OLD BOYS SENSOR
GROUP
Helping to nudge the
memory of those who
developed the Army's unattended ground sensors
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** MEMORY JOGS **
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ERDL - Engineer Research and Development Laboratory |
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MERDC - Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center |
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MERADCOM - Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command |
| BDREC - Belvoir Research Development and Engineering Center |
LAB & TEST AREAS
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Intrusion Detection & Sensor Lab B361 |
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Counter Intrusion Lab |
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DARCOM Lab 7000 |
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Counter Mine Counter Intrusion Lab |
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Woodbridge Research Facility |
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Engineering Proving Grounds |
DIVISIONS - BRANCH
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Equipment Development - Guerilla Warfare Countermeasures |
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Equipment Development - Physical Security Branch |
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Equipment Development - Test & Evaluation Branch |
| Special Project - Detection Systems |
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Special Project - Development |
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Special Project - Advanced Systems |
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Special Project - Infiltration Sensor |
| Special Project - Patrol Sensor |
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Research - Detection |
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Research - Guerilla Warfare Techniques |
- Not all Branches existed at the
same time - |
PROJECTS AND SENSORS
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PIRID - Passive Infrared Intrusion Detector |
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Long Range Infrared Sensor |
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DIRID - Directional Infrared Intrusion Detector |
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IID Infrared Intrusion Detector |
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PIMS - Passive Infrared Motion Sensor PIMS |
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MAGID Magnetic Intrusion Detector |
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MCID |
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MINIISID (various) |
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MICROSID |
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FADSID |
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HELOSID |
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HANDSET (I and II) |
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PSID |
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PIDS |
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BPS Balance Pressure Sensor |
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VFP |
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REMBASS - Remotely Emplaced Battlefield Sensor System |
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Portatel II & III
PRC-46 |
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** NAME MEMORY JOGS **
OBSG = has attended at least 1 luncheon
SCIENTISTS &
ENGINEERS
Nate Alter ??
Bob Barnard (OBSG)
John Bender (OBSG)
Lou Berger
Jay Berkowicz
Rex Booth (deceased)
Bob Brubaker (OBSG)
Sam Cerami (OBSG)
Ervin Chapman 'Chappy' (OBSG)
Ray Coakley
Frank Council
Chuck Fikes
Bob Fite
Marcel Friedland (Las Vegas)
Jerry Gallagher (OBSG)
Bill Garrett ??
Don Granahan (OBSG)
Dwight Gravitte (deceased)
Don Grogen
Phil Hartmann (OBSG)
Hal Henegar (OBSG)
Roger Hunter
Warren Hurt
Allen Johnson
Bill Johnston (OBSG)
Harry Keller (OBSG)
Orrin Keyes
Carlos Knez
Jimmie Lee
Sam Lefkov
Dick Levenson
Dick Leviner
Jack Maier
Glenn Meredith (OBSG)
Guy Origlio
Jim Owen (OBSG)
Pete Pecori
Ed Queen (OBSG)
Dale Rehak
Herb Reich
Rome Skujins
Harry Smith (deceased)
Art Tiemann (maybe
Frank Tremain (OBSG)
Roland Wehman
Allen Weinburger (deceased)
Matt Cousins (deceased)
CONTRACTORS
who were often on site
Jack Thalhimer (Honeywell Sales)
Art Finklestein (Honeywell Engr.)
Stan Hunt (Sylvania)
Vito Parzemanis (Sylvania Engr.)
Marv Layman (Sylvania Engr.)
NAME Cook (TI
Engr.)
Ernie Fisher (Radian Support Engr)
Ken Kline (Radian Engr)
Doug Morrisette (Radian)
Radian may have been an outgrowth
of Value Engineering |
TECHNICIANS
Tom Beale (OBSG)
Bill Carlton (deceased)
Bill Gordon (deceased)
Charlie Greer
Will Gregson (deceased)
Denny Luger
Harry Menius
Russ Nicholson
Oscar Owen
Roy Pirtle (OBSG)
Leonard Simpson (deceased)
John Springer (OBSG)
MANAGEMENT
Ben Barker
Rex Booth (deceased)
Joe Boneta (deceased)
Ray Dennis
Manny Gale (deceased)
Stu Kilpatrick
Don Keehan
Terence Kirkland (deceased)
Ray Nolan (deceased)
Harry Peters
Frank Paca (OBSG)
Karl Steinbach
Chandler Stewart (deceased)
Herb Thompson
Jim Wallen
Gil Wagner (deceased)
COMPUTER SUPPORT
Barbara Lowder (deceased)
Art Nickless
(OBSG)
Dave Scott
CONTRACT SUPPORT
Bill Booth
Arnold Harpine (deceased)
Jim Leviner
Herb Rothchild (deceased)
Bill Wallentiny
Pat Wantz
ADMIN SUPPORT
Helen Nicholson B399 Librarian
Mattie May was a Chandler Stewart
secretary late 60s - also Division secretary later to Atkinson or Kilpatrick.
Marlene Georgiou Secretary,
Doris Kearns Secretary
Nadine Frieze (sp?)
Pat Ledbetter (she was a 60s, early 70s secretary
Pat ??????
(Bob Fite's wife)
Holly ??????
Secretary
Who collected COR Reports ? |
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS
Equipment display in 399 Lab
Explosives Trace Gas Sensor Research Lab with Dr. Glen Spangler,
~ 1973
Mine Detection Division, Bldg 399
Bldg 399
Karl Steinbach [where ?]
 
Roger Keene [probably in 312] and Dave Scott in 361
Bob Brubaker with
Long Range IR Sensor
Woodbridge Research Facility
'71 |
| A random bit of interesting history from Jim
Owen
I worked at one of the Laboratories at Ft. Belvoir, VA. As an early adapter I bought the first HP-35 calculator and later six computer controlled test systems for $1,069,000. ($5,898,00 in 2006 dollars) About 20 years ago I was assigned the job of fielding 35 Zenith 248 Personal Computes. The Zenith 248 had 640,000 bits of memory and a huge 20-megabyte hard disk.
I ordered the computers, color monitors, printers, training, software and an evaluation of the software I selected. When they were received we unpacked, loaded all software, set the computer and printers up. Each individual had received two days of classroom instructions on the software applications a few weeks before. Then I personally showed each individual how to turn the computer on and off. To start an application they were to press 1 for Microsoft Word, 2 for Harvard Graphics, 3 for Super Project and so on.
There were far more Engineers and Scientist in the Laboratory than computers, but I made the decision to assign them to those who needed them most and would make the best use of them. That decision was never challenged. More computers were added later and we eventually had one computer for each person. Within two years the individuals were typing their own documents and creating their own viewgraphs in minutes. There was on need to have a secretary use an Orator Ball on an electric typewriter if we needed the viewgraph quickly. If the viewgraph was very important then it was sent off to Graphics to return a week later and often it went back again for corrections.
In the beginning a Branch had 4 to 7 secretaries supporting about 35 Engineers and Scientist. Each month we were spending several tens of thousands of dollars on graphics. At the end of the two years there were 2 secretaries and just a few thousand dollars spent on the complex viewgraphs. |
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