NEWS AND EVENTS
Award Established in Honor of Milt Zaslow
The National Cryptologic Museum Foundation has established the Milt Zaslow Award for Maryland History Day with the Maryland Humanities Council (MDHC), sponsor of Maryland History Day. This is an annual statewide contest which involves over 450 students, 85 judges plus parents and teachers. The winners go on to represent Maryland at the National History Day contest in June.
The MDHC is a private, educational, nonprofit organization organized to stimulate and promote informed dialogue and civic engagement on issues critical to Marylanders. There are categories for Junior and Senior school participants. Judges have guidelines for a variety of subjects, and the Milt Zaslow Award will focus on cryptologic topics.
In 2008, student winners for cryptology shared the $500 award for projects on the Navajo Codetalkers in the Junior category and on the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in the Senior category. During Milt's tenure as the Recognitions Chairman, he took great
interest in the program and on several occasions served as a contest judge for cryptology.
The ten-year grant was made possible by the generosity of the Foundation's general membership who contributed to the Foundation's In Memoriam Program to commemorate Mr. Zaslow's many contributions to the field of cryptology.
The Maryland Humanities Council is the state affiliate of the National History Day Program and is headquartered in College Park, Maryland. Its website is www.mdhc.org.
Hall of Honor Inductees – 2009
On 2 December 2009, the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation helped to sponsor a ceremony in which four new members were inducted into the NSA/CSS Hall of Honor. They were: Mr. Richard A. Day, Jr., Ms. Minnie M. Kenny, Maj Gen Doyle E. Larson, USAF, and Mr. Arthur J. Levenson. The Hall of Honor pays tribute to those who have rendered distinguished service to the Nation through their achievements in meeting and solving some of the most challenging and difficult cryptologic problems which our country has faced. The Foundation was pleased to sponsor the reception afterward for the inductees, their families, friends and colleagues. For more details on the individuals that were honored go to http://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/hall_of_honor/index.shtml
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. - Another Donation!
At the 11 September Board of Director’s meeting, Mr. Keith Hall, Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., presented Lt Gen Lincoln Faurer, USAF (Ret.) with a check for $5000, to be donated to the Operations Fund in support of the Museum’s Education Outreach. Booze Allen Hamilton, a strategy and technology consulting firm, has been very generous in their support of the Foundation having previously donated $100,000, presented by Marty Hill, former senior Vice President, which went to the building fund .
NCM Foundation – Creates New Welcome Wall
In mid-2007 the NSA and the Foundation launched a joint project to renovate the lobby area of the museum. The goal was to “open up” the entry way and provide a more dynamic welcome for visitors. As part of that project the wall devoted to recognizing the Foundation and its work had to be relocated. The Foundation took the opportunity to improve its image as well as enhance the museum by launching an effort to create a new wall. Prime space was provided immediately adjacent to the main entry.
In early 2008 NSA completed construction of the new lobby. The Foundation then hired ADG Creative, Inc. of Columbia to design the wall, which included a flat-panel high-definition display, a back-lit duratrans section with 16 colorful images of artifacts and displays from throughout the museum, and a section recognizing the Foundation’s generous donors. Severn Graphics, Inc. of Glen Bernie, MD was then hired to design, fabricate, and install each section of the wall and the highly decorative background wall covering. The finished product, shown in the accompanying photos, provides an attractive, high-tech welcome for visitors to the museum. It is sure to leave them with a wonderful and everlasting first impression of our Foundation and their visit to this one-of-a-kind museum.
Article on the NCM published in the OSS Journal
Dr. Hamer, a member of the NCMF Executive Committee, recently wrote a brief article (see below) on the history of the Museum and the role of the NCMF that was published by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Society in their Spring - Summer 2009 Journal. The journal is made available to members of the intelligence, foreign policy, and special forces communities. The OSS Society celebrates the historical accomplishments of the OSS during World War II—the first organized effort by this nation to implement a centralized system of strategic intelligence and the predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency and US Special Forces—and educates the public regarding the continuing importance of strategic intelligence to the preservation of freedom in this country and around the world. Go to http://www.OSSsociety.org to learn more about the Society.
Above from The OSS Society Journal - Volume 2 No 1
Footnote: As regards the Enigma pictured in the article, Dr. Hamer would like to add that there is no such thing as an "An Enigma machine". There are at least fourteen different models and numerous variations even on those. Here are pictures of two more.
Naval M4 Luftwaffe 1
