Mark E. Rorvig , Denton, associate professor of library and information sciences,
1995-2002. Rorvig was nationally recognized as a pioneer in the field of information
retrieval. From 1990 to 1995, while serving as an adjunct professor at UNT, he worked as a
computer engineer for NASA at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. His research
focused on deciphering large amounts of information and finding new ways to piece it
together. He produced four U.S. patents on information retrieval algorithms. Rorvig earned
a bachelor's degree in English at Seattle University, a master's in library
service from Columbia University and a doctorate in information studies from the
University of California at Berkeley. At UNT, he led the master's program in
information systems.any? ? one? know? him?
I took? some? photos? for a? book he? did on microcomputers in libraries? and? took an
into? to dp? class? from him? when I started? ?Computer Exchange in? AZ? ? ?I had? talked?
?into? course years? before? ?from someone else? but thought hey? good? to take it now
things have changed and I am going into the biz!
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I talked to? him again? years? ago and? thanked? him? for admitting me? to an already?
full class...but in looking him? up? to? get some data? from him? find? he? had? passed
but? ?almost nothing out there....in the? way? of? info except? ?for the? brief? info in?
google.? I? remember? ?during that? class period? I? got? first? pdp-8? m or? f ?? ?and?
brought it into class and? showed? the students? how? I would? toggle it....
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Funny? this is when I? got? to first? play on the HP2000 F I later to own? surplus? form
the college that? shaped? my entire? future? business? ( still have it under glass at?
SMECC)
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Having that? PDP 8 was? great? as a tty? tester!? Sold? many ttys? in the? early?
days....
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thanks? ed sharpe archivist for smecc
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