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Actions	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Title Don Hunter 'My Story' Reference UK0108 IET/SPE/11/01/1 Date 2020 Creator Mr Don Hunter Scope and Content Oral history interviews x 2 recorded 10 February 2020 and 19 August 2020 (stored on Z drive); 2 staff information leaflets; 6 photographs relating to Don's time of employment with the IEE; 3 digital photographs to accompany the oral history interviews (stored on Z drive) Exent 2 oral history recordings; staff pamphlets and photographs. Language English Admin. history/Biography Arthur Donald (Don) Hunter was born 25 November 1926 in Ascot, United Kingdom. He was brought up in a small terraced house in Uxbridge, Middlesex, with his mother, father and sister. At age 16 he left his school, Bishopshalt School, Hillingdon, to join the IEE on a school leaver recruitment programme. In August 1943 he commenced his employment as a Trainee Junior Clerk. This involved rotating through the departments to find out where he was best suited and this resulted in a position in the Subscriptions Department of the Finance Office. In 1956 Don enrolled on a part-time evening course at the London School of Economics where he graduated with a BSc Econ in 1961. In 1958 Don was appointed Assistant Accountant and by 1962 was promoted to Chief Accountant. In the early 1960s Don was the IEE Finance Director. During this time Don remembers that the IEE went through considerable changes with activities focused on increasing income and the membership growing rapidly. Don oversaw the computerisation of the IEE with new machines installed in the basement at Savoy Place, London. He also contributed to the development of INSPEC. During the 1970s Don led the move from the Finance Department from Savoy Place to Hitchin. Don retired in 1988. Persons keyword Institution of Electrical Engineers, Institution of Engineering and Technology Subject Retirement, Staff Conditions governing access Subject to 30 year closure period. Personal or sensitive records will be closed for longer periods. Please refer to Archivist. Level of description file Hierarchy browser 110000004 IET Institutional Records contains 6 parts UK0108 IET Archives of the IET contains 13 parts UK0108 IET/SPE IET special series contains 12 parts UK0108 IET/SPE/11 Oral history interviews with IEE/IET staff, members and volunteers contains 2 parts UK0108 IET/SPE/11/01 Oral history interviews with IET staff contains 1 part(s) UK0108 IET/SPE/11/01/1 Don Hunter 'My Story' contains 2 parts 110000004 IET Institutional Records contains 6 parts UK0108 IET Archives of the IET contains 13 parts UK0108 IET/SPE IET special series contains 12 parts UK0108 IET/SPE/11 Oral history interviews with IEE/IET staff, members and volunteers contains 2 parts UK0108 IET/SPE/11/02 Oral history interviews with IET members contains 3 parts UK0108 IET/SPE/11/01/1 Don Hunter 'My Story' contains 2 parts

Title
Don Hunter 'My Story'
Reference
UK0108 IET/SPE/11/01/1
Date
2020
Creator
Mr Don Hunter
Scope and Content
Oral history interviews x 2 recorded 10 February 2020 and 19 August 2020 (stored on Z drive); 2 staff information leaflets; 6 photographs relating to Don's time of employment with the IEE; 3 digital photographs to accompany the oral history interviews (stored on Z drive)
Exent
2 oral history recordings; staff pamphlets and photographs.
Language
English
Admin. history/Biography
Arthur Donald (Don) Hunter was born 25 November 1926 in Ascot, United Kingdom. He was brought up in a small terraced house in Uxbridge, Middlesex, with his mother, father and sister. At age 16 he left his school, Bishopshalt School, Hillingdon, to join the IEE on a school leaver recruitment programme. In August 1943 he commenced his employment as a Trainee Junior Clerk. This involved rotating through the departments to find out where he was best suited and this resulted in a position in the Subscriptions Department of the Finance Office. In 1956 Don enrolled on a part-time evening course at the London School of Economics where he graduated with a BSc Econ in 1961. In 1958 Don was appointed Assistant Accountant and by 1962 was promoted to Chief Accountant. In the early 1960s Don was the IEE Finance Director. During this time Don remembers that the IEE went through considerable changes with activities focused on increasing income and the membership growing rapidly. Don oversaw the computerisation of the IEE with new machines installed in the basement at Savoy Place, London. He also contributed to the development of INSPEC. During the 1970s Don led the move from the Finance Department from Savoy Place to Hitchin. Don retired in 1988.
Persons keyword
Institution of Electrical Engineers, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Subject
Retirement, Staff
Conditions governing access
Subject to 30 year closure period. Personal or sensitive records will be closed for longer periods. Please refer to Archivist.
Level of description
file

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