Beyster (J. Robert) Collection, approximately 1940-2016

Correspondence re: technical calculations, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility as a neutron source, neutrons (elastic cross section).

Correspondence and memoranda re: trip reports, procurement history of liquid hydrogen dewar system for Project 364, technical calculations.

With acknowledgements to Dr. Beyster.

Memoranda, notes and correspondence regarding Dr. Beyster's resignation; resumes, etc.

Course completion certificates, photographs, reading lists and other documentation.

Presented at the American Nuclear Society meeting in San Francisco.

Program includes titles of papers presented by Dr. Beyster.

Paper presented at Conference on Utilization of Low Energy Accelerators in Latin America, Rio de Janeiro. Includes abstracts and papers presented by others at the Inter-American Nuclear Energy Commission meeting: Luis A. Remez, E. Perez Ferreira, G. Dearnaley, and M. W. Thompson.

Paper presented at Symposium on Implementing Nuclear Safeguards, Kansas.

Paper prepared for Oceans '79, "The Technical Challenge of Inner Space."

Includes photocopies of class photos and a personal letter from childhood friend.

Paper based on a talk by Dr. Beyster at the 6th Annual Conference on Employee Ownership and Participation.

Newspaper clippings re: industry trends, company ownership, political events, profiles of SAIC, and correspondence. Includes notepad with Beyster's notes on Network Solutions (NSI).

Published in Leader to Leader, no. 44.

Drafts of preliminary content for Dr. Beyster blog, including a biographical statement and handwritten notes.

Notes and correspondence.

Papers on Dr. Beyster's compensation, memoranda re: CEO pay, minutes of the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors, etc. Includes redacted document.

Includes 1988 Defense Systems Group briefing.

1990 file has letter from Matthew Tobriner on Board member rotations.

April file includes letters from Director Emeritus Francis Herwood. October file includes Meetings Week materials.

Includes miscellaneous briefings, notes and agendas, including those related to Board of Directors subcommittees.

Correspondence from Bobby Inman (regarding his withdrawal as a nominee from the Secretary of Defense position) and Robert M. Gates (regarding his resignation from the SAIC Board), a few other letters regarding Board members, and related clippings.

The July materials include a general meetings week file with agendas and Dr. Beyster's notes on various groups and committees.

Folder with various reports, agendas, and Dr. Beyster's notes on various groups and committees.

Includes agendas for Management Council and Executive Council meetings.

Includes prepared remarks and agenda for annual shareholder's meeting.

Includes information on NetworkCar and the history of VCC.

Includes list of Board Committees, their charters and their members, circa 2003.

Statement draft on the stockholder proposal on declassifying SAIC's board as a response to Sarbanes Oxley, and related emails and research.

Includes corporate goals, paper on "management by incentive," a memo establishing a JRB New Ventures Committee and org chart outlining the relationship between JRB Associates and SAI, and Dr. Beyster's meeting notes.

Includes reference to formation of Working Groups, the Operational Software Working Group, and Dr. Beyster's presentation notes.

Includes discussion on SAI group administration.

Includes October memo by Dr. Beyster on vision for company entitled, "Looking for Guidance?"

Includes briefing on SAI ComSystems Management Information System (MIS). FY80 analysis and mention of upcoming Executive Council and Management Council meetings.

Includes notes and Beyster's memo (entitled "Stupid") on desired behaviors to enhance retention of valued staff.

Includes staff meeting notes.

Includes multiple drafts of a talk on employee ownership at SAIC

Includes transcript of a talk by Larry Kull at the meeting, describing company's actions in response to recommendations made by the Women's Issues Subcommittee.

Not comprehensive; some quarters and 1998 missing.

Includes transcript of talk by Arnold Punaro, "It's in our DNA," and presentation by Paul Strassmann on "Economics of Knowledge Capital."

Includes documentation describing founding of SAI Electro-Optics Council; defense studies.

Other subjects and themes include: logistics and management support systems, and underwater acoustic analysis and measurement programs.

Includes credo and motto contest and report. Includes redacted documents.

Memoranda, meeting agendas and notes.

Includes documents on the founding of the S&T trend panels and council.

Working files and supporting documentation, such as white papers and articles, about the competitive role of FFRDCs. Includes a file including a briefing on defense conversion topics, DOD policies on government laboratories, and a memo from CSIS on the role of national labs.

Includes report on Project Eagle.

Includes material on Ada, quality improvement, and the Software Productivity Consortium.

Assorted memoranda, agendas and reports from the TAG in a tabbed binder format. Includes the Newsgram article establishing the TAG and its charter, the concept of the annual review conference, and a review of SAI committees. Subjects include space optics, oil shale, the electronic mail system, micro/mini capabilities, alternative energy, and more.

Many documents support or duplicate material presented in the TAG binder. Includes memos on SAI organization and management to Dr. Beyster, in addition to business analysis.

Missing years 2005, 2009-2010.

Includes a report on stock program and internal market.

Includes a prepared list of anticipated shareholder questions.

Includes Limited Market Update.

Includes script for presentation delivered by Jim Idell and Anne Jennings.

Early overview of SAI's research areas and products.

A marketing publication that describes SAI's groups, technical specialties, and staff qualifications and backgrounds.

Includes SAI/JRB Corporate Planning Concept, list of customers, and memoranda documenting planning and changes.

Interoffice memoranda re: data products and systemsware divisions, project summaries, division organization and history.

Provides summary of SAI's major contracts and functional areas.

DO&A was a public water projects business; it was purchased by SAI as a division of ComSystems. The file includes memoranda regarding the related environmental business organization (including a recommendation for an Environmental Science Group) and management issues.

Includes proposals for reorganization and creation of a new environmental division.

Includes detailed overviews of the activities of the division, its history, and nuclear power summary.

Division overview, including project summaries for: Nuclear Weapon Development Guidance (NWDG) for DNA; stockpile-to-target sequence for MX warheads for the Air Force Weapons Laboratory (AFWL); Long Range Resource Planning Group (LRRPG) and ATSD (AE); support for Los Alamons; and MX missile system basing modes for the Air Force Test and Evaluation Command (AFTEC).

Includes overviews of products, staffing, and projects, and SAI experience and capabilities in nondestructive evaluation.

Definitions of sector, group, operation and division.

FY90 business plan, marketing reports, and newsletter.

Assessment of the unique environment at SAI, problems and opportunities, and feedback on Dr. Beyster's management style.

Includes the Computer Resource and Network Development Philosophy document.

Letters from clients thanking SAIC.

Letters from clients thanking SAIC.

Response to DCAA audit.

Small file of memoranda and notes documenting examples of "creeping bureaucracy" at SAIC. Includes "yellow door" memo (redacted).

Notes on "what I have done and suggestions for the future" about SAIC.

Letters are primarily from employees; also includes some thank-yous, ideas, and acknowledgements.

SAIC review report: Statement of responses to the defense industry questionnaire on business ethics and conduct.

Includes Dr. Beyster's prepared remarks on Bill Scott.

Includes a recruitment ad.

Includes summary and letters on perceptions and challenges facing SAIC managers at the group level; and retention and recruitment of high-level staff.

SAI summary five-year business plans and projections, papers on organizational effectiveness and strategic management, planning problems, and goal-setting.

Assessment of the growing pains and issues within SAI, on the basis of an employee survey.

Includes annual operating plan instructions, SAI Ecosystems board meeting files, interoffice memoranda re: corporate planning and analysis activities, corporate objectives and handwritten notes.

Includes a letter from Bob Harris from Strategic Visions, congratulating Dr. Beyster on the company's 20-year anniversary.

Includes notes, planning documents and forecasts.

Discussion of SAIC's discretionary resources (surplus) and how it should be spent. Includes paper on leveraging of EPRO funds with R&D partnerships, and a proposal for funding for a rapid ashmeter prototype and total flow nucoalyzer study.

Notes for prepared remarks on status of company; memoranda re: SAIC organization issues, driving force, problems facing SAI, and solutions.

Detailed overview of SAI computer initiatives and computing capabilities across business areas.

Includes comments by the TEC.

Planning documents, memoranda and drafts.

Includes "The vision for the future" presentation by Dr. Beyster; memoranda and papers about envisioning SAIC in twenty years.

Includes discussion of Brown Panel planning analysis; stock information; proposal for Center for Strategic Analysis; and related management meeting minutes and notes.

Includes: Environmental Technology Group; Science & Engineering Sector; Engineering & Software Sciences Group; Information Display Systems; Systems Engineering and Analysis; Technology and Analysis; Defense Technology Group; Energy, Utilities and Transportation; and Architects.

Includes letter to Dr. Beyster on corporate strategy by John Toomay.