The year was 1961; the scene was a Southern California coffee shop, and Walter F. Bauer of Ramo-Wooldridge was presiding over the April breakfast meeting of the 1961 Western Joint Computer Conference Committee. The meeting was spirited, as the chairmen of the various subcommittees reported on the status of their activities. Cornelius Leondes of UCLA chaired the Program Committee, with Paul Armer, John D. Madden, and John McLeod serving as assistant program chairmen. Keith W. Uncapher was the vicechairman of the conference; he supplied the continuity and historical perspective for the forthcoming event. Rumor had it that this would be the last Joint Computer Conference (JCC) to be held under the sponsorship of the National Joint Computer Committee (NJCC). It was said that a new organization was to be created to run the JCCs. I was the conference administrator for the 1961 Western Joint Computer Conference (WJCC), a position that Bauer had created when he accepted the chairmanship of the conference. He had been able to implement this move because he was then my boss. For those like myself who were not in direct contact with the national body, the NJCC, the implications of the impending event-the last JCC-were unclear. The immediate goal of our committee was probably the same as that of the eighteen previous JCC com-

article Free Access Share on In recognition of the 25th anniversary of Computing Reviews: selected reviews 1960–1984 Authors: Jean E. Sammet View Profile , Robert W. Rector View Profile Authors Info & Claims Communications of the ACMVolume 28Issue 1Jan. 1985pp 53–68https://doi.org/10.1145/2465.214920Published:02 January 1985Publication History 1citation522DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations1Total Downloads522Last 12 Months20Last 6 weeks2 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF

AbstractProfessionals in high technology represent an expanding frontier for continuing education. The current status of programmatic issues and innovative strategies is explored for this unique learner grouping.

article Free Access Share on A 3-ring tutorial Chairman: Robert W. Rector Informatics, Inc., Simi Valley, CA Informatics, Inc., Simi Valley, CAView Profile Authors Info & Claims Communications of the ACMVolume 9Issue 7July 1966https://doi.org/10.1145/365719.366377Published:01 July 1966Publication History 0citation795DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations0Total Downloads795Last 12 Months10Last 6 weeks3 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF

would pledge my efforts to add th i s A C M is faced with a crucial decisionbreadth to our organization. We sel l ourselves short if we do not provide for the i n t e r e s t s o f r/t1 t h o s e w h o w o r k w i t h computers and are concerned with the technology of computer usage. No other organizat ion directs i ts a t tent ion to al l of the users. And i t i s not the t ime for us to abdicate this responsibi l i ty . I f we limit the influence of the computer* scientist, if we keep him talkinK only to himself, we shall never recognize the potcntial and excitement of our profession. This means we should make a major efiort to include in our memhersh ip the dedicated ~practitioncrs working in al l of the applied tields. What then, are the steps we must take to achieve this