Sandra Badley:  

Born in Schenectady, New York. Came to California when I was 12, attended Hamilton Jr. High School and graduated from Fremont High School, Oakland, in 1957. My first job after high school was a federal job .. age discrimination existed and government jobs were the only ones not discriminating due to age. I was married in August, 1957 to Dave Badley (class of 1954, Fremont HS) and shortly thereafter, began work for San Francisco Ordnance District at 1515 Clay Street in Oakland. I worked until the end of September, 1958, when my son, Mark, was born October 8, 1958. I was a stay at home Mom for 5 months and then went job hunting again, this time landing a secretarial/personnel job with Kaiser Permanente at its administrative offices on 42nd Street in Oakland. I continued there until September, 1963, when Mark entered kindergarten. My daughter, Kathy, was born in 1965 and my son, David, in 1967. I worked off and on for Western Girl, a temporary employment agency from 1963 to March, 1969, when I returned to work at Kaiser-Permanente, in Hayward. I was only going to work part time for a few months and that turned into a 36-year career. During my time at Kaiser, I worked as a Personnel Assistant and in Medical Center Administration and in 1976, I had an opportunity to learn and teach the first automated appointment system developed by Kaiser's IT Department. That system was implemented in Pediatrics in July, 1977. There was a lull during that time while Kaiser decided whether the pilot was successful and whether they should implement it in Northern California and I went back to my Personnel Assistant's job (lucky me there was an opening). Then, in 1981, the o...Expand for more