CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS TO ELECTRONIC RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION, AND TRAINING AT FORT MONMOUTH 1940-1982 BY THOMAS E. DANIELS ELECTRONIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND COMBAT SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET ACQUISITION LABORATORY FEBRUARY    1983

The intent or purpose of this booklet is as follows: 1. To promote an awareness of technological contributions      by blacks collectively at Fort Monmouth. 2. To promote an awareness of blacks in many nontraditional      areas of technology, science, and engineering. 3. To promote an awareness of many high level black men and      women, including military who served at Fort Monmouth. 4. To inspire youths, particularly blacks and minorities,     to consider science and engineering careers by providing role models. 5. To dispel the myths that blacks can only achieve in      sports and entertainment.

ELEVATED TO GS-13 RANK

    Alice Allen, Fair Haven, recalls starting with the government as a "junior laborer" at Raritan Arsenal in 1944. Her salary was $4.96 a day. Mrs. Allen, a widow and mother of nine children ranging from ages 35 to 17, says, "Frankly, being a woman has helped!" She says she has taken advantage of all educational opportunities and also of the recent recognition of women in career fields.
    A graduate of Middletown High School, she has an associate degree from Brookdale Community College and is working for a degree in Management Science at Kean State College. She has also completed the Army Logistics Management Course at Fort Lee, studied Contract Law at the Air Force Institute, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and has taken courses through Fort Monmouth's internal training program.
    Now a Contracting Officer, she will be buying electronic warfare equipment in the "EW/SIGINT/MET/CSNV" Procurement Section.

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