William Dean Wray (1910 – 1962) Mathematician/Cryptologist

… during the late 30’s and early 40’s the Navy had made a
rather timely assessment of the rising exigency and set up
an extensive and effective recruitment program to cinch up
the capabilities of the Reserves. … the all-out recruitment
program was a major factor in beefing up our intelligence
capability. Following the canvas of major colleges
throughout the country as well as personnel of the Naval
Reserve itself, the “correspondence course” was made
available to a number of people on a highly selective basis.
This energetic program clearly proved its merit when the
war broke out and the Navy was able to come up with a
cadre of highly professional people who were immediately
available to become active as commissioned officers of the
Navy.
Paul Kosatka