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With no place to live, Connie quit school and went to work. After working other jobs for a couple of years, in 1957 she landed a job at Tektronix’ CRT Production’s Gun Fabrication group. | With no place to live, Connie quit school and went to work. After working other jobs for a couple of years, in 1957 she landed a job at Tektronix’ CRT Production’s Gun Fabrication group. | ||
Having no engineering degree nor even a bachelor's degree, she went on to become project leader of the group responsible for designing CRTs and in the process designed the CRT for the | Having no engineering degree nor even a bachelor's degree, she went on to become project leader of the group responsible for designing CRTs and in the process designed the CRT for the Type 540 series of oscilloscopes and for the Type 556 dual-beam oscilloscope. | ||
In 1964, Connie helped design the | In 1964, Connie helped design the Type 545-B and 547 oscilloscopes that became industry standards. | ||
According to [[Media:TekTalk 1966 Fall.pdf|TekTalk Fall 1966]], she | According to [[Media:TekTalk 1966 Fall.pdf|TekTalk Fall 1966]], she | ||