How 25 Years of Top Employer Support Took Off
The first edition of Hispanic Engineer & IT launched, appro- priately, with Edson D. de Castro on the cover. Mr. de Castro was president and founder of one of the first minicomputer firms of the 1960s. He was best known for designing the Data General Nova series of computers.
On the inside page, an enchanting Boeing ad offered engi- neering and engineering technology students openings with plenty of challenge, plus the right pay and comprehensive benefits.
A few pages in, readers saw a bold ad from Wang Laborato- ries. The onetime office automation giant, which at its peak reported earnings of $3 billion and employed 40,000 people, was at the leading edge of one of the greatest growth indus- tries of all time. Wang wanted Hispanic engineering graduates, as well as computer science college grads, to join its research and development team and apply their expertise in hardware and software design.
In the first of what would be a long line of U.S. Navy recruiting ads in HE&IT, a 4,600-ton nuclear-powered submarine rode the wave of the future. With over half of America’s nuclear reactors in the Navy, the service promised hands-on experi- ence for new engineers, not to mention a lifetime’s worth of training and skills.
A notable Lockheed Martin ad harkened back to one of the most famous images in the world. A skunk in that iconic Uncle Sam pose proclaimed, “I want you!” Around the time this ad was placed, the Lockheed Skunk Works team had advanced projects in extraordinary aircrafts and technological break- throughs that promised to become headlines for years to come. Lockheed Martin had created America’s first opera- tional jet fighter, the F-80, in record time. They’d also created the U-2, its successor, the TR1, and probably one of the most extraordinary aircraft of all time, the SR-71.
Electronic Data Systems wanted graduates to face the future challenges of CAD-CAM, production management and robotics – the most dynamic technical frontier in Ameri- can enterprise. Xerox offered unparalleled opportunities with a company where the scien- tists and engineers combined xerographic, computer, laser and communications technolo- gies to further expand the state of the art in printing and office systems.
IBM
A Texas Instruments ad boasted about all the various technolo- gies employees could choose to work with. TI wanted Hispanic graduates in electrical engi- neering, chemical engineering, physics, computer science, and computer engineering to add to their list of breakthrough
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defense concepts. They also wanted bright minds in radar, infrared and missile guidance.
Litton Guidance and Control Systems—now Northrop Grum- man Navigation Systems Division—was also out to get the best talent. As were more than a dozen other important HE&IT magazine advertisers, including storied names like Westing- house, Delco Systems (it merged with Raytheon in 1997), Southern California Edison, Sperry in Phoenix (which now forms parts of Unisys and Honeywell), the National Security Agency, Western Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Com- mand, EG&G Idaho, Naval Avionics Center and Northrop Grumman.
As a growing number of Hispanics made their presence felt in the highest ranks of their professions, proving barriers can be overcome with hard work, education, and determination, His- panic Engineer and Information Technology magazine continued to strive to put a human face on Hispanic excellence.
Top executives from Amex Systems, the Air Force Space Technology Center, Chevron, Intel, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation), the University of New Mexico, IBM, Xerox, Caltech, Kodak, the Naval Facili- ties Engineering Command, AT&T, Ford, Pacesetter, Lucent Technologies (now Alcatel-Lucent), and NASA, to name a few, regularly made HE& IT’s cover.
Our Power Hitters Keep Getting Stronger
In 2002, the editors of Hispanic Engineer & Information Technol- ogy magazine invited a cross-section of industry, businesses, government agencies and educational institutions to tell them about Hispanics whose work was making a significant contribution toward building a stronger, better educated and healthier America. There was an overwhelming response. HE&IT introduced 30 pacesetters in the feature “Hispanic Power Hitters”
The 2002 list featured engineers, computer scientists and managers from diverse employers including Advanced Fiber
By The Numbers:
Employers with the highest number of executives named to HE&IT’s Most Important Hispanics List
Boeing Texas
Instruments, Hewlett Packard, AT&T
NASA, Xerox
Lockheed Martin, Southern California Edison,
Siemens PLM Software, Intel, Cisco, Corning, Motorola,
Sandia National Laboratories,
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Tampa Electric _________
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All State, CH2MHill, Perry Ellis, Kimberley
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