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E-mail: bjgotham@gmail.com |
EDUCATION:
William Henry Harrison High School, West Lafayette,
Indiana
Graduated:
June 1974
Major:
Business
Ivy Tech State College, Lafayette, Indiana
Graduated:
August 1989
Associate
in Applied Science in Small Business Operations
Award
of Honor received on 08/11/1989
WORK EXPERIENCE:
4/07 - 12/11 ~ Purdue University, Energy Center at Discovery Park, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2022 |
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Administrative assistant to the Director of the Indiana Center for Coal Technology Research (CCTR). Additional duties as assigned by the Director and Managing Director of the Energy Center. (This is a half-time position.) |
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1/05 - 3/07 ~ Purdue University, CINDAS, School of Materials Engineering, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2022 |
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Administrative assistant to the Director of CINDAS. Responsible for organizational, management, and supervisory tasks in CINDAS. Manage staff space, supplies, and scheduling. Prepare grant and proposal applications, reports, and correspondence. Administer CINDAS and Potter Center websites (webmaster). Create computer email accounts for new p-site staff. Supervise clerical staff and Potter Building Deputy; substitute for Building Deputy’s during any absences. Responsible Potter Center conference room scheduling and maintenance. Additional duties as assigned for the Purdue Energy Modeling Research Groups (PEMRG) and the Center for Coal Technology Research (CCTR). |
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9/84 - 12/04 ~ Purdue University, Institute for Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies (IIES), West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2022 |
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Administrative assistant to the Director of IIES. Responsible for the organizational, management, and supervisory tasks in IIES. Manage staff space, supplies, and scheduling. Prepare grant and proposal applications and reports. Compile, edit, and production responsibility for IIES reports. Preparation and planning of IIES-sponsored conferences. General office duties include ordering supplies and equipment, scheduling office space, typing correspondence, making travel arrangements. Organize and direct office activities, such as correspondence and recordkeeping/filing. Perform non-routine problem solving for the Director. Administer IIES website (webmaster), including creating new pages and updating current ones. Work with Mac, PC and UNIX environments. Create computer email accounts for new p-site staff. Supervise clerical staff and Potter Building Deputy; substitute for Building Deputy’s behalf during any absences. |
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11/80 - 9/84 ~ Purdue University, Institute for Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies, W. Lafayette, IN |
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Executive secretary to the Director of IIES and the Building Deputy of the Potter Center at Purdue. Typing, preparation of reports, word processing. Maintaining filing system. General management of office, including ordering of supplies and equipment. Making travel arrangements for Director. Screening of calls and visitors. Supervision of clerical staff. Handling room and key assignments in Building Deputy’s absence. |
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1/80 - 10/80 ~ Purdue University, Horticulture Department, W. Lafayette, IN |
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Typist for five landscape architecture professors. Preparation of coursework, maintenance of student records, typing general correspondence. Operation of offset press. |
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11/76 - 10/79 ~ U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington DC, 20536 |
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Secretary to the two antitrust attorneys. Preparation of briefs submitted to courts and other government agencies. Typing of letters and memoranda. Operation of word processing system for briefs and letters. Top Secret Security Clearance. |
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4/76 - 10/76 ~ Federal Bureau of Investigation, External Affairs Division, Washington DC |
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Served as secretary to Unit Chief. Answering telephone. Taking and transcribing dictation regarding personnel and Unit matters. Received and sorted mail in preparation for assignment by supervisor. Prepared outgoing correspondence. Top Secret Security Clearance. |
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6/75 - 4/76 ~ Federal Bureau of Investigation, External Affairs Division, Washington DC |
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Served as stenographer in stenographic pool. Taking and transcribing dictation. Preparation of outgoing correspondence for FBI Director’s signature. Top Secret Security Clearance. |
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11/74 - 6/75 ~ Purdue University, Administrative Data Processing Center, W Lafayette, IN |
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Data entry operator. Entered data using keypunching equipment regarding University business such as payroll and purchasing |
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Purdue Bowlermakers: 1985-Present: Member of Purdue women's staff bowling league; currently holding office of Secretary/Treasurer and serving as league webmaster; previously held offices of Treasurer (1989-1991, 1994-1997) and President (1998-2009).
March of Dimes: 1989-Present: Team Walker and/or Captain.
United Way: 1992-2004: Departmental Team captain for United Way campaign at Purdue University.
380th Bomb Group Association: 1999-Present: Newsletter editor, reunion coordinator, and website administrator for the 380th Bomb Group Association, 5th AF, USAAF, WWII.
CINDAS LLC: 2003-Present: Consultant
Sparrow, F.T., and Beaver, B.J., "Economic Redevelopment Rates: A Survey," Technical Report, State Utility Forecasting Group, Purdue University, March 1989.
Williams, Theodore J., and Gotham, Barbara J., WE WENT
TO WAR: A WWII Wartime Roster of the 380th Bombardment Group
(H), PART I: A WWII Wartime Roster of the 380th Bomb Group
(H), published by Theodore J. Williams, West Lafayette,
Indiana, September 1999.
Website:
http://380th.org/HISTORY/History.html
Williams, Theodore J., and Gotham, Barbara J., WE WENT
TO WAR: A WWII Wartime Roster of the 380th Bombardment Group
(H), PART II: A Roster of the Flight Crews of the 380th Bomb
Group (H), published by Theodore J. Williams,
West Lafayette, Indiana, September 1999.
Website:
http://380th.org/HISTORY/History.html
Williams, Theodore J., and Gotham, Barbara J., WE WENT
TO WAR: A WWII Wartime Roster of the 380th Bombardment Group
(H), PART III: OUR BROTHERS-AT-ARMS. Members of the RAAF
Liberator Squadrons of Australia Who Served Directly With
the 380th Bomb Group, published by Theodore J.
Williams, West Lafayette, Indiana, September 1999.
Website:
http://380th.org/HISTORY/History.html
Williams, Theodore J., Gotham, Barbara J., and Goble, Sue,
WE WENT TO WAR: A WWII Wartime Roster of the 380th
Bombardment Group (H), PART IV: A Listing of MOS/SSNs
(Military Occupational Specialties/Service Speciality Numbers)
Which Personnel of an Isolated Heavy Bombardment Group
Would Probably Need During WWII, published by Theodore
J. Williams, West Lafayette, Indiana, September 1999.
Website:
http://380th.org/HISTORY/History.html
Williams, Theodore J., and Gotham, Barbara J., WE WENT TO WAR: A
WWII Wartime Roster of the 380th Bombardment Group (H), PART V: The
Planes We Flew: Australia/New Guinea Campaign, published by Theodore
J. Williams, West Lafayette, Indiana, February 2002.
Website:
http://380th.org/HISTORY/History.html
Williams, Theodore J., and Gotham, Barbara J., WE WENT TO WAR: A
WWII Wartime Roster of the 380th Bombardment Group (H), PART VI: The Planes
We Flew: Philippines Campaign, published by Theodore J. Williams,
West Lafayette, Indiana, September 2003.
Website:
http://380th.org/HISTORY/History.html
Williams, Theodore J., and Gotham, Barbara J., WE WENT TO WAR: A
WWII Wartime Roster of the 380th Bombardment Group (H), PART VII: Keep 'Em
Flying, published by Theodore J. Williams, West Lafayette, Indiana,
September 2004.
Website:
http://380th.org/HISTORY/History.html
Website: http://380th.org/HISTORY/History.html
Williams, Theodore J., and Gotham, Barbara J., WE WENT TO WAR: A
WWII Wartime Roster of the 380th Bombardment Group (H), PART XI: Our Opposition ~
Japanese Anti-Aircraft Artillery and Fighter Units in the Southwest Pacific, published by Theodore J. Williams, West Lafayette, Indiana, March
2007.
Website:
http://380th.org/HISTORY/History.html