| Lambros D. Callimahos |
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| 1904 births | |
| callimahos, lambros d. | |
| 1977 deaths | |
| american cryptographers | |
| american people of world war ii | |
| national security agency cryptographers | |
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His main interests at school were in chemistry, physics and medicine. He didn't show interest in Music until the age of fourteen when he entered High School in Asbury Park . He earned a degree in Law from Rutgers in accord with his fathers' wishes, but attended Juilliard at the age of nineteen and graduated with a degree in 1933 . While he started at the bottom of the class, he became head of his class in his second year due to encouragement from his teacher, Arthur Lora . After graduation, he continued study in Europe . MUSICAL CAREER His musical debut was in Munich in 1935 and was heralded as ''Meisterfloetist''. He also played in Vienna and that Autumn played an all- Bach programme in Munich , consisting of the seven sonatas and his own transcription for flute and harpsichord of the B-Minor suite. He had a two-year tour of recitals in Europe and was appointed to a professorship in the Mozarteum . In April 1937 , he had his first United States debut in The Town Hall . He continued to tour both in Europe and the United States . WORLD WAR 2 He joined the United States Army in 1941 , hoping his interest in Cryptology could be put to service. He taught Italian and Cryptanalysis at Fort Monmouth . He enrolled in a Japanese course and eventually served as a Signals Intelligence officer in New Delhi . LATER CAREER After World War II, he was assigned to the Army Security Agency as assistant to William F. Friedman . When the National Security Agency was formed, both men joined it. During the 1950s he developed the course CA-400 , an expansion of Friedman's own intensive-study course. Graduates of the course became members of the Dundee Society . As part of this course he devised the Zendian Problem . He also revised some of Friedman's own work to produce the text '' Military Cryptanalytics ''. In 1955 , he established the NSA Technical Journal and served as technical advisor for the rest of his career. Health problems forced his retirement in 1976 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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