Keenan, Thomas A.2016-05-272011-06-142016-05-271990-09-28Thomas A. Keenan, OH 217. Oral history interview by William Aspray, 28 September 1990, Washington, D.C. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107401OH 217https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107401Transcript, 31 pp.After Keenan briefly discusses his education, he describes the Rosser and Pierce reports that he worked on that spurred National Science Foundation (NSF) activity in relation to computers and a networking grant that he received from NSF while at the Inter-University Communications Council (Educom). He discusses his work with Kent Curtis in the Office of Computing Activities (OCA). Keenan concludes with a brief mention of other NSF personnel who worked in OCA or related areas.enComputer historyNational Science Foundation (U.S.). -- Office of Computing ActivitiesNational Research Council (U.S.). -- Committee on Uses of ComputersFederal aid to research -- United StatesCurtis, Kent K. (Kent Krueger), 1927-1987Computer science -- ResearchComputer science -- HistoryComputer networks -- United States -- ResearchComputer networks -- United States -- HistoryUnited States. -- President's Science Advisory CommitteeOral History