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"Daggie" Lacis '64 discusses her new book and how she help modernize Latvia.
In 1950, at age seven, Dagnija "Daggie" Lacis came to America with her parents as a refugee from Communist ruled Latvia. How did it happen that the Prime Minister of newly freed Latvia would invite Daggie back to her homeland in 1990 as the first official visitor from the West?
Listen to the story from Daggie, who, upon graduating cum laude from Butler in June of 1964, crashed her first glass ceiling: she began her career in computers as the first woman programmer at the Burroughs Corporation, then the second-largest IT company worldwide.
She stresses how Butler (mathematics, chemistry, and physics) played a huge role in her career while sharing parts of her story with CCOM Dean Joe Valenzano.
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By CCOM Pawcast | Butler UniversityIn 1950, at age seven, Dagnija "Daggie" Lacis came to America with her parents as a refugee from Communist ruled Latvia. How did it happen that the Prime Minister of newly freed Latvia would invite Daggie back to her homeland in 1990 as the first official visitor from the West?
Listen to the story from Daggie, who, upon graduating cum laude from Butler in June of 1964, crashed her first glass ceiling: she began her career in computers as the first woman programmer at the Burroughs Corporation, then the second-largest IT company worldwide.
She stresses how Butler (mathematics, chemistry, and physics) played a huge role in her career while sharing parts of her story with CCOM Dean Joe Valenzano.