Clifford Yost:
CLASS OF 1955
Des Moines Technical High SchoolClass of 1955
Des moines, IA
North High SchoolClass of 1955
Des moines, IA
Clifford's Story
Worked for: U.S. Army, IBM, Itel, National Advanced Systems, Amdahl-All computer and missile associated.
Where I have lived and why I moved:
o '37-'53 Mainly lived in Highland Park, Des Moines-I attended Saylor and Warren Harding.
o '53'-54 Dad trnsfrd to Japan-I attended 10th grade at American High School In Japan, Yokohama.
0 '54-'55 Dad trnsfrd to US-I completed schooling at DM Tech.
o '55-'58 Redstone Arsenal Huntsville Alabama-US Army Ordanance missile schooling and provided ground support.
Rank at separation: E4.
o '58-'60 Des Moines-It was the best of times and the worst of times. I married Sandra Pardee (the best of times)-worked various lackluster jobs (the worst of times).
o '60-'61 Story City Iowa-Wife 1st teaching Assignment-I attended Iowa State (6 months) worked at JOhn Deere, then re-enlisted in the Army. Rank: E2.
o '61-'61 Fort Devens Massachuetts-To attend Army Electronics School. Rank: E3.
0 '62-'62 Endicott New York-Army- Attend Basic IBM unit record schools.
o '62-'64 Hertzogenaurach Germany- Macine aids maintenance. Rank: E4.
o '64-'64 Rochester Minnesota, Poughkeepsie and Endicott New York - Attended advanced IBM schools. Rank: E5.
o '64-'67 Fort Devens Massachuetts - Provide ASA Education Data Center support. Rank E-6.
o '67-'72 Des Moines-Job change w/IBM Position - Customer Engineer.
o '72-'72 Guam USA, IBM Trnsfr-Government contract. Position - Customer Engineer.
o '72-'76 Kwajalein, Marshall Islands IBM trnsfr-Government contract. Position - Customer Engineer.
o '76-'81 Des Moines, Job change w/ITEL. Positions held: Senior Field Engineer, Branch Specialist.
o '81-'87 Santa Clara California, Job change w/National Advanced Systems. Positions held: Staff Instructor, Staff Technical Writer, Manager of Technical Writers.
o '87-'2001 Morgan Hill California, Job Change w/Amdahl Corporation. Positions held: Senior, Staff and Senior Staff Technical Writer.
o 2001- Morgan Hill CA. Retired. . .
Schools attended: Des Moines Saylor, Warren Harding, American High School In Japan, and Tech High.
Graduated from Devry...Expand for more
and Bell and Howell advanced electronics courses.
Attended colleges: Iowa State University (6 months), University of Maryland (9 months), Mission Jr. College (completed 3 courses (Management, Computer Science, and Mathematics)(9 years) for A.S. degrees),
Many, many IBM classes.
Many, many US Army technical courses.
Careers:
o Machinist.
o Missile R&D, repair, ground support.
o Electrical motor repair.
o Elevator and escalater construction and maintenance.
o Retail sales.
o Computer & punch card service.
o Computer educator.
o Technical and lead writer.
o Manager, computer technical writers.
o Retirement.
The wildest thing I ever did in school . . .
was to skip school one day and go to Stoner Piano on Grand and browse through their used piano department. After talking with Mr. Stoner I bought a used piano. Of course, Vice Principal Anderson called my mother to ask where I was. This caused me much grief. However, I still own and play that piano to this day!
I always wanted to be a Pilot when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a ridiculous idea. As it turns out, they were right.
The reason I wanted to be a pilot was that my favorite uncle, the only relative with a college degree from Drake, was a P-38 pilot in WWII. He was admired by the rest of the family, thus I guess I thought that if I became a pilot, I would be admired just like him. Well, poor eyesight washed me out during my enlistment physical.
However, I was a pilot for a day when I was at Fort Leonard Wood MO. You see, during that morning formation the sergeant askd if anyone wants to volunteer to be a pilot. Stupid me, I held up my hand and was assigned to the sergeant needing my services.
I knew I was dupped when the group of us volunteers were transported to our assignment. When we arrived the sergeant said, "Ok soldier pilots, pick up a rock in the field" as he pointed to a very, very large rock in the field, then continued with "then (pile it) on the edge of the field. Repeat that until you are relieved." That was my last time I volunteered to be a pilot.
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