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Item Information     Who else has...     Unknown     Suszynski, Nicholas J., Jr.     Squires, Donald Fleming     Creighton, Reginald A.     Arts and Industries Building     Honeywell Inc.     Information Systems Division     Office of Computer Services     National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)     Cataloging     Computers     Computer input-output equipment     Computer systems     Data disk drives     Electronic apparatus and appliances     Electronic data processing     Electronic information resources     Information storage and retrieval systems     Museum storage facilities     Museums -- Collection management     Office practice -- Automation     Smithsonian Institution -- Employees     Photographic print     Group, candid

Nicholas J. Suszynski, Jr., Reginald A. Creighton, and Dr. Donald F. Squires   Catalog:  Historic Images of the Smithsonian Title:  Nicholas J. Suszynski, Jr., Reginald A. Creighton, and Dr. Donald F. Squires Date:  1968 Author/Creator:  Unknown Contained In:  Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. No. 11-008 Summary:  Nicholas Suszynski, Director of Smithsonian Institution's Information Systems Division; Reginald Creighton, senior systems analyst for the HEW (Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) computer project; and Dr. Donald Squires, Deputy Director of the Museum of Natural History, with a computer tape containing scientific data, are in the Computer Center located in the Arts & Industries building. In 1967 the Smithsonian Institution launched a project to develop an information storage and retrieval system for the Museum of Natural History's (MNH), biological and geological data. Data processing machines were set up at the museum for the capture of information from record cards. These machines would produce a tape that could be read by a computer. The Honeywell 1200 computer, which can be seen in the background, occupied space in room 33nn the third floor of the SW quadrant of the Arts and Industries Building, and was used to store the data. The computer gave the Smithsonian a record-keeping system capable of storing and retrieving all of the specimen data compiled by MNH. Nicholas Joseph Suszynski, Jr., joined the Smithsonian in 1964 or early 1965 and was appointed head of Automatic Data Processing Program November 17, 1965 to April 24, 1966. He was the first Director of Information Systems Division (ISD) April 25, 1966 to January 15, 1970. ISD was the first central computer support and service organization for the whole Smithsonian. Reginald A. Creighton, Manager, ISD was senior systems analyst for the HEW computer project and later “inventor” of SELGEM. Dr. Donald F. Squires, Deputy Director of the Museum of Natural History authored several important early papers on data processing, computers and museums. Principal Investigator for the HEW Contract, July 1, 1967 to August 1970. He also held other positions and titles at NMNH. Notes:  The Smithsonian’s central data processing organization was the “Office of Computer Services” (OCS), created on May 29, 1975 to April 3, 1982. Before 1975, it was named the Information Systems Division (ISD). On April 4, 1982, it was renamed the Office of Information Resource Management (OIRM). Stanley A. Kovy (January 4, 1931 – April 15, 1998) was the only Director of OCS. The central data processing organization had several others names at different time in its history. The Smithsonian operated several different mainframe computers, manufactured by both Honeywell and IBM. The mainframe computers were all located on the third floor of the SW quadrant of the A&I Building, room 33nn. This space was used from 1967 to c. 2006, when operations were moved to the Herndon Data Center. For additional information on the facility, see Negative # SIA2010-0870. Usage:  Restrictions: No restrictions Physical_Description:  Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4x5"; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: 35 mm negative Negative Number:  OPA-1206-03A and 64646 Ordering Information:  For permission to reproduce or publish, and to order reproductions contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5941. Digital Reference:  Digital Copies:  SIA-OPA-1206-03A.tif, 4400 dpi Subject:  Suszynski, Nicholas J., Jr. 1929-2009 Squires, Donald Fleming Creighton, Reginald A. Arts and Industries Building Honeywell Inc. Information Systems Division Office of Computer Services 1975-1982 National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Cataloging Computers Computer input-output equipment Computer systems Data disk drives Electronic apparatus and appliances Electronic data processing Electronic information resources Information storage and retrieval systems Museum storage facilities Museums -- Collection management Office practice -- Automation Smithsonian Institution -- Employees Form/Genre:  Photographic print Group, candid Contact Information:  Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu Copy/Holding information Catalog   Historic Images of the Smithsonian Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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