Oral history interview with Allen Blue, 1989 June 12.

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Oral history interview with Allen Blue, 1989 June 12.

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The focus of this interview is on IPTO from the time Blue arrived at the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) in 1965 until his retirement in 1977. Topics include: a trend towards increased relevance of funded projects; increasing orientation to industry; increased paperwork and micromanagement from outside IPTO; a comparison of DARPA offices management styles; relations with the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, and the National Institutes of Health; the DARPA contracting process; and personnel hiring problems.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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