David Friedlander

Principal System Administrator

I am a system administrator for the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics (LHEA), employed by Science Systems and Applications, Inc (SSAI), as part of the NASA Space and Earth Sciences Data Analysis ( SESDA) contract.
Formerly, I was the Data Manager for the EGRET instrument, which flew aboard the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (launched by the shuttle in April 1991). My main concentration is Sun, DEC, and Linux UNIX systems, as well as Macintosh administration.
I have been part of NASA/GSFC/LHEA since October 1988.

Educational Background:

I grew up in St. Louis, where I attended Clayton High School. (One of the first things Midwesterners ask each other! :-) ) From there, I attended Washington University in St. Louis (no, it's not Washington State University, the University of Washington, or George Washington University! :-) ). At "Wash U" I earned a double major in Physics and History in 1986.

Upon being awarded a Rowland Fellowship, I moved to Baltimore to become a grad student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of The Johns Hopkins University. I finished a Master's Degree there and came to NASA/Goddard in October 1988.

In the fall of 1994, I returned to JHU in order to earn a second master's degree, this one in Computer Science. This degree, completed in December 1998, was done through the G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering's Part-Time Engineering program, designed for working professionals.

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