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Keith William Uncapher
Pages 308-313

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... He died in mid-air while returning to the West Coast after attending an NAE meeting. Keith was born in Denver, Colorado, on April 1, 1922, one of three children of Wayne Samuel and Alice Clague Uncapher; the family moved to California when he was six months old.
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... Keith also participated in the development of several early interactive computing systems, including JOSS, Grail, and the RAND Tablet. Under his leadership, RAND conducted pioneering research on survivable communications, which introduced a concept that eventually became known as packet switching, a fundamental technique that was used in the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET)
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From page 311...
... He now had time to help USC discover applications of information technology and how it could be used to improve the university's academic research programs, as well as its administrative processes. In 1993, he became Associate Dean Emeritus.
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... The service gave thousands of designers working in many scientific and engineering disciplines access to MEMS fabrication resources. Thanks to Keith's leadership, investment by DoD in MEMS research was doubled, and the United States rapidly developed military applications for MEMS devices.
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... His efforts changed the face of technology, and his insights, wisdom, and dedication to his nation inspired everyone who had the privilege of working with him. Keith is survived by his wife Doris Uncapher and two sons, Jeffrey Keith Uncapher and William Bradley Uncapher.
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