Simon Ramo papers, 1930-2011

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Ramo, Simon, 1913-
Title
Simon Ramo papers
Dates
1930-2011 (inclusive)
Quantity
49.5 linear feet
Collection Number
MS 0660
Summary
The Simon Ramo papers (1930-2011) includes correspondence, biographies, writings, speeches, articles, minutes, programs, newsletters, interviews, annual reports, certificates, and other papers. Ramo is a computer scientist, businessman, co-founder of TRW Inc., author, and tennis expert.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

A scientist, engineer, business entrepeneur, and author, Simon Ramo (b. 1913), who was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of Utah with highest honors and a Ph.D. magna cum laude from the California Institute of Technology at age twenty-three. As a General Electric scientist, he attained world recognition as a pioneer in microwaves and developed GE's electron microscope. Before age thirty, he had accumulated twenty-five patents, was made a Fellow of leading professional societies, as was voted one of America's "most outstanding electrical engineers."

Ramo became one of the nation's top experts in guided missiles, being the chief scientist in developing the nation's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System (ICBM). As the leading civilian contributor to this largest single program in the country's history, he was awarded a special citation of honor by the Air Force.

Ramo is the recipient of numerous honors and awards. The highest among these are the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, and the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest science honor. He has also received honorary doctorates from the University of Michigan, Case Western Reserve University, Carnegie-Mellon University, the University of Utah, the University of Akron, and many other universities.

Ramo is the first recipient of the National Academy of Engineering's Arthur M. Bueche award for statesmanship in national science and technology policy and is also the first recipient of the American Institute of Aeronautics Durand Lecture Award. He has been named Laureate in the Business Hall of Fame and has been awarded the Electronis Industries Association's Medal of Honor and the UCLA School of Medicine's Aesculapian Award.

Ramo has played a key role in the building of several outstanding technological corporations. As the organizer of Hughes Aircraft Company's electronics and missile operations, he participated in raising the company to national stature, becoming its vice president for operations. He was co-founder of the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation in 1953 and first president of its subsidiary, Space Technology Laboratories. After the merger of Ramo-Wooldridge with Thompson Products to form Thompson Ramo-Wooldridge, now TRW, Inc., he became vice chairman of TRW's Board of Directors and chairman of the Executive Committee, serving in the latter two capacities until his retirement in 1985. He was also president of TRW's former affiliate, Bunker-Ramo Corporation.

Ramo is Trustee Emeritus of the California State Universities and a Life Trustee of the California Institute of Technology, where he is a Visiting Professor of Management Science. He has been chairman of the Planning Committee of the UCLA School of Medicine and a Regent's Lecturer at the University of California. At Harvard University, he was Fellow of the Faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He was also a member of the Advisory Board for the School of Management at Carnegie-Mellon University and the Advisory Council for the School of Engineering at Stanford University.

Ramo has been one of the nation's key advisors to the government on science and technology matters. He was chairman of the President's Committe on Science and Technology under President Ford and was co-chairman of the Tranisition Task Force on Science and Technology for President Reagan. He has been a member of the White House Energy Research and Development Council, the Advisory Committee to the Secretary of State on Science and Foreign Affairs, the Advisory Council to Secretary of Commerce, and the Roster of Consultants to the Energy Research and Development Administration. He was also a consultant for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for a member of the Department of Defense's Advisory Committee on the Strategic Defense Initiative. He has been a member of the National Science Board and the Council of Scholars of the Library of Congress.

Ramo is or has been a director or trustee of many business, philanthropic, and professional organizations, including the Atlantic Richfield Company, the Union Bank, the Times Mirror Company, the William M. Keck Foundation, the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, and the Music Center Foundation of Los Angeles. He is the author of a number of texts in science, engineering, and management, widely used by universities and practitioners throughout the world; several books on the relation of technological advancement to society; and a popular treatise on tennis strategy.

Simon Ramo grew up in Salt Lake City where his father, Benjamin Ramo, owned and operated the Golden Rule Store on State Street in the 1920s and 1930s. Science, music, and tennis became his passions. He attended the University of Utah and graduated in 1933. He married Virginia May Smith in 1938. An accomplished violinist, Ramo performed at concerts and gatherings throughout his career. An avid tennis player, he applied his approach to engineering and business to his tennis game.

The Ramos live in California where they are active in supporting the arts and educational institutions.

(Information for this biography was provided by Simon Ramo's office.)

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Simon Ramo papers (1930-2011) contain materials centered mainly around the professional activities of Simon Ramo (b. 1930). Included are correspondence, biographies, writings, speeches, articles, minutes, programs, newsletters, interviews, annual reports, certificates, and other papers. The bulk of the collection is made up of Ramo's correspondence and writings.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The correspondence spans boxes 1 through 35 and is arranged chronologically. His written articles, essays, and speeches can be found in boxes 40 through 58 and are arranged alphabetically by title, if a title is provided. Otherwise, they are arranged alphabetically by event subject or host. Book drafts and other materials pertaining to Ramo's larger published works are in boxes 63 through 69. The rest of the collection holds materials relating to his awards and honors, his memberships with various committees and institutions, TRW, and general materials.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Simon Ramo in 1987, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2011

Processing Note

Processed by Jennifer Breaden, Mark Jensen, Kate Kimball, and Lisa DeMille in 1993-2006.

Processed by Betsey Welland in 2010.

Processed by Emma McFarland in 2011.

Separated Materials

Photographs (P0303) and audio-visual materials (A0311) were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections. A CD of Ramo's guest appearance of radio's "Meet the press" (1957) is located the Manuscript Division's CD case.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Correspondence
 March 1934-March 1955
2
Correspondence
 April 1955-October 1957
3
Correspondence
 November 1957-August 1958
4
Correspondence
 September 1958-December 1959
5
Correspondence
 January 1960-January 1961
6
Correspondence
 February 1961-May 1962
7
Correspondence
 June 1962-October 1963
8
Correspondence
 November 1963-February 1965
9
Correspondence
 March 1965-December 1966
10
Correspondence
 January 1967-February 1968
11
Correspondence
 March 1968-June 1969
12
Correspondence
 July 1969-December 1970
13
Correspondence
 January 1971-March 1972
14
Correspondence
 April 1972-August 1973
15
Correspondence
 September 1973-February 1975
16
Correspondence
 March 1975-May 1976
17
Correspondence
 June 1976-January 1977
18
Correspondence
 February 1977-March 1978
19
Correspondence
 April 1978-January 1979
20
Correspondence
 January 1979-July 1979
21
Correspondence
 August 1979-March 1980
22
Correspondence
 April 1980-December 1980
23
Correspondence
 January 1981-May 1981
24
Correspondence
 June 1981-December 1981
25
Correspondence
 January 1982-September 1982
26
Correspondence
 October 1982-May 1983
27
Correspondence
 June 1983-November 1983
28
Correspondence
 December 1983-May 1984
29
Correspondence
 June 1984-April 1985
30
Correspondence
 May 1985-April 1986
31
Correspondence
 May 1985-May 1987
32
Correspondence
 June 1987-June 1988
33
Correspondence
 July 1988-August 1989
34
Correspondence
 September 1989-April 1991
35
Correspondence
 May 1991-August 1994

Personal MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
36
Personal Materials, Biographies
This box contains biographies of Ramo from various publications. Folders 1-28 are organized alphabetically by publication title and folders 29-32 are organized chronologically.
1954-1987
Folder
37 1-9
Biographies
 1940s-1994
37 10
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS)
Program, articles, and name lists.
1992
37 11
Book Reviews and Publishing information
 1954-1994
37 12-14
Copyright Agreements
 1970-1992
37 15
Doheny Eye Institute
This folder contains newsletters, articles, and name lists.
1991-1994
37 16
Letters of Recommendation
 1965
37 17
Musical Performances, Announcements
 1992-1994
37 18
National Science Board, Nominee Statement
 1984
38 1-2
Patents
 1942-1987
38 3-11
Philanthropic and Professional Activities
This folder contains articles, invitations, announcements, newsletters, pamphlets, and other materials.
1958-1994
38 12
Poetry by Ramo
38 13
Ramo Foundation
This folder contains articles of incorporation, minutes, and other papers.
1958-1966
38 14
Ramo-sponsored Awards, Articles and Program
 1985-1994
38 15
Travel Itineraries
 1955-1988
38 16
Miscellaneous

Family MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
39 1-6
Virginia Ramo
These folders include correspondence, biographical information, articles, and miscellaneous materials.
1963-1993
39 7-9
Alan Ramo
Included are correspondence, articles, and information on his kidnappping.
1969-1992
39 10
Miscellaneous

Articles, Essays, and SpeechesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
40 1
"Accelerated Technological Development"
 1974
40 2
"Advanced Space Planning"
40 3
"Advancing Technology"
40 4
"Advancing Technology and International Economics"
 1976
40 5
"Advancing Technology's Changing Societal Role"
 1984
40 6
"All About Polymorphics"
 1959
40 7
"America's Diminishing Manufacturing Performance"
 1982
40 8
"America's Technological Society"
 1980-1981
40 9
"America's Technology Slip"
 1980
40 10
"Amplifier Band-Width"
 1939
40 11
"Anatomy of Success"
 1967
40 12
"The Anticipation of Change"
 1969
40 13
"Are You an Engineer Or a Scientist?"
40 14
"Arms Reduction"
 1982
40 15
"Atlas, Titan, and Thor Review"
 1962-1963
40 16
"Automation in Business and Industry"
 1954-1956
40 17
"Automotive Electronics"
 1974
40 18
"The Battle for Technological Superiority"
 1980
40 19
"Blind Charades and an Engineering Application"
 1942
40 20
"Brezhnev and the Bomb"
 1981-1982
40 21
"Buff Chandler"
 1972
40 22
"Burt Miller"
40 23
"Business and Technology"
 1985
40 24
"Can Creativity Be Electronic?"
 1963
40 25
"Can Free Enterprise Launch Space Platforms?"
 1960
40 26
"Can Science Turn a Profit?"
 1979
40 27
"Century of Mismatch"
 1984
40 28
"Changing Functions of urban Schools"
 1970
41 1
"The Changing Influences in Industrial Research and Engineering"
 1960
41 2
"Changing Objectives in Engineering Education"
 1961-1962
41 3
"The Coming More-Technological Century"
 1991
41 4
"The Coming More-Technological Society"
 1987
41 5
"The Coming Partnership of Teachers and Technology"
41 6
"The Coming Revolution in Electronics"
 1974
41 7
"The Coming Shortage of Educated People"
 1971-1972
41 8
"The Coming Social-Industrial Complex"
 1972-1973
41 9
"The Coming Technological Society"
 1961-1965
41 10
"Communications for the Space Age"
 1961-1962
41 11
"Competing in the Coming More-Technological Society"
 1989
41 12
"Competing on Science"
 1989
41 13
"The Computer and Our Changing Society"
 1965-1967
41 14
"The Computer as an Intellectual Tool"
 1965
41 15
"The Computer in Management"
 1973-1974
41 16
"The Computer Revolution and the Government"
 1981
41 17
"Conversion Research and Education Act of 1971"
 1971
41 18
"Core"
 1983
41 19
"Creativity and the Young Engineer"
 1957-1960
41 20
"Creativity in Business Management"
 1984-1987
41 21
"A Credible Growth Goal for TRW"
 1973
41 22
"A Critical Imbalance"
 1967
41 23
"Cure for Chaos"
 1969
41 24
"Currents Induced by Elctron Motion"
 1939
42 1
"Design of the Whole"
 1963
42 2
"The Development of Systems Engineering"
 1983-1985
42 3
"The Director of R & D"
 1973-1975
42 4
"Discurso de la Apertura"
42 5
"Earth and Space beyond the Earth"
 1961
42 6
"Education and the Coming Technological Society"
 1961
42 7
"Education for the Coming Technological Society"
 1963
42 8
"Education for the Technological Age"
 1965
42 9
"Education for the Technological Society"
 1980
42 10
"Education-Society, One Crisis, One Solution"
 1968-1969
42 11
"Electrical Concepts at Extremely High Frequencies"
 1942
42 12
"The Electronic-Wave Theory of Velocity-Modulation Tubes"
 1939
42 13
"Electronics and Automation"
 1955
42 14
"Electronics and Mathematical Analysis in Business Operations"
 1955
42 15
"Electronics and Television"
 1952
42 16
"Electronics Developments Seen as Powerful Antirecessional Weapon"
 1974
42 17
"Electronics Enters Industrial Engineering"
 1954
42 18
"Electronics in the Air"
 1952
42 19
"The Electronics of the Future"
 1959
42 20
"Electronics, Thinking Machines, and the Aeronautical Engineer"
 1954
42 21
"Electrons and Waves"
 1952-1954
42 22
"Electrostatic Electron Microscopy"
 1943
42 23
"Energy, the Technological Base for Economic and Social Stability"
 1976-1977
42 24
"Engineering and Changing World Relations"
 1989
42 25
"Engineering in the Future"
 1976
42 26
"The Entrepeneur and Technology"
 1985
42 27
"The Environment for Technology Advance in the U.S."
 1983-1984
42 28
"An Equivalent Circuit for the Universe?"
 1944
43 1
"Extending Man's Intellect by Electronics"
 1960-1962
43 2
"Extending Management by Ordinary Managers"
 1977
43 3
"Fashions in Electronics"
 1960
43 4
"The Field-Theory Approach to Nonuniform Transmission Lines"
 1941
43 5
"For Modern Troubles, a Modern Solution"
 1974-1975
43 6
"The Foreign Dimension of National Technological Policy"
 1984
43 7
"Free Enterprise Can Be Even Freer"
 1967
43 8
"Free Enterprise, Government Control, and the Individual in a Zero Growth Economy"
 1974
43 9
"Frequency"
 1942
43 10
"Future Applications of Electronic Intelligence"
 1961
43 11
"The Future Development of the Electronics Industry and the University"
 1955
43 12
"A Future Era of Plentiful Energy"
 1979
43 13
"The Futures in Electronics"
 1961
43 14
"Future Matching of Men and Machines"
 1958
43 15
"The Future of Defense"
 1963
43 16
"Future Possibilities and Limitations of Electronics in Management"
 1953
43 17
"The Future Role of Engineering"
 1976
43 18
"Future Technological Developments of Widespread Significance"
 1970
43 19
"Globalization of Industry and Implications for the Future"
 1987-1988
43 20
"Globalization of Technology Advance"
 1987
43 21
"God's Gifts or Devil's Doings?"
 1981
43 22
"Government Policy, the Likely Bottleneck to Information Technology Advance"
 1984
43 23
"Government Regulation"
 1991
43 24
"Government's Role in the Information-Technology Revolution"
 1981-1982
43 25
"The Great Crisis in California Education"
 1967-1968
43 26
"The Guided Missle as a Systems Engineering Problem"
 1956-1957
44 1
"Guided Missles, a New Field for the Radio Engineer"
 1952
44 2
"Guided Missles and the Changing Role of the Scientist"
 1956
44 3
"Heroics and Humility at Frontiers of Space"
 1989
44 4
"High Frequency Behavior of a Space Charge Rotating in a Magnetic Field"
 1940
44 5
"Horizons of Management Control"
 1964
44 6
"How Can We Regain Our Competitive Edge?"
 1989-1990
44 7
"How to Handle the Energy Crisis"
 1974
44 8
"How to Revive U.S. High Tech"
 1988
44 9
"Huge Cuts in Offensive Missles?"
 1986-1987
44 10
"Human Aspects of Computerized Society"
 1968-1969
44 11
"The ICBM Program, Giant Step Into Space"
 1957-1959
44 12
"If We Can Land a Man on the Moon, Then Why Can't We?"
 1969
44 13
"Impact of Accelerating Technological Advance on Business and Industry"
 1969; 1972
44 14
"The Impact of Advanced Technology on Banking"
 1970
44 15
"Impact of Advancing Technology on Methods in Education"
 1959
44 16
"The Impact of Missles and Space on Electronics"
 1960-1962
44 17
"The Impact of Scientific and Technological Advances on Tomorrow's Managers"
 1964
44 18
"The Impact of Space on Eletronics"
 1959
44 19
"The Impact of Technology on Education"
 1965
44 20
"Impact of Space Technology on Society"
 1966
44 21
"The Impact of Systems Engineering on Education"
 1957
44 22
"The Impact of Technology on Modern Society"
 1957
44 23
"The Importance of Communications in Information-Automation"
 1965
44 24
"The Importance of Pre-Technological Change"
 1969
44 25
"The Importance of Predicting Technological Change"
 1969-1970
44 26
"Improvement of the Engineer"
 1957
45 1
"The Individual and the Oncoming Technological Society"
 1967-1984
45 2
"Innovating to Attain Real Nuclear Arms Reduction"
 1984
45 3
"Innovation and Regulation"
 1980-1981
45 4
"Intelligent Machines"
 1961-1962
45 5
"The International Battle for Technological Superiority"
 1983
45 6
"The International Contest for Technological Superiority"
 1983
45 7
"The International Race for Technological Superiority"
 1985
45 8
"The International Science Olympics"
 1983
45 9
"The International Technology Superiority Race"
 1984
45 10
"Introduction to Automation"
 1955
45 11
"Is There Intelligent Life on Earth?"
 1987
45 12
"Is U.S. Innovative Spark Dying?"
 1980
45 13
"The Life and Times of the Crash Program"
 1960
45 14
"Likely Technological Developments of the Future Which May Significantly Affect Our Society"
 1970
45 15
"Limitations on Employing Science and Technology in the U.S."
 1976
45 16
"Man and Intelligent Machines"
 1962
45 17
"Man in Space, an Evaluation and a Justification"
 1957-1958
45 18
"Man-Machine Communications in the Coming Technological Society"
 1961
46 1
"Management, as a Problem in Process Control"
 1962-1963
46 2
"Management in an Information-Automation Era"
 1962-1964
46 3
"Management of Government Programs"
 1965
46 4
"Management of Innovative Technological Corporations"
 1980
46 5
"The Mangement of Technological Change"
 1979
46 6
"Managing for Selective Diversification"
 1973-1975
46 7
"Market Research, an Innovative Approach"
 1980
46 8
"Matching Scientific Resources to National Needs"
 1986
46 9
"The Miracle of the U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missle Success"
46 10
"Missles and Rockets"
 1958
46 11
"Missles Electronics and Systems Engineering"
 1957
46 12
"Mobilizing Science for Society"
 1968
46 13
"Modern Technology, its Impact on Public Education"
 1957
46 14
"The Myth of the Two Cultures"
46 15
"The National Government Role in Computer-Communications Technology Advance"
 1984
46 16
"National Security and Our Technology Edge"
 1989
46 17
"National Security in the Future Technological Society"
 1987
46 18
"National Will and Nuclear War"
 1981
46 19
"A New Approach to the Solution of High-Frequency Field Problems"
 1944
46 20
"New Dimensions in Instrumentation"
 1958
46 21
"The New Dimensions of Systems Engineering"
 1968-1970
46 22
"The New Emphasis on Systems Engineering"
 1957
46 23
"New Goals and Strategy for TRW"
 1976
46 24
"A New High-Speed Cathode-Ray Oscillograph"
 1937
46 25
"The New Inadequacy of Engineering"
 1969
46 26
"A New Kind of Technology Industry is Predicted"
 1985
47 1
"The New Pervasiveness of Engineering"
 1961-1963
47 2
"A New Postgraduate Course in Industry in High-Frequency Engineering"
 1940
47 3
"New Tax Bill Will Increase Philanthropic Opportunity"
 1986-1987
47 4
"A New Technique of Education"
 1957-1962
47 5
"The Next 50 Years"
 1977-1978
47 6
"The Next 25 Years of Space Flight"
 1958
47 7
"Ocean Development-a Wet NASA?"
 1968
47 8
"On a Scientific Approach to Prediction"
 1977
47 9
"On Applying Science to Society"
 1968-1969
47 10
"On Scientific Anticipation of Change"
 1969
47 11
"On the Life of a Scientist-Executive"
 1962
47 12
"On the Worth of the Space Program"
 1967
47 13
"On Weapons and Counterweapons"
 1962
47 14
"On-line Free Enterprise"
 1965
47 15
"Our Oncoming Technological Society"
 1967
47 16
"Peace is a Long-range Problem"
 1967
47 17
"The Politics of Technology"
 1980
47 18
"Polymorphic Doodles"
 1959
47 19
"The Potential and Limitations fo the Systems Approach"
 1971
47 20
"Potential Federal Government Action to Ensure U.S. Technological Superiority"
 1971
47 21
"The Potentialities of Space Weapons Systems"
 1958-1960
47 22
"The Practical Dimensions of Space"
 1982-1983
48 1
"The Primary Transportation Planning Function in the Department of Transportation"
 1971
48 2
"The Program Manager, Substance or Symbol?"
 1963
48 3
"The Promise of Automation, a Technologist's View"
 1963
48 4
"Propogation of Electromagnetic Waves in a Space Charge Rotating in a Magnetic Field"
 1941
48 5
"A Proposal for a New Industry: Government Relationship on Developmental Programs"
 1961-1969
48 6
"A Proposed New Approach to the Regulation of Technological Activities"
48 7
"Push-Button Free Enterprise?"
 1958; 1968
48 8
"Putting Technology to Work"
 1964
48 9
"A Race against Time"
 1967-1968
48 10
"The Race for Technological Superiority"
 1958
48 11
"The Race for the 5,000-mile Missle"
 1955
48 12
"Random Phenomena and Signal to Ratio Noise"
 1946
48 13
"A Rational Road to the Moon"
 1963
48 14
"Real Nuclear Arms Reduction"
 1982-1983
48 15
"Real Nuclear Disarmament"
 1981
48 16
"A Realistic Approach to Space Conquest"
 1958
48 17
"Regulation of Technolgical Activities"
 1981
48 18
"The Regulation of Technology"
 1980
48 19
"Relations Between Dimensions of a Radiating Source and its Resolving Power"
 1948
48 20
"The Reluctant Astronaut"
 1959-1960
48 21
"Research and the Management of Technological Industry"
 1967
48 22
"Restoring U.S. Leadership in Manufacturing"
48 23
"Revamping the Rules"
 1981
49 1
"Rocket to the Moon"
 1946
49 2
"The Role of Systems Engineering"
 1957-1962
49 3
"Science and Technology for Society"
 1977
49 4
"Science and Technology's Future Impact on Productivity"
 1976
49 5
"Science for Mankind"
 1967
49 6
"Science Policy: Theory and Reality"
 1987-1988
49 7
"Science, Technology, and the Economy"
 1978
49 8
"Science Turns to Challenge of Satisfying Human Needs"
 1967
49 9
"The Scientific Challenge of the New Age"
 1960
49 10
"The SDI: A Debate Whose Timing is Off"
49 11
"Should the Government Manage Technological Advance?"
 1978
49 12
"Social Implications of Advanced Technology"
 1958
49 13
"Socio Technology, the Missing Profession"
 1970
49 14
"Solution- Oil from Coal"
 1981
49 15
"Space and the Automated Society"
 1964-1966
49 16
"Space Charge and Field Waves in an Electron Beam"
 1939
49 17
"Space Conquest and the New Technical Age"
 1959
49 18
"Space, Missles, and Intellectronics"
 1963
49 19
"Space or Electronics, Which Will Dominate the Century?"
 1958-1959
49 20
"The Space Race: Can We Go Faster?"
 1959
49 21
"The Space Race: One Event in the Science Olympics"
 1959
49 22
"Space Technology and its Impact on Education"
 1958
50 1
"The Sparkless Sphere Gap Voltmeter"
 1935
50 2
"The Status of Engineering"
 1969
50 3
"Stopping America's Technology Slip"
 1981
50 4
"Swords to Plowshares, But Are We Dreaming?"
 1990
50 5
"Synthesis of a High Frequency Reactance"
 1938
50 6
"Synthetic and Natural Brainpower"
 1975
50 7
"Synthetic Intelligence"
 1955
50 8
"System Design and Automatic Control"
 1957
50 9
"The Systems Approach: A Methodology for the Oncoming Technological Society"
 1967
50 10
"The Systems Approach: Automated Common Sense"
 1968
50 11
"The Systems Approach: Mobilizing Technology for Society"
 1967
50 12
"Systems Approach to Man's Future"
 1970-1971
50 13
"The Systems Approach to Philanthropy"
 1971
50 14
"Systems Engineering"
 1957; 1960
50 15
"Systems Engineering and the Changing Role of the Scientist"
 1956
50 16
"Systems Engineering: What it is and How it Can be Taught"
 1959
50 17
"Systems Engineering: Who Needs It?"
 1967
50 18
"The Team Concept and Air Force Systems Management"
 1959
50 19
"Technological Advance and Society"
 1977
50 20
"Technological Change"
 1969
50 21
"Technological Change and Antitrust"
 1972
50 22
"Technological Change and Business-Government Relations"
 1973-1975
50 23
"Technological Innovation: A Social, Political, Economic Problem"
 1979
50 24
"Technological Innovation in the U.S. in the 1980s"
 1980
51 1
"The Technological Society"
 1983
51 2
"Technology and Free Enterprise"
 1975
51 3
"Technology and Resources for Business"
 1971-1972
51 4
"Technology and Society, the Reluctant Lovers"
 1973-1985
51 5
"Technology as a Social Lever"
51 6
"Technology, Automation, and the Human Condition"
 1966
51 7
"Technology in Tomorrow's World"
 1978
51 8
"Technology Innovation Entrepreneurship"
 1979
51 9
"Technology Seen a Spur for Change"
 1969
51 10
"Thinking about the Unthinkable"
 1981-1982
51 11
"Timing's Right for Auto-Electronics Wedding"
 1975
51 12
"Tomorrow's World: Beyond the Sky"
 1967-1968
51 13
"Toward a Trillion Dollar GNP"
 1967-1968
51 14
"Towards Scientific Anticipation of Change"
 1969-1970
51 15
"Transition to the Automatic Society"
 1956-1957
51 16
"Transition to the New Technical Age"
 1959
51 17
"Traveling Waves in Electronic Beams"
 1940
51 18
"TRW's Interests and Plans in Information Systems"
 1959
51 19
"TRW's Match to the Outside World"
 1975
51 20
"Unionamerica Science Investments, Inc."
 1971
51 21
"Universities in a Technological Society"
 1980-1981
51 22
"An Unusual Episode in the History of HAC, or, a Search for Truth"
51 23
"The U.S. Failure to Exploit a Missle Miracle"
 1960
51 24
"U.S. Technology Policy: An Engineer's View"
 1984; 1986
51 25
"The USA Is Losing the World Technology Olympics"
 1988
51 26
"Using Science and Technology for Social-Economic Progress"
 1975-1976
51 27
"Using Technology to Advance Human Progress"
 1976; 1978
52 1
"The Velocity of Propagation of Electrical Disturbances"
 1940
52 2
"Weapons System Engineering and the Changing Role of the Scientist"
52 3
"Weapons System Management"
 1958
52 4
"What the Future Holds"
 1958
52 5
"What's Wrong with Escalation?"
 1969
52 6
"What's Wrong with Our Technological Society?"
 1983
52 7
"Where Government Can Help High-Technology Industries"
 1981
52 8
"Why Does Industry Seek Low Return Government Work?"
 1967
52 9
"Why Isn't Technology Solving Our Problems?"
52 10
"Why We're Behind in Technology"
 1987
52 11
"The Worth of the Space Program"
 1967-1968

Subject FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
53 1
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
 1950
53 2
American Rocket Society
 1960
53 3
Associates Research Management Tour
 1959
53 4
Association for Systems Management
 1975
53 5
Broadmoor Conference
 1957-1958
53 6
Caltech Alumni Seminar
 1982
53 7
Center for Study of the American Experience Conference
 1979
53 8
Cleveland State University
 1976
53 9
Committee on Science and Technology
 1985
53 10
Conference on Technology and Business Futures
 1978
53 11
Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences
 1987
53 12
Economic Stabilization Subcommittee
 1981
53 13
Engineers' Week
 1965-1966
53 14
First Systems Symposium
 1960
53 15
Harvard Program on Technology and Society
 1969
53 16
Hollywood Radio and Television Society
 1968
53 17
House Committee on Science and Astronautics
 1960
53 18
House Committee on Science and Technology
 1981
53 19
House Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development
 1971
53 20
ICBM Program
53 21
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences
 1958-1959
53 22
International Symposium on Circuit and Information Theory
 1959
53 23
Israel Investment Authority
 1960
54 1
Japan-U.S. Conference
 1971
54 2
Los Angeles Society of Security Analysts
 1973
54 3
Los Angeles United Crusade Kickoff Rally
 1971
54 4
Mid-America Electronics Convention
 1957
54 5
Midwest Research Institute
 1980
54 6
Military Operations Subcommittee
 1959
54 7
National Commission on Excellence in Education
 1982
54 8
National Conference on the Adminstration of Research
 1974
54 9
National Defense Transportation Association
 1961
54 10
National Library Network
 1964
54 11
National Symposium on Reliability and Quality Control
 1962
54 12
NBC Television Production, "The Missle Men"
 1958
54 13
New York Society of Security Analysts
 1966; 1969
54 14
Orange County Economic Development Conference
 1963
54 15
Princeton University Engineering and Management Seminar
 1980
54 16
Reda Plant Dedication
 1974
54 17
San Francisco Analysts Society Meeting
 1962-1963
54 18
Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
 1963
55 1
United Crusade Drive
55 2-3
United States v. AT&T
 1981-1982
55 4-8
University of California, Los Angeles
Includes materials on the Conference on America's Manufacturing Performance, dedication ceremonies, an engineering and management course, an on-line computing symposium, and the space technology series.
1954-1982
55 9
University of California, San Diego
 1980
55 10
University of Southern California
 2000

General FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
56 1-5
Articles by Others
 1940s-1990s
56 6-7
Interviews
 1957-1980
57 1
Lists of Publications and Lectures
57 2
News and Press Releases
 1960s-1970s
57 3-9
Programs and Announcements
 1930s-1990s
57 10
Refusals
 1983-1986
58 1
Statements, Reviews, and Abstracts
 1940s-1980s
58 2-3
Untitled Essays and Speeches
 1950s-1980s
58 4
Miscellaneous
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
59 1
Academy of Political Science
 1991
59 2
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, Man of Science Award
 1978
59 3
Aerospace Education Awards
59 4
Air Force Association, Citation of Honor
 1964
59 5
American Academy of Achievement, Banquet of the Golden Plate
 1964; 1967
59 6
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellowship
 1979; 1971
59 7
American Association of Engineering Societies, National Engineering Award
 1987-1988
59 8
American Astronautical Society, Fellowship
 1969
59 9
American Consulting Engineers Council, Award of Merit
 1974-1975
59 10-11
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Durand Medal and Honorary Fellow
 1978-1984
59 12
Annual Industrial Film Award
 1960
59 13
Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association, Distinguished Service Gold Medal
 1970
59 14
Arnold Air Society, Paul T. Johns Award
 1960-1961
59 15
California Institute of Technology
 1991
59 16
California Museum Foundation, Award of Excellence
 1987-1988
59 17
Carnegie Mellon University, Honorary Doctor of Laws
 1969-1970
59 18
Case Institute of Technology, Honorary Doctor of Engineering
 1960
59 19
Chevron Social Exhibit
 1979-1981
59 20
City of Hope, "Man of Hope" Award
 1962
59 21
City of Los Angeles, "Tribute to Men and Women of Achievement" Award
 1981
60 1
Claremont University, Honorary Doctor of Science
 1984-1985
60 2
Cleveland State University, Honorary Doctor of Science
 1975-1976
60 3
Columbia University
 1972
60 4
Electronic Industries Association, Medal of Honor
 1985
60 5
Eta Kappa Nu Association, Eminent Membership
 1941; 1966
60 6
Franklin Institute, Delmer S. Fahrney Medal
 1978-1985
60 7
Franklin-Jefferson Awards
 1988
60 8
Friends of the UCLA School of Medicine, Aesculpians Service Award
 1985
60 9
John Fritz Medal
 1986
60 10
General Electric Company
 1930
60 11
Gonzaga University, Honorary Doctor of Laws
 1982-1983
60 12
Harvard Business School, Business Statesman of the Year
 1979
60 13
Howard Hughes Memorial Award
 1989-1994
60 14-17
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Includes annual awards, the Centennial Medal, the Founders Medal, and the Golden Omega award.
1975-1987
60 18
Institute of Radio Engineers, Electronic Achievement Award
 1953-1960
60 19
Jewish Big Brothers, Community Service Award
 1971-1972
60 20
Jonathan Breakfast Club
 1958
60 21
Junior Achievement, Inc., National Business Hall of Fame
 1984-1988
61 1
Lunch with President Reagan
 1985
61 2
The Marquis Who's Who
 1990-1995
61 3
Music Center of Los Angeles County, 25th Annual Celebration
 1989
61 4
National Academy of Engineering and Illinois Institute of Technology, Beuche and Heald Awards
 1979-1988
61 5
National Business Hall of Fame
 1986-1992
61 6
National Medal of Science
 1967-1991
61 7
National Space Club Reception
 1989
61 8
New York Academy of Sciences
 1993
61 9
Occidental College, Honorary Doctor of Laws
 1984
61 10
Official Utah Industrial Prospector
 1966
61 11
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Honorary Doctor of Engineering
 1971-1974
61 12
Ramo Award
 1987-1993
61 13
Rock Ledge Institute, Raymond E. Hackett Award
 1955
61 14
Ross Gear Division and Purdue University
 1967
61 15
Society of Automotive Engineers
 1980
61 16
Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Honorary Membership
 1979-1980
61 17
Union College, Honorary Doctor of Science
 1963
61 18
United Engineering Center, John Fritz Medal
 1985-1986
62 1
United States of America, Medal of Freedom
 1983
62 2
University of Akron, Honorary Doctor of Science
 1969
62 3
University of California, Los Angeles
 1982
62 4
University of Houston, Farfel Lecturer
 1970-1971
62 5
University of Michigan, Honorary Doctor of Engineering
 1965
62 6-8
University of Souther California
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Outstanding Achievement in Business Management, and Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Management awards.
1971-1983
62 9
University of Utah Alumni Association, Distinguished Alumnus Award
 1982-1984
62 10
University of Utah Friends of the Libraries
 1988
62 11
University of Utah, Honorary Doctor of Science
 1961-1969
62 12
Utah Symphony
 1968
62 13
Utah Symphony, 50th Anniversary
 1989-1990
62 14
War Manpower Commission
 1944
62 15
WEMA Medal of Achievement
 1970
62 16
Western Electronic Manufacturers Association, Medal of Achievement
 1970
62 17
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Honorary Doctor of Sciences
 1968
62 18
Miscellaneous

Book MaterialsReturn to Top

Boxes 63-69 include correspondence, manuscript drafts, notes, articles, book jackets, layouts, reviews, and other papers.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
63 1
Correspondence
 1946-1989
Folder
2
Announcements
Box Folder
63 3-5
America's Technology Slip
1976-1986
63 6-7
The Business of Science
64
Book Materials, The Business of Science
1986-1988
Folder
65 1-4
The Business of Science
1988
65 5-8
Century of Mismatch
1969-1974
66 1-2
Century of Mismatch
circa 1974
66 3-5
Cure for Chaos
1968-1974
66 6
"The Economy and the President"
 1979-1981
66 7-8
Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Player
1950s-1987
67 1-2
Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics
1946-1984
67 3-4
Guided Missle Engineering
1951-1967
67 5
Handbook of Automation, Computation, and Control
1953-1970
67 6-7
Introductory Radio Engineering
68 1-2
The Islands of E, Cono, and My
1972-1986
68 3-4
The Management of Innovative Technological Corporations
1977-1987
68 5
Peacetime Uses of Outer Space
1960-1982
68 6
"Right Place, Right Time"
 1984
69 1
The Technology Imperative
69 2-4
Tennis by Machiavelli
1952-1985
69 5-7
What's Wrong With Our Technological Society--and How to Fix it
1958-1987
69 8
Miscellaneous

MembershipsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
70
Memberships, Correspondence
 1948-1986
Folder
71 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
 1964-1979
71 2
American Association for the Advancement of Science
 1971-1987
71 3
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
 1956-1987
71 4
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
 1951-1963
71 5
American Philosophical Society
 1971-1985
71 6
Atlantic Richfield Company Advisory Board
 1980
71 7
Board of Editors
 1949-1956
71 8
California Institute of Technology
 1946-1986
71 9
Department of Defense Task Force
 1968-1969
71 10
Eta Kappa Nu Association
 1946-1986
71 11
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
 1965-1986
71 12
Institute of Radio Engineers
 1948-1961
71 13
International Academy of Astronautics
 1964; 1980
71 14
Los Angeles World Affairs Council
 1972-1985
71 15
MX Committee
 1981
72 1-2
National Academy of Engineering
 1964-1987
72 3-4
National Academy of Sciences
 1973-1988
72 5
One Hundred Club of Los Angeles
 1974-1975
72 6
Phi Beta Kappa
 1976; 1984
72 7
President's Committee on Science and Technology
 1975-1976
73 1-3
President's Committee on Science and Technology
 1970-1987
73 4-7
Science and Technology Advisory Groups
 1974-1976
74 1-3
Science and Technology Task Force
 1975-1981
74 4
Scientific Advisory Board
 1955-1961
74 5
Sigma Pi Sigma
 1953-1984
74 6-8
Strategic Defense Initiative Task Force
 1984-1988
75 1
Tao Beta Pi
 1949-1985
75 2
Theta Tau
 1976-1986
75 3
Times Mirror Company
 1979-1984
75 4
Town Hall of California
 1974, 1978
75 5
Pamphlets, Brochures, and Programs
 1980s-1990s
75 6
Miscellaneous

News ClippingsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
76
News Clippings, Business and Technology
 1956-1970s
Folder
77 1-2
Business and Technology
 1970s-1980s
77 3
Computers
 1960s
77 4-5
Education
 1958-1960s
77 6
Finance
 1960s
77 7
GM and Hughes
 1985
77 8
Intellectronics
 1959
77 9-14
Lectures and Honors
 1957-1980s
78 1-4
Missles
 1956-1958
78 5
Pioneer Rocket
 1958
78 6-8
Ramo-Wooldridge
 1956-1959
78 9-11
Social and Cultural Activities
 1960s-1980s
79 1-3
Space
 1957-1960s
79 4
Technology and the Future
 1960s
79 5-7
TRW (Thompson, Ramo, Wooldridge)
 1958-1970s
79 8
United Crusade
 1970s
79 9
Dean Wooldridge
 1960s
79 10-13
News Clippings
 1940s-1955
80
News Clippings
 1955-1990s

Teaching MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
81 1-4
Caltech, "The Management of Technological Corporations"
 1975-1983
81 5
University of California, Los Angeles
 1953-1958
81 6-7
University of California, Santa Cruz
 1978-1981

TRW (Thompson, Ramo, Wooldridge)Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
82 1
Correspondence
 1970-1984
82 2
Advertising and Announcements
 1950s-1990s
82 3
Annual Reports
 1958-1963
82 4
Background Information
 1958-1976
82 5
Bordeaux Plant
 1971
82 6
Bunker-Ramo Corporation
 1960s
82 7
Corporate Planning
 1956-1980
82 8
"Executive Clips"
 1961-1968
82 9
Institutional Study
 1961
82 10
News Articles
 1950s-1990s
82 11
Questionnaires
 1982-1983
83 1
Seoul Visit
 1972
83 2
Shareholders
 1962-1972
83 3
Statements, Essays, and Outlines
 1964-1988
83 4
Stationery
83 5
Stock Savings Plan
 1960-1978
83 6
Miscellaneous

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
84 1
Aetna, Peterson, Jacobs and Ramo Technology Ventures
84 2
Annul Reports
 1959-1985
84 3
Hughes Aircraft Company
 1934-1986
84 4-5
Los Angeles City Board of Education
 1961
84 6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 1958-1959
84 7
McGraw-Hill Top Management Handbook
 1958
84 8-10
Programs and Announcements
 1950s-1961
85 1-6
Programs and Announcements
 1962-1990s
85 7
Titan Corporation
 1986-1987
85 8
Union Bank
 1965-1985
85 9
W. M. Keck Foundation
 1985-1986
85 10
Miscellaneous
86
Oversize Calendar and Resolution
 1965; 1983
87
Oversize Scrapbooks
These scrapbooks include correspondence, news articles, newsletters, announcements, photographs, and annual reports concerning the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation.
1953-1957
Folder
88 1
Correspondence
 1997-1998
88 2
Awards
 1985-1998
88 3
Invitations
 1997-1998
88 4
Miscellaneous
89 1-4
Correspondence
 1992-2000
89 5
Biography of Simon Ramo
89 6
Simon Ramo, "The Impact of Computer Development on the Training and Utilization of Engineers"
 1953
89 7
Simon Ramo, "Making Technology Serve Society"
 1967
89 8
Simon Ramo, "Microwaves and the World's Mega-Issues"
 1989
89 9
Simon Ramo, "The Next Century and the I. E. E. E."
89 10
Simon Ramo, "Restoring America's Tehcnology Leadership"
89 11
Simon Ramo, "Toward a Social-Industrial Complex"
 1972
89 12
Simon Ramo, "TRW in New Systems Fields"
 1971
89 13
Charles Susskind, "American Contributions to Electronics"
 1976
89 14
American Academy of Arts and Science, Bulletin
 1985
89 15
Certificates
 1996-2000
89 16
International Forest of Friendship
Pamphlets, certificates, and articles.
2000
89 17-18
Interviews/Question and Answer Sessions
 1958; 1972
89 19
News Articles
 1942-2000
89 20
Newsletters
 1998-1999
89 21-23
Pamphlets, Programs, and Brochures
 1959-2000
89 24
Miscellaneous
90
Correspondence
 1952-2003
Folder
91 1
Awards and Honors
 1908s-2004
91 2
Interview
 1995
91 3
Invitations, Programs, and Announcements
 1984-2004
91 4
Lists of Papers and Lectures
91 5
News Articles
 1954-2002
91 6
Newsletters
 1944-2002
91 7
Speeches
 1970s
91 8
Miscellaneous
92 1
Correspondence
 1993-2005
92 2
Announcements, Invitations, and Programs
 1985-2005
92 3
Awards and Honors
 1967-2004
92 4
Interview
 2004
92 5
News Articles
 1983-2005
92 6
Newsletters
 1996-2004
92 7
The Systems Approach
1998
92 8
Miscellaneous
93 1
Correspondence
 1983-2009
93 2
Virginia Ramo, Correspondence
 1955; 1973
93 3
Invitations
 2007; 2009
93 4
"Dr. Simon Ramo - The R in TRW"
Oral history of Ramo. Interviewed by Robert Mulcahy.
2004
93 5
Biographical Data
93 6
Virginia Ramo, Biographical Data
93 7
"The Future Research University"
Luncheon address by Ramo before the National Symposium on Re-inventing the Research University.
1994
93 8
Proposal to establish a master's degree in Urban Development at University of Southern California (USC)
 1993
93 9
"A Proposed Science-Society Institute"
 1986
93 10
Awards and Honors
 2006-2009
93 11
Presidential Medal of Freedom Presentation
 1983
93 12
Simon Ramo Distinguished Lecture Series
 2006; 2008
93 13
Simon Ramo Recital Hall
 2007
93 14
Ramo-sponsored Awards
 2006-2009
93 15
Ameruss Corporation
 1992
93 16
Keck Foundation Program Proposal
 1995-1996
93 17
TRW First Quarter Report
 1983
93 18
Aeronautics Pioneers
2009
93 19
Magazine Articles
 1969-2008
93 20
Douglas L. Smith, "Fifty Years in Space"
 2008
93 21
News Clippings
 1983-2008
94 1
Correspondence
Included in this correspondence is a note from Jacques Chaban-Delmas.
2008-2011
94 2
Biographical Information
 2010
94 3
Articles
This folder contains the following articles: "The Design of the Whole-Systems Engineering" and "The Future Research University"
undated
94 4
Honors and Certificates
 2010-2011
94 5
Sponsored Endownments
 2010-2011
94 6
Invitation
 undated
94 7
Articles by Others
 2010

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Computer industry--History--Sources
  • Computers
  • Tennis

Corporate Names

  • TRW Inc.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Articles
  • Clippings
  • Correspondence

Finding aid prepared by Jennifer Breaden
1993 (last modified: 2018)

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