What was your first job and what did you learn from it?

Working at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering for John Mockley doing computations for the project he had for the Weather Bureau. I learned how to do the mathematical calculations which I didn't know before. When I was through with that, they opened up the computing section, John said get yourself on a civil service list.

I learned I wanted to work, I didn't want to teach. I like doing it.

What are you most proud of?

I loved doing what I was doing - I don't know if it was the work or the ambiance. All the men were gone in the military and it was a nice group of women. I am proud of being one of the ENIAC workers, but I don't think I was particularly impressed at the time.

What advice would you give to young women who want to enter your field?

I can't give advice to anyone today because science has so outstripped what I knew. It's good that women aren't afraid to go into science and math.

What is your favorite story or memory?

I took calculus and trig and it opened my eyes because I loved it and was fascinated by it. At the time, I thought, "I'm missing this whole big world." I knew growing up that I could not not go to college. They (my parents) gave me a lot of leeway in terms of what I could do.

My family was very proud of what I was doing even though they didn't understand what I was doing and I couldn't actually tell them. They were happy I had a job.

I had minored in business education, so because of that I had learned a little bit of typing, shorthand, and I knew how to run an adding machine. On the strength of that I went up to the university.