Background
Ulery, Dana Lynn was born on January 2, 1938 in East Saint Louis, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Harry H. Tanzer and Meriam (Corn) Mueller.
computer scientist management consultant
Ulery, Dana Lynn was born on January 2, 1938 in East Saint Louis, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Harry H. Tanzer and Meriam (Corn) Mueller.
Bachelor in Mathematics and English Literature, Grinnell College, 1959. Master of Science in Computer Science, University Delaware, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, University Delaware, 1975.
She began her career in 1961 as the first woman engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, California), designing and developing algorithms to model National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Deep Space Network capabilities and automating real-time tracking systems for the Ranger and Mariner space missions using a North American Aviation Recomp II, 40-bit word size computer. Over the course of her career, she has held positions as an applied science and technology researcher and manager in industry, academia, and government. In 2007, she retired from her position as Chief Scientist of the Computational and Information Sciences Directorate at the United States Army Research Laboratory(Association of Research Libraries).
Ulery was among the first group of female managers at the United States Army Research Laboratory.
She is listed in American Men and Women of Science, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in the East, Who’s Who in the World, and Who’s Who in America. Ulery received her Bachelor from Grinnell College in 1959, with a double major in English Literature and Mathematics.
She earned her Mississippi and Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from the University of Delaware, in 1972 and 1975 respectively. In 1976, she accepted visiting faculty appointments at Cairo University in Egypt and the American University in Cairo.
On her return to the United States., she joined the Engineering Services Division of the DuPont Company, where she worked as a computer scientist and technical manager.
In the early 1980s, Ulery led initiatives to develop and deploy enterprise application systems to evaluate and control product quality at DuPont sites. Ulery also played an active role in establishment of Electronic Data Interchange standards, international standards for electronically exchanging technical information used by business and government. She initiated and led multidisciplinary programs at Association of Research Libraries to advance research in multi-source information fusion and situational understanding applied to non-traditional battle environments and homeland defense.
In the 1990s, Ulery served for many years as Pan American Delegate to the United Nations Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Trade (United Nations/EDIFACT).
She was Chair of the United Nations/EDIFACT Multimedia Objects Working Group and Chair of the United Nations/EDIFACT Product Data Working Group, leading early international development of standards for electronic commerce.
Member technical commission on quality management International Standards Organisation. Member Automotive Industry Action Group. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association Computing Machinery, American Statistical Association, Computer Society, American Society Quality Control, American National Standards Institute (accredited commission on quality assurance), Sigma Xi.
Married Harris E. Ulery, January 15, 1959 (divorced January 1979). Children: Bradford T., Terrie L. Married William H. Fellner Ulery, February 29, 1980.