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MARCH 18, 1998
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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
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CLASSIFICATION
We can understand that, having
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lived in America forquitesom etim e.
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However, the accomplishments of
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this 1932 graduate o f Portland’s
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Benson Technical High School are
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so important to our task o f establish
Harbor
inter
aeronautical *r,.r.eer
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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THE EXITED SUTES OF AMERICA
T O j^JIW tO M fTHESE BRESEXTS SHAM COME
Thomas M. Rutherford,
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