BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//archive.cryptologicfoundation.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcrea
 tor 2.30.10//
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
UID:ecc38310-8bd1-4a11-8eec-aaa9286d8960
X-WR-CALDESC:24 September 1891: American Cryptologic Pioneer William Friedm
 an was born in Kishinev\, Russia (now Chisinau\, Moldova). Friedman was in
 ducted into the NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor in 1999. Read the full H
 all of Honor page regarding his career and accomplishments via the link at
  the end of this page. \n\nIn April 2015\, <b>NSA released historical mate
 rial (over 7\,000 documents) related to William Friedman's work and career
 .</b> Also in April\, <b>new exhibit\, 'William Friedman: A Life in Crypto
 logy' was opened at the National Cryptologic Museum.</b> See photos and le
 arn more about the exhibit via the link at the bottom of this page.\n\nThe
  photo by Walter Bennett features both William Friedman and his wife\, Eli
 zebeth Friedman as Elizebeth is credited with introducing William to the f
 ield of cryptology.\n\nFrom William Friedman's Hall of Honor page......\n
 \nAfter receiving a B.S. and doing some graduate work in genetics at Corne
 ll University\, William Friedman was hired by Riverbank Laboratories\, wha
 t would today be termed a 'think tank\,' outside Chicago. There he became 
 interested in the study of codes and ciphers\, thanks to his concurrent in
 terest in Elizebeth Smith\, who was doing cryptanalytic research at Riverb
 ank. Friedman left Riverbank to become a cryptologic officer during World 
 War I\, the beginning of a distinguished career in government service.\n\n
 Friedman's contributions thereafter are well known-- prolific author\, tea
 cher\, and practitioner of cryptology. Perhaps his greatest achievements w
 ere introducing mathematical and scientific methods into cryptology and pr
 oducing training materials used by several generations of pupils. His work
  affected for the better both signals intelligence and information systems
  security\, and much of what is done today at NSA may be traced to William
  Friedman's pioneering efforts.\n\nTo commemorate the contributions of the
  Friedmans\, in 2002 the OPS1 building on the NSA complex was dedicated as
  the William and Elizebeth Friedman Building.
X-WR-RELCALID:835e4e3ac96918079dd30d655157be71
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
RDATE:20261101T020000
RDATE:20271107T020000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
RDATE:20270314T020000
RDATE:20280312T020000
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:0d45055f-a8f4-4413-8a7b-238c3875bfbd
DTSTAMP:20260424T125636Z
DESCRIPTION:24 September 1891: American Cryptologic Pioneer William Friedma
 n was born in Kishinev\, Russia (now Chisinau\, Moldova). Friedman was ind
 ucted into the NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor in 1999. Read the full Ha
 ll of Honor page regarding his career and accomplishments via the link at 
 the end of this page. \n\nIn April 2015\, <b>NSA released historical mater
 ial (over 7\,000 documents) related to William Friedman's work and career.
 </b> Also in April\, <b>new exhibit\, 'William Friedman: A Life in Cryptol
 ogy' was opened at the National Cryptologic Museum.</b> See photos and lea
 rn more about the exhibit via the link at the bottom of this page.\n\nThe 
 photo by Walter Bennett features both William Friedman and his wife\, Eliz
 ebeth Friedman as Elizebeth is credited with introducing William to the fi
 eld of cryptology.\n\nFrom William Friedman's Hall of Honor page......\n\n
 After receiving a B.S. and doing some graduate work in genetics at Cornell
  University\, William Friedman was hired by Riverbank Laboratories\, what 
 would today be termed a 'think tank\,' outside Chicago. There he became in
 terested in the study of codes and ciphers\, thanks to his concurrent inte
 rest in Elizebeth Smith\, who was doing cryptanalytic research at Riverban
 k. Friedman left Riverbank to become a cryptologic officer during World Wa
 r I\, the beginning of a distinguished career in government service.\n\nFr
 iedman's contributions thereafter are well known-- prolific author\, teach
 er\, and practitioner of cryptology. Perhaps his greatest achievements wer
 e introducing mathematical and scientific methods into cryptology and prod
 ucing training materials used by several generations of pupils. His work a
 ffected for the better both signals intelligence and information systems s
 ecurity\, and much of what is done today at NSA may be traced to William F
 riedman's pioneering efforts.\n\nTo commemorate the contributions of the F
 riedmans\, in 2002 the OPS1 building on the NSA complex was dedicated as t
 he William and Elizebeth Friedman Building.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T235900
LOCATION:
SUMMARY:1891: American Cryptologic Pioneer William Friedman Born
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR