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Possibly [[Dave Barton]], a very good engineer who left in about 1964
Possibly [[Dave Barton]], a very good engineer who left in about 1964


[[Oz Svehaug]] West of Rullman’s group was the [[647]] group.
=[[Oz Svehaug]] West of Rullman’s group was the [[647]] group=
After September 1963, Oz left Tek for health reasons  
After September 1963, Oz left Tek for health reasons  
and the group was run by [[Oliver Dalton]]:
and the group was run by [[Oliver Dalton]]:
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[[Jim Knapton]] - horizontal amplifier-also manager of Digital Systems Group
[[Jim Knapton]] - horizontal amplifier-also manager of Digital Systems Group


[[Russ Fillinger]] next bay west of the 647 group was Low Frequency & Bio-medical Systems:
=[[Russ Fillinger]] next bay west of the 647 group was Low Frequency & Bio-medical Systems=
* [[Mel Holtznagel]] - not sure of project, may have left this group in mid 1963
* [[Mel Holtznagel]] - not sure of project, may have left this group in mid 1963
* [[John Addis]]- [[1A7]]
* [[John Addis]]- [[1A7]]
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[[Gary Vance]] (joined about 1966)- [[502A]]
[[Gary Vance]] (joined about 1966)- [[502A]]


Unknown manager West of LF and Biomedical and possibly on both sides of the hallway was Marketing
=Unknown manager West of LF and Biomedical and possibly on both sides of the hallway was Marketing=
 
* [[Geoff Gass]]
[[Geoff Gass]]
* [[Stan Foss]]
 
* [[Sandy Sanford]]
[[Stan Foss]]
 
[[Sandy Sanford]]


The west end of the building extending to the south hallway was the model shop.
The west end of the building extending to the south hallway was the model shop.


Unknown manager Model Shop (took up width of the building from North Wall to the South Hall)
=Unknown manager Model Shop (took up width of the building from North Wall to the South Hall)=
 
* [[Les Wold]]
[[Les Wold]]
* About 20 machinists, metal working equipment.
 
About 20 machinists, metal working equipment.
 


Going east from the west wall was the south hallway parallel to the south wall.  Engineering bays were between the hallway and the south wall.
Going east from the west wall was the south hallway parallel to the south wall.  Engineering bays were between the hallway and the south wall.


=From the west wall going east was TV-Scan Conversion headed by Charlie Rhodes=
 
* [[Larry Biggs]] - [[1A2]] for the 547 group
From the west wall going east was TV-Scan Conversion headed by Charlie Rhodes
** [[John Horn]] - [[W]] for the 540 series
 
** [[Ron Olson]] - [[1A1]] for the [[547]] group
Larry Biggs-1A2 for the 547 group


John Horn-W for the 540 series
* [[Doug Dickie]]
 
** [[Stan Baker]] (technician?)
Ron Olson-1A1 for the 547 group
** [[Phil Crosby]]
 
** [[Stan Tate]] (technician?)
Doug Dickie
** [[Victor Kong]] (later)
 
** [[Steve Roth]] (later)
Stan Baker (technician?)
** [[Walt Lowy]] (technician, later)
 
Phil Crosby
 
Stan Tate (technician>)
 
Victor Kong (later)
 
Steve Roth (later)
 
 
Walt Lowy (technician, later)


   
   


Al Zimmerman The next bay east was probably the Sampling group
=Al Zimmerman The next bay east was probably the Sampling group=
 
Norm Winningstad-may have had an office in this area
Norm Winningstad-may have had an office in this area
* [[Gordon Long]] - stand alone pulsers
* [[George Fry]]-sampling heads
* [[Andy Cheers]]
* [[Jim Geddes]]
* [[Leo Heineck]]
* [[Fred Kawabata]]
* [[Ray Underwood]]
** [[Gene Cowan]] - pulser heads
** [[Chuck Donaldson]]
** [[Chuck Edgar]]
** [[Stu MacNaughton]]


Gordon Long-stand alone pulsers
= [[Cal Hongel]] Next bay east was Accessories Design until mid 1963.  Then [[Wim Velsink]], then [[Ken Holland]] for years.=
 
George Fry-sampling heads
 
Andy Cheers
 
Jim Geddes
 
Leo Heineck
 
Fred Kawabata
 
Ray Underwood
 
Gene Cowan-pulser heads
 
Chuck Donaldson
 
Chuck Edgar
 
Stu MacNaughton
 
 
Cal Hongel Next bay east was Accessories Design until mid 1963.  Then Wim Velsink, then Ken Holland for years.


R. Michael Johnson
* [[R. Michael Johnson]]
 
** Marv DeSautel (technician)
Marv DeSautel (technician)
* Bill Lukens
 
* Bill Peek
Bill Lukens
** Bob Beck
 
** John Roberts (known later as Jack Roberts)
Bill Peek
** [[Hans Springer]]
 
* Bert ten Kate
Bob Beck
** Bud Bender
 
** Will Coffin
John Roberts (known later as Jack Roberts)
** Tommy Thompson                 
 
** Ron Peltola (later)
Hans Springer
 
Bert ten Kate
 
Bud Bender
 
Will Coffin
 
Tommy Thompson                 
 
Ron Peltola (later)
 


Jim Knapton Next bay east was Digital Systems
Jim Knapton Next bay east was Digital Systems

Revision as of 06:09, 25 July 2020

All of instrument design from July 1951 until March 1966 was in Building 81.

The location of personnel in this document is primarily in the productive years of 1963 and 1964.

The following picture is of the east-facing wall looking NW with the Building 81 (Sunset South) entrance in its NE corner (center).

Building 81

Building 86 (Sunset North) is visible in the right half of the photo. It was located north of Building 81.

In the above photo dated June 1964 is the east wall of the “Sunset Plant”, Building 81, looking NW. The building was so named for Sunset Highway located a few dozen feet behind the photographer.

About 50 feet south of the north wall and running west was a hall where there were three engineering groups in July 1963. The bays for each group were about 50 feet deep and extended from the hallway to the nearest outside wall. There were two main hallways, north hallway and south hallway, both running east to west. Between the two hallways were located (from east to west) Howard Vollum’s office, Engineering vice president, Bill Polits’ office, Instrument Engineering Manager (Jack Rogers), Engineering administration (Dick Rhiger), Legal (Jim Castles), New Product Introduction (Deane Kidd), the cafeteria, and the parts room (Herb Crawford) extending to the model shop.

The north hallway ran east to west from behind the receptionist. The first engineering bay was Bob Rullman’s group working on the 544, 546, and 547.

Conventional Scopes (544, 546, 547)

Bob Rullman - Group Manager - horizontal sweep, sweep switching

John Gates - running the 545B project

Possibly Dave Barton, a very good engineer who left in about 1964

Oz Svehaug West of Rullman’s group was the 647 group

After September 1963, Oz left Tek for health reasons and the group was run by Oliver Dalton:

Joe Burger

Dan Delano

Jack Sterett

Jim Knapton - horizontal amplifier-also manager of Digital Systems Group

Russ Fillinger next bay west of the 647 group was Low Frequency & Bio-medical Systems

John Dureka early storage scope CRT circuitry

Tat Lam

Larry Mayhew - 2A61 (finishing in mid 1963 when he joined the 647 group)

Roy Hayes - 3A3

Walt Petersen was studying for an MD and advised biomedical group part time

Dick Stack-technician

Gary Vance (joined about 1966)- 502A

Unknown manager West of LF and Biomedical and possibly on both sides of the hallway was Marketing

The west end of the building extending to the south hallway was the model shop.

Unknown manager Model Shop (took up width of the building from North Wall to the South Hall)

  • Les Wold
  • About 20 machinists, metal working equipment.

Going east from the west wall was the south hallway parallel to the south wall. Engineering bays were between the hallway and the south wall.

From the west wall going east was TV-Scan Conversion headed by Charlie Rhodes


Al Zimmerman The next bay east was probably the Sampling group

Norm Winningstad-may have had an office in this area

Cal Hongel Next bay east was Accessories Design until mid 1963. Then Wim Velsink, then Ken Holland for years.

  • R. Michael Johnson
    • Marv DeSautel (technician)
  • Bill Lukens
  • Bill Peek
    • Bob Beck
    • John Roberts (known later as Jack Roberts)
    • Hans Springer
  • Bert ten Kate
    • Bud Bender
    • Will Coffin
    • Tommy Thompson
    • Ron Peltola (later)

Jim Knapton Next bay east was Digital Systems

John Bowne

Ken Davenport

Joe Demke

Chuck Mallison

Bob Webb

John Griffin

Paul Buchco (technician)

Bob Herb

Bud Kraker

Milt Smith

Murlan Kaufman

Bill Stevens


Marlow Butler The front bay, was Mechanical Design

Maurie Merrick - Accessories and Camera Development

Sid Broughton

Norm Hughes

Len McCracken

Jamie Navia

Martha Rowland

Denny Smith

Dwaine Romine

Frank Axford

Jerry Moshofsky

Alex Padilla

Bob Richardson

Don Smith

Jay Chido - Mechanical Instrument Design

Bud Deibele, Project Engineer

Chuck Brown

Ross Gifford

Al Robinson

Bill Root

Bob Shand

Dick Sollars

Frank Maniatis, Project Engineer

Bill Cottingham

Dave DeMuth

John Reichen

Leighton Whitsett

Archie Yergen

Leon Prentice, Project Engineer

Henry Bahrs - front panels

Dave Morin

Glenn Powers

Don Thorneycroft

Dick Swanson, Project Engineer

Paul Clark

Dave Curtis

Dick Duggan

Virgil Gray

Larry McCoy

Eldon Hoffman

Bob White

Hillis Heath

Bill Strong

Bill Pickering

Clyde Feitush

Dick Hansen

Gail Morris - Industrial Design

Dick Edstrom

Al Hill

Bob Metcalf

Jack Nelson


That may have brought us back to the front of the building.

Many people are missing from this page, and possibly even whole groups. If anyone can provide the missing information, please contact the administrator of Tekwiki.

Engineering Evaluation (Evaluation of new designs and engineering help)

was located in Sunset North (45.5090 -122.7749) (Building 86). Building 86 was about 100 feet north of Building 81 and is partially visible in the above photo to the right of the Building 81 corner entrance. At the time, CRT Engineering was likely also in Building 86.

In about 1965 Wim Velsink suggested the formation of an Advanced Development group as most of the above products had been introduced.

This group was to research the ideas of Howard Vollum, mostly having to do with human interface such as a trigger control that allowed you to roll over a sine wave and have the trigger slope change a the top of the waveform. (This was actually introduced in some 7000 series sweeps, but was not popular.) Another was to have the trace intensity increase during rapid rise and fall so more of the waveform could be seen. Another project was to have the amplifier gain seek a full screen display. This was done in the 560 series but also was not popular.

John Kobbe had the corner office (next to the outside south wall) and ran the group, presumably reporting to Wim Velsink.

Bob Rullman

John Gates

John Addis

Others


Norm Winningstad might have been in Sampling at that time, but not in a design capacity

Cliff Moulton had left in 1962 or early 1963.