Armstrong Named Chief Information Officer for SAFECO Corporation.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1998--The SAFECO Board of Directors today announced that Deetsy Armstrong, vice president of information systems and services, has been named chief information officer for SAFECO Corporation. Armstrong has a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University Academics ISU is best known for its degree programs in science, engineering, and agriculture. ISU is also home of the world's first electronic digital computing device, the Atanasoff–Berry Computer. and a master's degree from Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college. . She joined SAFECO in 1973 as a programmer trainee in Seattle. She then served in various programming, analysis, and supervisory positions before being made minicomputer (1) An earlier medium-scale, centralized computer that functioned as a multiuser system for up to several hundred users. The minicomputer industry was launched in 1959 after Digital Equipment Corporation introduced its PDP-1 for $120,000, an unheard-of low price for a computer in systems development manager for SAFECOM in 1977. In 1981, she joined technical support, first as a systems analyst, then as a supervisor. Later that year, she was named manager of distributed systems. In 1987, Armstrong was promoted to property and casualty company system and programming manager, and in 1989 was made an assistant vice president. In 1990, she became director of information systems and services and, later that year, vice president. Armstrong is treasurer of A Contemporary Theatre's(ACT) board of directors. Her past community involvement includes serving as a member of the budget advisory committee and automation consultant for the YWCA YWCA abbr. Young Women's Christian Association YWCA n abbr (= Young Women's Christian Association) → Asociación f de Jóvenes Cristianas YWCA of Seattle, and as a computer information systems curriculum advisor on the corporate advisory council for Edmonds Community College More than 11,000 students take courses for credit toward a certificate or degree at Edmonds Community College in Snohomish County, Washington. 41 percent of these students plan to transfer to a four-year college or university 30 percent work toward career program degrees .
CONTACT: SAFECO Corporation, Seattle
Lori Gleichman, 206/545-5707
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