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The Honorable H. Tyler (“Ty”) Marcy was born in 1918 in Rochester, New York, but moved to Baltimore, Maryland at an early age where he attended public schools. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from which he received both his BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering. Subsequent to receiving the latter degree in 1941, he designed and developed gun control systems in the MIT Servomechanism Laboratory until 1946 when he became Associate Director, Special Projects Department, M. W. Kellogg Company and worked on rocket engine development, missile controls, and analog air defense systems.In 1951, Mr. Marcy left Kellogg Company to join the IBM Corporation where he remained until 1972 and was employed in various engineering and managerial positions. At IBM his first assignment concerned the bomb/navigational system for the B-52 aircraft. He then moved into commercial development of data processing machines and peripheral devices, subsequently being placed in a series of technical management positions which included Assistant Manager of Product Development, Corporate Headquarters, New York (1956); Manager, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Laboratory (1957); Vice-President, General Products Division (1962); Vice-President, Systems Development Division (1965); and Director of Technology, Corporate Headquarters, Armonk, N. Y. (1968). His last position was held until 1972 when he left IBM to do private consulting work in engineering management, technology, and program review. In October 1974 he was appointed by the President to his present office as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development.Mr. Marcy has been a member of the Instrument Society of America since 1963, serving as its President from 1971 until 1974. In 1967 he became a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for his leadership in feedback control and for his significant contribution to the management of technical enterprise. In addition to these professional organizations, he is also a member of the honorary fraternities Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi. Also active in civic affairs, he served on the Board of Trustees for Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., from 1958 until 1962 and on the Engineering Advisory Board of Manhattan College in New York City from 1968 until 1972.
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BANQUET ADDRESS: “BUILT-IN” COMBAT READINESS—AN APPROACH TO FUTURE SHIP DESIGN
Article first published online: 18 MAR 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-3584.1976.tb03839.x
© 1976 American Society of Naval Engineers
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MARCY, H. T. (1976), BANQUET ADDRESS: “BUILT-IN” COMBAT READINESS—AN APPROACH TO FUTURE SHIP DESIGN. Naval Engineers Journal, 88: 40–44. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-3584.1976.tb03839.x
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The Honorable H. Tyler (“Ty”) Marcy was born in 1918 in Rochester, New York, but moved to Baltimore, Maryland at an early age where he attended public schools. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from which he received both his BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering. Subsequent to receiving the latter degree in 1941, he designed and developed gun control systems in the MIT Servomechanism Laboratory until 1946 when he became Associate Director, Special Projects Department, M. W. Kellogg Company and worked on rocket engine development, missile controls, and analog air defense systems.In 1951, Mr. Marcy left Kellogg Company to join the IBM Corporation where he remained until 1972 and was employed in various engineering and managerial positions. At IBM his first assignment concerned the bomb/navigational system for the B-52 aircraft. He then moved into commercial development of data processing machines and peripheral devices, subsequently being placed in a series of technical management positions which included Assistant Manager of Product Development, Corporate Headquarters, New York (1956); Manager, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Laboratory (1957); Vice-President, General Products Division (1962); Vice-President, Systems Development Division (1965); and Director of Technology, Corporate Headquarters, Armonk, N. Y. (1968). His last position was held until 1972 when he left IBM to do private consulting work in engineering management, technology, and program review. In October 1974 he was appointed by the President to his present office as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development.Mr. Marcy has been a member of the Instrument Society of America since 1963, serving as its President from 1971 until 1974. In 1967 he became a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for his leadership in feedback control and for his significant contribution to the management of technical enterprise. In addition to these professional organizations, he is also a member of the honorary fraternities Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi. Also active in civic affairs, he served on the Board of Trustees for Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., from 1958 until 1962 and on the Engineering Advisory Board of Manhattan College in New York City from 1968 until 1972.
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- Issue published online: 18 MAR 2009
- Article first published online: 18 MAR 2009
