Thomas Stapleton
Interview Outline
- 00:00:32 What was your background and why did you decide to enroll at Cal Maritime?
- 00:01:47 What was your major?
- 00:02:40 What do you remember about your first experiences on campus?
- 00:06:20 What courses did you find most interesting or challenging?
- 00:08:27 Would you tell us about your mentor, Captain Kenneth Orcutt?
- 00:10:30 During your career, have you crossed paths with other Cal Maritime graduates?
- 00:10:58 Were there any instructors that were influential for you?
- 00:12:05 While you were on campus, where did you live
- 00:12:50 Have you kept in contact with your classmates after graduation?
- 00:14:08 Would you tell us about your time in the Naval Reserve?
- 00:17:35 When you were attending school here, what were some of the activities you participated in outside of class?
- 00:23:40 What are some of the main differences you noticed between the campus then and now?
- 00:25:25 What was your first job after graduation?
- 00:27:57 Can you give us some background about the cartoon that was drawn for you on your yearbook page?
- 00:34:35 What effect did the political events of Spring 1968 have at Cal Maritime?
- 00:36:24 What was your experience with the equator crossing ceremony during the training cruises?
- 00:40:00 Would you tell us about your early career?
- 00:42:15 How did your career progress into programmable calculators and computer programming?
- 00:51:21 Would you explain what a break bulk vessel is?
- 00:57:02 When you were on the first charge vessel to carry containers from China, did you use your own computer program?
- 00:58:40 Did you have an opportunity to go on land during your voyage to China in 1979?
- 00:59:49 Tell us about your involvement with the installation of mini-computer aboard the largest container ships built in the USA.
- 01:14:54 What other vessels did you write computer programs for?
- 01:17:40 How did your tie in the Reserves contribute to your computer skills?