Mark E. Rorvig , Denton, associate professor of library and information
sciences, 1995-2002. Rorvig was nationally recognized as a pioneer in the field
of information retrieval. From 1990 to 1995, while serving as an adjunct
professor at UNT, he worked as a computer engineer for NASA at the Lyndon B.
Johnson Space Center in Houston. His research focused on deciphering large
amounts of information and finding new ways to piece it together. He produced
four U.S. patents on information retrieval algorithms. Rorvig earned a
bachelor's degree in English at Seattle University, a master's in library
service from Columbia University and a doctorate in information studies from
the University of California at Berkeley. At UNT, he led the master's program
in information systems.any one know him?
I took some photos for a book he did on microcomputers in libraries and
took an into to dp class from him when I started Computer Exchange in AZ
I had talked into course years before from someone else but thought
hey good to take it now things have changed and I am going into the biz!
I talked to him again years ago and thanked him for admitting me to an
already full class...but in looking him up to get some data from him find
he had passed but almost nothing out there....in the way of info except
for the brief info in google. I remember during that class period I
got first pdp-8 m or f ? and brought it into class and showed the
students how I would toggle it....
Funny this is when I got to first play on the HP2000 F I later to own
surplus form the college that shaped my entire future business ( still
have it under glass at SMECC)
Having that PDP 8 was great as a tty tester! Sold many ttys in the
early days....
thanks ed sharpe archivist for smecc
