----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: Western Union Alumni
Hello Richard. this is me again(Wendell
Datesman)
This info is in addition to what I have already
sent to you.
I didn't plan to go into this detail, but here
goes. Use what you feel is appropriate.
I started with WU in Washington, DC Dec 26, 1954 as
a plant tech after four years in the US Air Force.
Some career highlights along the way.
GSA Plan 54; Andrews Air Base Plan 55; Fuchu Japan
Plan 55; Chattanooga Training Center teaching and testing Autodin
Terminals and EMATS equipment(Emergency Message Automatic System) ; EMATS(AF and
Defense Dept) at Panama Canal Zone, England, France, and Germany;
also lived in Germany with wife and family for 2 and a half years(Autodin,
EMATS, Misc WU systems Representative) (FYI, My son was born in Germany in
1964). Highlight while in Germany was sucessful testing operation of
Autodin 100 CPM terminal to Andrews AFB via the Earlybird Satelite; Hawaii
Autodin Site Testing. Moved to NYK Headquarters in 1967. Developed
the first WU on-line real-time processing system for Service Trouble Reporting
and Tracking (TFS).
Retired from WU april 1985 when Data Processing was
outsourced to EDS. Worked for EDS for 11 years at Mahwah and various AT&T
accounts, Bedminster, N.J. and retired again in May, 1996.
Last WU titles were "Director, Data Systems
Support" in Area Operations at USR and "Business Consultant" for M.I.S. at
Mahwah.
By the way, I
really enjoyed reading various WU articles on the web sites. Wish more people
would add their names and info to be reviewed, oh well, maybe soon.
Give me a call if you need any more info that I may
have missed. Thanks again, Wendell D