| NAME: | Roger Kent Summit |
| DATES: | 1930- |
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| WORKED AT: | Lockheed; DIALOG |
| OTHER INFORMATION: | Summit was called "father of online systems" by Saul Herner. Lilley-Trice consider him a valuable contributor to online information systems with a principal contribution to the management and expansion of DIALOG. According to Bellardo and Bourne, Summit was a major figure in the online retrieval industry. Summit foresaw the need/desire to give the public access to online systems. He realized that this could become a business (Bellardo & Bourne). He worked at: Pres., DIALOG 1981-present; Director ASIS Department of Commerce. |
| AWARDS: | 1991 Award of Merit(ASIS); 1975 Special Invention Award (Lockheed) for DIALOG(?). |
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| PAPERS AT: | No information about. |
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CAREER MEMORY FROM ROGER SUMMIT
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