |2025-07-23T10:26:23-04:002 September 2025|Tales from the Vault|

By John Porter, Life Member Editor’s Note:  The Eastern Test Range was run from Patrick Air Force Base in Florida in the 1960s. Today, it’s known as the Patrick Space Force Base and it continues to launch the most advanced rockets. Time: About 1964        Place:  Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa Beach, Florida In 1963, a ...

Apr 15, 2025

Tales From The Vault: Development of a New Computer Memory By Arthur S. Jensen, IEEE Life Fellow

By |2025-03-06T13:33:43-05:0015 April 2025|Tales from the Vault|

Editor’s Note: Arthur S. Jensen (1917-2012) received a BS in Physics (1938), MS in Physics (1939), and a PhD in Physics (1941) from the University of Pennsylvania.  During WWII he was a Naval Reserve Officer on the faculty of the U.S. Naval Academy teaching physics and physics of aviation until March of 1946. Following the ...

Mar 14, 2024

Telecom Disasters – Service Restored

By |2024-03-14T11:13:10-04:0014 March 2024|Tales from the Vault|

Authored by Richard J. Gibbs, IEEE Life Member Richard J. Gibbs, IEEE Life Member I have been associated with IEEE since its inception. While in college at Indiana Tech, I was the student president of the IRE, which joined forces with the AIEE to become IEEE in 1963. I was the first student ...

Feb 13, 2024

Email in Our Government

By |2024-02-13T11:20:09-05:0013 February 2024|Tales from the Vault|

Authored by Russell E. Theisen, IEEE Life Senior Member, Deceased President Jimmy Carter was elected president of the United States in 1976. When Jimmy Carter went to the White House and observed the antiquated way executive business was conducted, he requested help from the American Federation of Information Societies (AFIPS) group to come to Washington and ...

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