R E S U M E
Employment Objective:
A position in the fields of Environmental Protection, Computer Programming,
General Labor work or any other for which qualified.
Personal
Name: Bill Edward Allen
Residence: ---------------, Springfield, MO 65807
Phone/e-mail: 417--------- / programmer@atlascomm.net
Web page: http://www.atlascomm.net/willie/pgms.htm - No Cost Software
Birthplace: Springfield, Missouri
Height/weight/age: 5' 11.5" / 140lbs / 61 years
Hobbies: Lawn care, Feeding wild birds, 20th century history
Education
School Location Years Description
McDaniel Elementary Springfield, MO 1950-51
Roundtree Elementary Springfield, MO 1951-56
Jarrette Jr. High Springfield, MO 1956-58
Central High Springfield, MO 1958-62 took 5 "solids" for 4 years.
Drury College Springfield, MO 1962-67 A.B. degree in Mathematics
and Sociology.
University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 1967-69 Mathematics graduate work.
University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 1971-74 Computer Science graduate work.
IBM Training Center Chicago, Ill. 1978 1 week of COBOL workshop.
TWA Training School Kansas City, Ka. 1978 1 week of an Attitude
Improvement class.
ESSI Topeka, Ka. 1978 1 week of Structured programming.
Self taught Dallas, Tx 1984-87 Studied Environmental Science
on own. Read some 100+ books
and included some study of
ecology. Attended Dallas
Environmental Health
Commission monthly meetings.
Self taught Springfield, MO 1987-98 Learned how to program a
simple Radio Shack Color
Computer II in BASIC.
Self taught Springfield, MO 1998-04 Learned how to operate a PC
computer and to program in
the C++ language for DOS
based applications. Also
learned HTML and some JAVA
script coding for internet
web page building.
Employment History:
Dates Location Job Description
1955-1966 Springfield MO Mowed neighborhood lawns ranging from 4 to 6
yards each season. Earned enough money to
purchase own lawn mower; ended up owning 2 mowers
but quit the work when graduated college.
Summer, 1963 Springfield MO Warehouse worker. Worked at Fadler Produce Co.
Summer, 1964 Springfield MO Truck Driver's Helper for Fadler Produce Co.
1965-1967 Springfield MO Tutored math to students on individual basis.
Summer, 1966 Springfield MO Lifeguard for Drury college swimming pool.
Summer, 1966 Springfield MO Bellboy for Holiday Inn for 2nd half of summer.
1968 Fayetteville AR Tutored calculus to group of dormitory students.
Fall, 1972 Fayetteville AR Computer operator for University - no pay.
1977 Oklahoma City OK Computer programmer for Humpty Dumpty
Supermarkets. Programmed in PL/1 on an IBM 360
DOS computer; mostly inventory applications.
1977-1978 Topeka KA Computer Programmer II for the Employment
Security Systems Institute. Learned COBAL
Programming and wrote a few utility programs.
1978-1979 Dallas TX Cutler-Williams, Inc - was a contract programmer
Tulsa OK and assigned to several projects - worked in
Austin TX data base and financial applications, Was
Transferred to internal systems, Corporate office.
1981-1982 Dallas TX Computer Programmer for Lone Star Gas Co.
Worked on various applications, using PL/1 on a
Large IBM mainframe under MVS, TSO, and SPF.
1983-1987 Dallas TX Did day labor independently, and for Industrial
Labor Service Co. Worked many jobs (tickets);
Most were on heavy contraction sites, but some
Warehouse, furniture moving, home construction,
et cetera.
Military:
Jan, 1969 - Oct, 1970
Received Basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, MO; advanced individual
training was at Fort Sill, OK. Was taught fundamentals of infantry,
artillery, intelligence and communications for combat. Branch was
the U.S. Army.
Viet Nam duty. Promotions from private to SP 5. NCOIC of night crew
in a tactical command post. Army Commendation and Good Conduct medals.
No reserve obligations. Honorable discharge.
Noteworthy Skills
Computer knowledge of PL/1, COBOL, FORTRAN,
SYBOL, BASIC, C++, OS, MVS, DOS, CICS,
Batch files, HTML, JAVA script, Windows 98.
Tutoring mathematics
Warehouse work use of 4-wheelers, 2-wheelers, floor jacks,
organizing material in stacks, etc.
Construction Clean-up use of brooms, squeegees, etc.,
coordinating With construction workers.
References
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