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X-WR-CALDESC:29 June 1998: Cryptologic pioneer Frank Rowlett\, one of Willi
 am Friedman's first hires for Signal Intelligence Service\, died on this d
 ate.\n\nHe was inducted into the NSA Cryptologic Hall of Honor in 1999 (se
 e link below). Because of his importance in the protection of American com
 munications\, the Information Assurance organization has named its highest
  award the Frank Byron Rowlett Award. \n\nFrom the Emory & Henry College W
 eb site:\n\nBorn at Rose Hill in Lee County\, Virginia\, Frank Rowlett gra
 duated from Emory & Henry College in June 1929 with majors in mathematics 
 and chemistry and the Byars Medal in Science. In April 1930\, he became th
 e first junior cryptanalyst in the U.S. Army Signal Intelligence Service i
 n the War Department in Washington\, D.C. Eventually\, he led a War Depart
 ment group in writing ciphers for the U.S. Army\, and breaking foreign cod
 e systems–notably Japanese codes.\n\nRowlett’s group solved the first Japa
 nese system for encrypting diplomatic communications\, which they called R
 ed. In 1940\, in a step ultimately critical to American and Allied victory
  in World War II\, Rowlett’s group solved the more complex and sophisticat
 ed Japanese code they named Purple. Unaware their code had been broken the
  Japanese used Purple throughout the War\, enabling American and Allied le
 aders to know important Japanese and German secrets by reading all message
 s passed between Tokyo and Berlin.\n\nWorking with the U.S. Navy\, Rowlett
  designed communications codes that German\, Japanese\, and Italian code b
 reakers never solved. Rowlett’s work saved the lives of thousands of Ameri
 can and Allied soldiers. Honored by President Johnson and by the U.S. Cong
 ress\, Rowlett retired from federal service in 1966 as a founding father o
 f the National Security Agency\, which created a distinguished achievement
  award in his honor and named the Agency's academic center for training cr
 yptanalysts Frank B. Rowlett Hall.
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DESCRIPTION:29 June 1998: Cryptologic pioneer Frank Rowlett\, one of Willia
 m Friedman's first hires for Signal Intelligence Service\, died on this da
 te.\n\nHe was inducted into the NSA Cryptologic Hall of Honor in 1999 (see
  link below). Because of his importance in the protection of American comm
 unications\, the Information Assurance organization has named its highest 
 award the Frank Byron Rowlett Award. \n\nFrom the Emory & Henry College We
 b site:\n\nBorn at Rose Hill in Lee County\, Virginia\, Frank Rowlett grad
 uated from Emory & Henry College in June 1929 with majors in mathematics a
 nd chemistry and the Byars Medal in Science. In April 1930\, he became the
  first junior cryptanalyst in the U.S. Army Signal Intelligence Service in
  the War Department in Washington\, D.C. Eventually\, he led a War Departm
 ent group in writing ciphers for the U.S. Army\, and breaking foreign code
  systems–notably Japanese codes.\n\nRowlett’s group solved the first Japan
 ese system for encrypting diplomatic communications\, which they called Re
 d. In 1940\, in a step ultimately critical to American and Allied victory 
 in World War II\, Rowlett’s group solved the more complex and sophisticate
 d Japanese code they named Purple. Unaware their code had been broken the 
 Japanese used Purple throughout the War\, enabling American and Allied lea
 ders to know important Japanese and German secrets by reading all messages
  passed between Tokyo and Berlin.\n\nWorking with the U.S. Navy\, Rowlett 
 designed communications codes that German\, Japanese\, and Italian code br
 eakers never solved. Rowlett’s work saved the lives of thousands of Americ
 an and Allied soldiers. Honored by President Johnson and by the U.S. Congr
 ess\, Rowlett retired from federal service in 1966 as a founding father of
  the National Security Agency\, which created a distinguished achievement 
 award in his honor and named the Agency's academic center for training cry
 ptanalysts Frank B. Rowlett Hall.
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SUMMARY:1998: Frank Rowlett\, cryptologic pioneer\, died.
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