File:Historical Memoirs by BJM 10-3-2015.pdf

These technical memoirs are submitted In response to an invitation and request by Dr. Gordon W. Day, our illustrious President of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers). I start with my personal reflections so that the reader may better garner yet another example of how simple beginnings can and did grow into some level of technical accomplishment and contributions to our country and to the society that so many others have also achieved. In the body of these memoirs I have attempted to illustrate the breadth and depth of technical areas encompassed by my half century of work and how an engineering education provided by excellent and devoted educators can and did provide a down-home kid from a navy yard town the necessary tools for resolving a myriad of challenges that arose during the 50+ years from 1955 through 2008.