After the war, Barlow stayed in the cryptologic profession and joined, as a civilian, the Armed Forces Security Agency, which later became the NSA. He worked in the research and development division as one its first communications security (COMSEC) engineers. By 1954, he had risen to the level of division chief.
Returning to NSA, he took a tour in operations before being named the deputy director for research and development in 1958. He held this position until 1962, when he was made assistant director for COMSEC (ADC), a position that he held until 1973. His insights and management skills created a world-class analytic and engineering organization that was able to meet the communications needs of the Vietnam War and the Cold War. His political skills enabled NSA to forge significant COMSEC relationships with U.S. Allies and become the leader for COMSEC in NATO.
Over a long and illustrious career, Howard Barlow received many awards, including the NSA Exceptional Civilian Service Award in 1967 and, in 1973, the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the highest award granted to a civilian by the DoD.
Barlow died in 2003.
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. Hall of Honor. National Security Agency Central Security Service. Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2008-02-15. N.B. This article is based on text that is in the public domain as a work of the United States Government.
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howard, barlow, howard, barlow, 1918, 2003, american, cryptographer, telecommunications, expert, high, ranking, civilian, employee, national, security, agency, united, states, barlow, graduate, carnegie, institute, technology, with, electrical, engineering, se. Howard C Barlow 1918 2003 was an American cryptographer telecommunications expert and high ranking civilian employee of the National Security Agency NSA of the United States Barlow a graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology with a B S in Electrical Engineering served in the European Theatre of World War II One of his major assignments was the Communications Planning Officer for the invasion of Normandy in 1944 While he was overseas he designed various types of specialized communications equipment After the war Barlow stayed in the cryptologic profession and joined as a civilian the Armed Forces Security Agency which later became the NSA He worked in the research and development division as one its first communications security COMSEC engineers By 1954 he had risen to the level of division chief From 1955 1956 Barlow attended the Harvard University Middle Management Program graduating with a master s degree in business administration Returning to NSA he took a tour in operations before being named the deputy director for research and development in 1958 He held this position until 1962 when he was made assistant director for COMSEC ADC a position that he held until 1973 His insights and management skills created a world class analytic and engineering organization that was able to meet the communications needs of the Vietnam War and the Cold War His political skills enabled NSA to forge significant COMSEC relationships with U S Allies and become the leader for COMSEC in NATO Over a long and illustrious career Howard Barlow received many awards including the NSA Exceptional Civilian Service Award in 1967 and in 1973 the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award the highest award granted to a civilian by the DoD Barlow died in 2003 References edit Howard C Barlow Hall of Honor National Security Agency Central Security Service Archived from the original on 2008 08 02 Retrieved 2008 02 15 N B This article is based on text that is in the public domain as a work of the United States Government Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Howard Barlow amp oldid 1065338915, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
