I began my career at Patterson & Dewar in 1976, following my graduation from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in Electrical Engineering. I retired from the company at the end of 2020. Initially, I assisted with work plans and system studies. At that time, personal computers did not exist, and handheld calculators were starting to replace slide rules and trigonometric tables for calculations. During my sophomore year at Georgia Tech, I reluctantly…
