Previous Events
July 21, 2009, Presentation on the Rosetta Stone - posted 8/6/10
Dr. Joel Freeman delivered a talk on the Rosetta Stone as the speaker at NCMF's fprogram on 21 July,
An extremely interesting, multi-talented individual, Dr. Freeman focused on the Stone’s history. He addressed how it was discovered and the extremely rich history of what it revealed. Created by a group of Egyptians priests to honor the Pharaoh, the text was written in three different scripts: hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek. Frenchman Jean-Francois Champollion finally managed to decipher the hieroglyphics in 1822.
Dr. Freeman, a very dynamic speaker, adeptly tied-in the ancient stone’s discovery and decipherment with cryptologic, linguistic. and even computer quandaries of today. He also elaborated on the very complex, time-consuming process he went through to replicate the Rosetta Stone. His 3D museum-quality reproductions were introduced at the Library of Congress in 2009, and have since been widely marketed to museums, foundations, etc..
Thanks to Dr. Freeman's generosity the National Cryptologic Museum has its own Rosetta Stone on display. Those of you who have not seen it are urged to do so. You will be amazed, and hard-pressed to differentiate between the replica and the real thing.
Dr. Freeman and his Rosetta Stone
Some photos from the July 21 program
Eagle Alliance Sponsors 9th Annual Golf Tournament (posted 7/7/2010)
The 9th Annual Tim Sheahan Memorial Golf Tournament (aka Crypto Cup) was held on Friday June 18, 2010. It is a tribute to Eagle Alliance, its General Manager and Vice President, Tim Slusser, the event coordinator, Sandi Austin, and her team of volunteers, that this tournament went off without a hitch.
The day couldn’t have been nicer for a round of golf on The Courses at Ft. Meade – sunny and warm with no humidity. There were 140 players on the course to enjoy the day of fun and competition. Volunteers from Eagle Alliance manned the beverage carts, monitored the hole-in-one hole (nobody won), and worked in various tasks to ensure everyone had a great day.
The first place Crypto Cup plaque, presented by Tim Slusser and Gene Becker, went to: Marshal Kawecki, Arnie Arnold, Mickey Norfolk and Mike Miller.
The second place winners were: Pat Furey, Mark Guthrie, Mike Meyers and Rich Persinger.
Third place went to: Russell Loock and Bob Daniels . Chris Mills and Tom Powderly were not present for the photo.
This year’s tournament proceeds enriched the NCMF by $35,000. Tom Slusser is shown below giving the “check” to Gene Becker. Over the nine years that the tournament has been held it has provided funds in excess of $275,000 in support of the Foundation and the museum.
The Foundation wishes to thank Eagle Alliance and the following corporations for their sponsorship and continued support of this worthy benefit:
Advanced Concepts, Inc.
Brocade
Cisco Systems
Communications Supply Corp.
Computer Science Corporation
Corning Cable Systems
CS2, LLC
Cybercore Technologies
Dell
EMC Global Alliances
General Dynamics Information Technology
Harris RF Communications
Hewlett Packard
Intelligent Decisions, Inc.
KEYW Corporation
Lexmark International, Inc.
MCO Computer Supplies
Network Appliance
Northrop Grumman Intelligence Systems
Quest Software, Inc.
Sycamore Services
Superior Communications
Tech USA
December 7, 2009, 9th Annual Pearl Harbor Commerative Lecture
The ninth NCMF Pearl Harbor Commemoration Lecture was held on 7 December 2009 with a presentation in the L-3 auditorium by Mr. Edward S. Miller entitled “A Different Perspective on the Reasons Behind the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor.” Mr. Miller discussed the campaign waged by American officials prior to World War II to prevent Japan from acquiring the resources necessary to conduct further aggression in the Pacific. Using the Trading with the Enemy Act and other laws, the federal government, with the backing of President Roosevelt, gradually tightened the financial noose around the Japanese, denying them access to US markets, restricting trade and finally freezing Japanese assets in the US. In the fall of 1941, the Japanese, believing they were being brought to their knees, stepped up the plans which resulted in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Mr. Miller contends that there were alternatives which the US might have taken to avoid the war in the Pacific. His lecture was based on his 2007 book entitled Bankrupting the Enemy: The U. S. Financial Siege of Japan Before Pearl Harbor.
October 14, 2009 – NCMF General Membership Meeting
The 11th annual General Membership Meeting of the NCMF was held as scheduled on October 14, 2009 at the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab Kossiakoff Center in Laurel, MD. Go to the Annual Meeting link for details on the meeting
