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	Cuadra served in the Navy during World War II, stationed on Manus Island, south of Japan. He was a radio operator, decoding Morse code transmissions, and then was appointed Dean of the College of the Admiralties, managing the on-island school and teaching bookkeeping and photography. After the war he received a BA (1949) and a PhD (1953) at the University of California, Berkeley. Cuadra interned at the Veterans Administration neuropsychiatric hospital in Palo Alto, CA, and then worked as a Research Supervisor at the VA Hospital in Downey, Illinois, training clinical psychology interns and conducting research.		Cuadra served in the Navy during World War II, stationed on Manus Island, south of Japan. He was a radio operator, decoding Morse code transmissions, and then was appointed Dean of the College of the Admiralties, managing the on-island school and teaching bookkeeping and photography. After the war he received a BA (1949) and a PhD (1953) at the University of California, Berkeley. Cuadra interned at the Veterans Administration neuropsychiatric hospital in Palo Alto, CA, and then worked as a Research Supervisor at the VA Hospital in Downey, Illinois, training clinical psychology interns and conducting research.

	Cuadra joined the RAND Corporation in 1956, helping the U.S. Air Force to train radar operators to watch for incoming Soviet Union planes or missiles. In 1957 he moved into a RAND spin off, the System Development Corporation (SDC), where he prepared trainers for the U.S. Air Force’s Semi- Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) automated air defense system. He also studied automated fingerprint identification and information processing operations at the Central Intelligence Agency. At SDC he led the development of successive retrieval services.		Cuadra joined the RAND Corporation in 1956, helping the U.S. Air Force to train radar operators to watch for incoming Soviet Union planes or missiles. In 1957 he moved into a RAND spin off, the [[System Development Corporation]] (SDC), where he prepared trainers for the U.S. Air Force’s Semi- Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) automated air defense system. He also studied automated fingerprint identification and information processing operations at the Central Intelligence Agency. At [[System Development Corporation\|SDC]] he led the development of successive retrieval services.

	In 1978 Cuadra left SDC and founded Cuadra Associates, Inc., as a consulting service and publisher of databases, and developed STAR knowledge management system. He retired in 2012, then founded Cuadra Enterprises.		In 1978 Cuadra left [[System Development Corporation\|SDC]] and founded Cuadra Associates, Inc., as a consulting service and publisher of databases, and developed STAR knowledge management system. He retired in 2012, then founded Cuadra Enterprises.

	Cuadra served numerous boards and organizations, taught at UCLA, lectured widely, and was an accomplished pianist. He died August 31, 2022.		Cuadra served numerous boards and organizations, taught at UCLA, lectured widely, and was an accomplished pianist. He died August 31, 2022.

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	Cuadra served in the Navy during World War II, stationed on Manus Island, south of Japan. He was a radio operator, decoding Morse code transmissions, and then was appointed Dean of the College of the Admiralties, managing the on-island school and teaching bookkeeping and photography. After the war he received a BA (1949) and a PhD (1953) at the University of California, Berkeley. Cuadra interned at the Veterans Administration neuropsychiatric hospital in Palo Alto, CA, and then worked as a Research Supervisor at the VA Hospital in Downey, Illinois, training clinical psychology interns and conducting research.		Cuadra served in the Navy during World War II, stationed on Manus Island, south of Japan. He was a radio operator, decoding Morse code transmissions, and then was appointed Dean of the College of the Admiralties, managing the on-island school and teaching bookkeeping and photography. After the war he received a BA (1949) and a PhD (1953) at the University of California, Berkeley. Cuadra interned at the Veterans Administration neuropsychiatric hospital in Palo Alto, CA, and then worked as a Research Supervisor at the VA Hospital in Downey, Illinois, training clinical psychology interns and conducting research.

	Cuadra joined the RAND Corporation in 1956, helping the U.S. Air Force to train radar operators to watch for incoming Soviet Union planes or missiles. In 1957 he moved into a RAND spin off, the System Development Corporation (SDC), where he prepared trainers for the U.S. Air Force’s Semi- Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) automated air defense system. He also studied automated fingerprint identification and information processing operations at the Central Intelligence Agency.		Cuadra joined the RAND Corporation in 1956, helping the U.S. Air Force to train radar operators to watch for incoming Soviet Union planes or missiles. In 1957 he moved into a RAND spin off, the System Development Corporation (SDC), where he prepared trainers for the U.S. Air Force’s Semi- Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) automated air defense system. He also studied automated fingerprint identification and information processing operations at the Central Intelligence Agency. At SDC he led the development of successive retrieval services.

	He was an accomplished pianist.		In 1978 Cuadra left SDC and founded Cuadra Associates, Inc., as a consulting service and publisher of databases, and developed STAR knowledge management system. He retired in 2012, then founded Cuadra Enterprises.
	He died August 31, 2022.
			Cuadra served numerous boards and organizations, taught at UCLA, lectured widely, and was an accomplished pianist. He died August 31, 2022.

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	Cuadra made a significant contribution to the historical development of online retrieval services. He was a proponent of library networks, information networks, personal computers, and electronic publishing.		Cuadra made a significant contribution to the historical development of online retrieval services. He was a proponent of library networks, information networks, personal computers, and electronic publishing.
	*At the [[System Development Corporation]] Cuadra was involved with the development of ORBIT, ORBIT II, and SDC Search Services (ORBIT III).		*At the [[System Development Corporation]] Cuadra was involved with the development of ORBIT, ORBIT II, and SDC Search Services (ORBIT III).
	*~~Founding~~ editor of the ''Annual Review of Information Science and Technology'' (ARIST) and served as editor through volume 10. Vols 1 (1966)-45(2011) are available open access [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000055717]~~. Continued~~ in issues of the ''Journal of [[ASIST]]''[https://www.asist.org/publications/jasist].		*He was founding editor of the ''Annual Review of Information Science and Technology'' (ARIST) and served as editor through volume 10. Vols 1 (1966)-45(2011) are available open access [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000055717] and continued in issues of the ''Journal of [[ASIST]]''[https://www.asist.org/publications/jasist].
	*Cuadra Associates.		*Cuadra Associates published database directories.

	== ~~Selected~~ Publications ==		== Publications ==
	*~~An oral~~ history [https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/yxehgl2]		*"Identifying key contributions to information science." ''American Documentation'' 15, no 4 (Oct. 1964): 289-295. [https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.5090150407]
			*"Opening the black box of relevance." With Robert V. Katter. ''Journal of Documentation'' 23, no. 4 (1967): 291-303. [https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026436]
			*"On-line systems: Promise and pitfalls." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science'' 22, Issue2 (March/April 1971): 107-114. [https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.4630220209}
			*Oral history, 2001. Science History Institute. [https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/yxehgl2]

	== Awards ==		== Awards ==
	*[[ASIST\|American Society for Information Science]]. Award of Merit, 1968; Best Information Science Book award, 1969.		*[[ASIST\|American Society for Information Science]]. Award of Merit, 1968; Best Information Science Book award, 1969.
	*The Information Industry Association conferred its 1975 Product of the Year award on the SDC Search Service.		*The Information Industry Association conferred its 1975 Product of the Year award on the SDC Search Service.
			*National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services: Miles Conrad Award and Honorary Fellow.

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	*Obituary. [https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/los-angeles-ca/carlos-cuadra-10916384]		*Obituary. [https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/los-angeles-ca/carlos-cuadra-10916384].
			*"Carlos Cuadra." ''Wikipedia'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Cuadra]

			== Papers ==
			*University of Michigan. Special Collections Research Center.

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	Cuadra made a significant contribution to the historical development of online retrieval services. He was a proponent of library networks, information networks, personal computers, and electronic publishing.		Cuadra made a significant contribution to the historical development of online retrieval services. He was a proponent of library networks, information networks, personal computers, and electronic publishing.
	*At the [[System Development Corporation]] Cuadra was involved with the development of ORBIT, ORBIT II, and SDC Search Services (ORBIT III).		*At the [[System Development Corporation]] Cuadra was involved with the development of ORBIT, ORBIT II, and SDC Search Services (ORBIT III).
	*Founding editor of the ''Annual Review of Information Science and Technology'' (ARIST) and served as editor through volume 10.		*Founding editor of the ''Annual Review of Information Science and Technology'' (ARIST) and served as editor through volume 10. Vols 1 (1966)-45(2011) are available open access [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000055717]. Continued in issues of the ''Journal of [[ASIST]]''[https://www.asist.org/publications/jasist].
	*Cuadra Associates.		*Cuadra Associates.

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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	'''Carlos Albert Cuadra''' (~~1925~~-2022)		'''Carlos Albert Cuadra''' was born December 21, 1925 in San Francisco.
			Cuadra served in the Navy during World War II, stationed on Manus Island, south of Japan. He was a radio operator, decoding Morse code transmissions, and then was appointed Dean of the College of the Admiralties, managing the on-island school and teaching bookkeeping and photography. After the war he received a BA (1949) and a PhD (1953) at the University of California, Berkeley. Cuadra interned at the Veterans Administration neuropsychiatric hospital in Palo Alto, CA, and then worked as a Research Supervisor at the VA Hospital in Downey, Illinois, training clinical psychology interns and conducting research.

			Cuadra joined the RAND Corporation in 1956, helping the U.S. Air Force to train radar operators to watch for incoming Soviet Union planes or missiles. In 1957 he moved into a RAND spin off, the System Development Corporation (SDC), where he prepared trainers for the U.S. Air Force’s Semi- Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) automated air defense system. He also studied automated fingerprint identification and information processing operations at the Central Intelligence Agency.

			He was an accomplished pianist.
			He died August 31, 2022.

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==

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	== Awards ==		== Awards ==
	*[[ASIST\|American Society for Information Science. Award of Merit, 1968; Best Information Science Book award, 1969.		*[[ASIST\|American Society for Information Science]]. Award of Merit, 1968; Best Information Science Book award, 1969.
	*Information Industry Association~~. Award for ORBIT~~.		*The Information Industry Association conferred its 1975 Product of the Year award on the SDC Search Service.

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	*Obituary. [https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/los-angeles-ca/carlos-cuadra-10916384]		*Obituary. [https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/los-angeles-ca/carlos-cuadra-10916384]

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	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	Cuadra made a significant contribution to the historical development of online retrieval services. He was a proponent of library networks, information networks, personal computers, and electronic publishing. ~~He was~~		Cuadra made a significant contribution to the historical development of online retrieval services. He was a proponent of library networks, information networks, personal computers, and electronic publishing.
	*He was involved with the development of ORBIT, ORBIT II, and SDC Search Services (ORBIT III)~~. He worked at [[System Development Corporation\|'''System Development Corporation''']]~~.		*At the [[System Development Corporation]] Cuadra was involved with the development of ORBIT, ORBIT II, and SDC Search Services (ORBIT III).
	*Founding editor of the ''Annual Review of Information Science and Technology'' (ARIST) and served as editor through volume 10.		*Founding editor of the ''Annual Review of Information Science and Technology'' (ARIST) and served as editor through volume 10.
	*Cuadra Associates.		*Cuadra Associates.

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	Carlos ~~Albert~~ Cuadra (1925-2022)		'''Carlos Cuadra''' (1925-2022) was an American information retrieval specialist.


	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Cuadra'~~s obituary can be found online at https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/los~~-~~angeles-ca/carlos-cuadra-10916384~~		'''Carlos Albert Cuadra''' (1925-2022)

	~~An oral history interview with Cuadra can be found online at https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/yxehgl2~~

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	Cuadra made a significant contribution to the historical development of online retrieval services. He was a proponent of library networks, information networks, personal computers, and electronic publishing. He was ~~founding editor of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) and served in that capacity through volume 10.~~ He was involved with the development of ORBIT, ORBIT II, and SDC Search Services (ORBIT III). He worked at [[System Development Corporation\|'''System Development Corporation''']].		Cuadra made a significant contribution to the historical development of online retrieval services. He was a proponent of library networks, information networks, personal computers, and electronic publishing. He was
			*He was involved with the development of ORBIT, ORBIT II, and SDC Search Services (ORBIT III). He worked at [[System Development Corporation\|'''System Development Corporation''']].
			*Founding editor of the ''Annual Review of Information Science and Technology'' (ARIST) and served as editor through volume 10.
	''~~'AWARDS:'''~~		*Cuadra Associates.
	~~1968 Award~~ of ~~Merit ('''[[ASIS]]'~~''~~); 1969 Best Information Science Book~~ (~~ASIS~~)~~; President of the Year Award (IIA) for ORBIT~~.

	== Selected Publications ==		== Selected Publications ==
			*An oral history [https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/yxehgl2]

	== ~~Papers~~ ==		== Awards ==
	~~'''LOCATION #1:'''~~		*[[ASIST\|American Society for Information Science. Award of Merit, 1968; Best Information Science Book award, 1969.
			*Information Industry Association. Award for ORBIT.
	~~'''INCLUDES:''' His personal papers; No specific plans have been made~~ for ~~deposition~~ of ~~these papers~~; ~~Many of his papers are connected with his company~~, ~~Cuadra Associates~~.

	~~'''SOURCE~~:~~''' Phone conversation with Carlos Cuadra, 9~~/95.		== Further reading ==
			*Obituary. [https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/los-angeles-ca/carlos-cuadra-10916384]

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	Carlos Albert Cuadra (1925-2022)		Carlos Albert Cuadra (1925-2022)

	== Life ==		== Life ==
			Cuadra's obituary can be found online at https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/los-angeles-ca/carlos-cuadra-10916384

			An oral history interview with Cuadra can be found online at https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/yxehgl2

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	Cuadra made a significant contribution to the historical development of online retrieval services.proponent of library networks, information networks, personal computers, electronic publishing; founding editor of ARIST~~, v~~.~~1-10; Involved~~ with the development of ORBIT, ORBIT II, and SDC Search Services (ORBIT III). He worked at ~~SDC~~.		Cuadra made a significant contribution to the historical development of online retrieval services. He was a proponent of library networks, information networks, personal computers, and electronic publishing. He was founding editor of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) and served in that capacity through volume 10. He was involved with the development of ORBIT, ORBIT II, and SDC Search Services (ORBIT III). He worked at [[System Development Corporation\|'''System Development Corporation''']].


	'''AWARDS:'''		'''AWARDS:'''
	1968 Award of Merit(ASIS); 1969 Best Information Science Book(ASIS); President of the Year Award(IIA) for ORBIT.		1968 Award of Merit ('''[[ASIS]]'''); 1969 Best Information Science Book (ASIS); President of the Year Award (IIA) for ORBIT.

	== Selected Publications ==		== Selected Publications ==

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