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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1998)
rf-r • » •*”» ? • • * • w M ' e V * i »■► » X» • ' * * »»**»*» ♦ i * s »* t w w i < •«» >W - / ‘■■■i ' . \ . ?c«ÍWH Page A8 MARCH 18, 1998 B> P rof . Me K im . fv Bt nr HUGHES TOOL COMPANY Apparently our February 25 ac count o f major technology on the H ow ard H ughes famed "Spruce G oose” being designed and devel EM PLOYM ENT SERVICE RECOUD OF oped by an African American engi neer- Thomas M. (Don) Rutherford, TX X. Rutherford PE, - has produced an attitude o f T h u « ill carti/y that the above-named peraoo wee tbe employ o< thia Company aa ahown h alo * absolute incredulity in some quar ters. DEPART M IN T w CLASSIFICATION We can understand that, having ln<ineerin< ti>.ne*rui< Traf t r a n A lived in America forquitesom etim e. Ii> i.-aar mj Layout I r t i tarun A lJ-29^ 5 However, the accomplishments of i-1 7 -u í Enftmeerir.g u v inter ¿ r«ai¿ner 8 this 1932 graduate o f Portland’s O-12-5Û Hart or !h¿interui¿ bgUwerxQc Tea;<ner <» Benson Technical High School are Haroo r inter :n< '.ecnanie&i Enfiieer so important to our task o f establish Harbor inter aeronautical *r,.r.eer tJ-J ing suitable role models for our youth Mrs. Judy Rutherford (black or white), that we should make immediate effort to validate and docu S T A T E O F C A L IF O R N IA ment D on’s genius for even the most STA TE BOA RD O F R E G IS T R A T IO N skeptical. C IV IL A N D P R O F E S S IO N A L E N G IN E E R S To this pleasurable end, we have assembled here some o f the finest testimonials and documentation seen COOK in many a day. Some o f the ’doubting T h o m a s M c D o n a l d r u t h e r f o r d Ihom ases’ should hang their heads ■ • DUCT MGISTBRKO A t A P R O F E S S IO N A L E N G IN E E R in shame, that their life-long avoca M EC H A N IC A L EN G INE ER IN G tions have not produced such unre IN T ut l l l l l O» CALIFORNIA. ANO '■ O O l 'llO TO At t RIGHT« ANO strained praise and approval. And • KfUi.t.At, J l,„ I Inf, rem arkable man is a rem arkable these are just from the Hughes Tool Nu 2390 woman. Picture here is o f the late Company, makers o f that huge (lying Judy Rutherford whom we cited in boat. our 2 25 article as a dedicated edu There is a general letter of testi cator. M arried for over fifty years, monial from Mr. William T. Mickle, both R utherfords found quality H ow ard H ughes C h ie f A ircraft time for youth. Judy was also a c Projects Engineer. And there is the tively involved with tw o organiza Employment Service Record signed ’D on’ is affiliated with Alpha Phi tions providing scholarships for by A.M. Clark, Industrial Relations Stories and S k e tc h e s", L orene Alpha, Phi Delta Kappa, and A m eri Director (Last job, Aeronautical En young black students. Delta Sigma Richardson and Mary Tyler Jackson can Society o f Mechanical Engineers I beta, and the Links, Inc. a class gineer and certified by FA A as Flight (1978). and is. listed in "Black Inventors - act, indeed. Engineer). There are more that we And beside (not behind) every have not room forsuch as from Daniel THE SKY IS THE LIMIT INCUSTOMER Grant, Hydraulic Staff Engineer and co-pi lot o f the Spruce Goose ..great Big H o iie No Problem! (503) 708-551« intelligence, unimpeachable integ rity.” 1-888-288-5432 Pager w ie ; No Problem! A Iso there is a copy o f that famous 1-800-536-4450 Office Problem! patent for the mechanism that facili l 1-360-574-4513 FAX Incorni tates the sliding door on automobile vans. A nd a photocopy o f Mr Rutherfords certification as a Pro You Name It No Problem! fessional Engineer, State o f Califor nia. What is it with these people (some local) who say they worked on I will find that dream ^ y, the project but “never saw a black house you want In the tyne man anywhere"? And such has been vant at the pri the fate o f so many of our great black inventors throughout our history. w THE EXITED SUTES OF AMERICA T O j^JIW tO M fTHESE BRESEXTS SHAM COME Thomas M. 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