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All of instrument design from July 1951 until March 1966 was in [[Building 81]] | 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 location of personnel in this document is primarily in the productive years of 1963 and 1964. | ||
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The following picture is of the east-facing wall looking NW with the | 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 (Sunset South) entrance in its NE corner (center). | ||
[[File:Tek building 81.jpg|frameless|Building 81]] | [[File:Tek building 81.jpg|frameless|Building 81]] | ||
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The first engineering bay was [[Bob Rullman]]’s group working on the [[544]], [[546]], and [[547]]. | The first engineering bay was [[Bob Rullman]]’s group working on the [[544]], [[546]], and [[547]]. | ||
Conventional Scopes ([[544]], [[546, [[547]]) | =Conventional Scopes ([[544]], [[546]], [[547]])= | ||
Bob Rullman-Group Manager-horizontal sweep, sweep switching | [[Bob Rullman]] - Group Manager - horizontal sweep, sweep switching | ||
* Gene Kauffman-trigger | * [[Gene Kauffman]]-trigger | ||
* Al Allworth-1A4 | ** [[Al Allworth]] - [[1A4]] | ||
* Tom Beach | ** [[Tom Beach]] | ||
* Keith Taylor-main vertical amplifier | ** [[Keith Taylor]] - main vertical amplifier | ||
* Jack Rogers-sweep (also apparently was also Engineering manager) | * [[Jack Rogers]] - sweep (also apparently was also Engineering manager) | ||
John Gates-running the 545B project | [[John Gates]] - running the [[545B]] project | ||
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 647 group. | [[Oz Svehaug]] West of Rullman’s group was the [[647]] group. | ||
* Gene Andrews-10A2 Gene probably had numerous other contributions | After September 1963, Oz left Tek for health reasons | ||
* John Larson-technician | and the group was run by [[Oliver Dalton]]: | ||
* Les Larson-10A1 (no relation to John) | * [[Gene Andrews]] - [[10A2]] Gene probably had numerous other contributions | ||
* Larry Mayhew-10B1 (Larry Mayhew disclaimed any role, but he may have taken Jim Godwin’s 11B2 and cut it down to single time base) | * [[John Larson - technician | ||
* Vaughn Weidel- technician-probably environmental testing | * [[Les Larson - [[10A1]] (no relation to John) | ||
* Carl Battjes-main vertical amplifier | * [[Larry Mayhew]] - [[10B1]] (Larry Mayhew disclaimed any role, but he may have taken Jim Godwin’s [[11B2]] and cut it down to single time base) | ||
* Jim Godwin-10B2 | * [[Vaughn Weidel]]- technician-probably environmental testing | ||
* R. Michael Johnson (later known as Bob Johnson)-Z axis, Xtal controlled calibrator, high and low voltage supplies | * [[Carl Battjes]]- main vertical amplifier | ||
* Larry Dillard (left about mid 1963 to form Argonaut Electronics, making Electrometers, later other ventures mostly in optics) | * [[Jim Godwin]] - [[10B2]] | ||
* [[R. Michael Johnson]] (later known as Bob Johnson)-Z axis, Xtal controlled calibrator, high and low voltage supplies | |||
* [[Larry Dillard]] (left about mid 1963 to form Argonaut Electronics, making Electrometers, later other ventures mostly in optics) | |||
Joe Burger | [[Joe Burger]] | ||
Dan Delano | [[Dan Delano]] | ||
Jack Sterett | [[Jack Sterett]] | ||
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: | ||