Certificate in Data Processing
date: label: date made
content: 1962-09-04
notes: label: Description
content: Paper certificate issued by the Data Processing Management Association to George W. Abbott for successfully completing the requirements for the Certificate in Data Processing. The issue date is September 4, 1962. The certificate is printed on pale yellow marbled paper. It has a round certificate seal in the lower left corner and is mounted on heavy card stock.
label: Description
content: This certificate was awarded to the donor, who, according to press releases issued in 1977, was the first person in the world to receive the certificate. A black and white photograph of the donor is included. An alphabetic listing (typed paper list) of all the recipients of this certificate with their certificate number is bound together in a red report folder.
label: Description
content: The list of recipients includes the name Stanley Kovy. Mr. Kovy joined the Smithsonian staff in 1967 as the Manager of Fiscal and Business Applications before becoming Deputy Director then Director of the Information Systems Division. He is listed as receiving certificate #620052.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1047.01
label: accession number
content: 1977.1047
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1047.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: certificate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.5 cm x 20.5 cm; 10 1/32 in x 8 1/16 in