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X-WR-CALDESC:2 May 1908: American cryptologic pioneer Frank B. Rowlett was 
 born. He was inducted into the NSA Cryptologic Hall of Honor in 1999 (see 
 link below). Because of his importance in the protection of American commu
 nications\, the Information Assurance organization has named its highest a
 ward the Frank Byron Rowlett Award.\n\nFrom the Emory & Henry College Web 
 site:\n\nBorn at Rose Hill in Lee County\, Virginia\, Frank Rowlett gradua
 ted from Emory & Henry College in June 1929 with majors in mathematics and
  chemistry and the Byars Medal in Science. In April 1930\, he became the f
 irst junior cryptanalyst in the U.S. Army Signal Intelligence Service in t
 he War Department in Washington\, D.C. Eventually\, he led a War Departmen
 t group in writing ciphers for the U.S. Army\, and breaking foreign code s
 ystems–notably Japanese codes.\n\nRowlett’s group solved the first Japanes
 e system for encrypting diplomatic communications\, which they called Red.
  In 1940\, in a step ultimately critical to American and Allied victory in
  World War II\, Rowlett’s group solved the more complex and sophisticated 
 Japanese code they named Purple. Unaware their code had been broken the Ja
 panese used Purple throughout the War\, enabling American and Allied leade
 rs to know important Japanese and German secrets by reading all messages p
 assed between Tokyo and Berlin.\n\nWorking with the U.S. Navy\, Rowlett de
 signed communications codes that German\, Japanese\, and Italian code brea
 kers never solved. Rowlett’s work saved the lives of thousands of American
  and Allied soldiers. Honored by President Johnson and by the U.S. Congres
 s\, Rowlett retired from federal service in 1966 as a founding father of t
 he National Security Agency\, which created a distinguished achievement aw
 ard in his honor and named the Agency's academic center for training crypt
 analysts Frank B. Rowlett Hall.\n\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:2 May 1908: American cryptologic pioneer Frank B. Rowlett was b
 orn. He was inducted into the NSA Cryptologic Hall of Honor in 1999 (see l
 ink below). Because of his importance in the protection of American commun
 ications\, the Information Assurance organization has named its highest aw
 ard the Frank Byron Rowlett Award.\n\nFrom the Emory & Henry College Web s
 ite:\n\nBorn at Rose Hill in Lee County\, Virginia\, Frank Rowlett graduat
 ed from Emory & Henry College in June 1929 with majors in mathematics and 
 chemistry and the Byars Medal in Science. In April 1930\, he became the fi
 rst junior cryptanalyst in the U.S. Army Signal Intelligence Service in th
 e War Department in Washington\, D.C. Eventually\, he led a War Department
  group in writing ciphers for the U.S. Army\, and breaking foreign code sy
 stems–notably Japanese codes.\n\nRowlett’s group solved the first Japanese
  system for encrypting diplomatic communications\, which they called Red. 
 In 1940\, in a step ultimately critical to American and Allied victory in 
 World War II\, Rowlett’s group solved the more complex and sophisticated J
 apanese code they named Purple. Unaware their code had been broken the Jap
 anese used Purple throughout the War\, enabling American and Allied leader
 s to know important Japanese and German secrets by reading all messages pa
 ssed between Tokyo and Berlin.\n\nWorking with the U.S. Navy\, Rowlett des
 igned communications codes that German\, Japanese\, and Italian code break
 ers never solved. Rowlett’s work saved the lives of thousands of American 
 and Allied soldiers. Honored by President Johnson and by the U.S. Congress
 \, Rowlett retired from federal service in 1966 as a founding father of th
 e National Security Agency\, which created a distinguished achievement awa
 rd in his honor and named the Agency's academic center for training crypta
 nalysts Frank B. Rowlett Hall.\n\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:1908: American cryptologic pioneer Frank Rowlett was born.
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