David C.

Wow is that a Post Versalog slide rule? I have to wonder how many of us grew up using these before calculators became the common tool? Great Photo!

David C.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

He seems to know what he is doing, alright. I had one of those a little earlier than that and always hated 'em.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great shot, John, my favorite camera of all time was my SRT-101.

John from gpwmi Loc: Michigan

Great shot for the memory. I bet you can remember all that was going on when it was taken. Still have my Post. A bunch of guys at work jumped on the early scientific calculators at $250. Big money back then. I stuck with the Post until the calculators were done to $50. Now it comes standard on the phone.

Photocraig

Best thing I eveer figured out to do with my log log decitrig was SELL it to an evening Engineering School student for an affordable price. It did him more good than me, who as on his Sales Career journey.

bodiebill

K&E Log Log Duplex Decitrig model is what I had in college, 1950-54

wjv

Is that a Post or K & E slide rule?

I bought a Pickett slide rule in engineering school days, they didn't cost as much as the mahogany or bamboo slide rules that Post and K & E made.

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

Great photo. I was also in engineering school then and was really good with my slide rule (K&E as I recall) and it is packed away somewhere. After 35 years as an aerospace engineer, I have been teaching it part time and I usually bring out my Curta mechanical calculator in class and they have no idea of what it is or does until I show them. We have 5 children (all adults now). Our oldest daughter started out as a biomedical engineering major (calculus was an "easy A" for her), but decided she liked the biology part, but not the engineering. She got a degree in molecular biology, followed by a masters degree in math and science education. She now is making a good living as a food blogger. Our next 3 got degrees, but not in engineering. Our last will get his degree in chemical engineering from UC San Diego in June. I guess 1 out of 5 isn't too bad.

OldCADuser Loc: Irvine, CA

We're concentrating on one of our granddaughters as a possible engineering candidate. She's a high school sophomore and universities are already trying to recruit her, including my alma mater (with no help from me).

John

OldCADuser Loc: Irvine, CA

I know it's been a couple of years since I've posted here, but I have an update.

In my last post I mentioned our granddaughter, who we were hoping would follow in my footsteps and go to engineering school at my alma mater. Well, it turns out that she is going to attend Michigan Tech in the fall, but she'll be studying Chemistry. In fact, she was just notified that she's been awarded a four-year, full-tuition scholarship (she lives in Texas so that's going to cover the out-of-state tuition, which is almost four times in-state, so this is a big deal). I was hoping for an engineer, but Chemistry will do. She wants to eventually get into pharmaceutical research. Since she will be starting with a fair number of AP college credits (she has a 4.6 GPA) the head of the Chemistry department has indicated that they might try to get her into their five-year Master's program from the get go, since her AP credits might allow her to finish her undergraduate study early.