| 词条 | Marie Meyer (linguist) |
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Marie Anne Meyer (April 7, 1897 – 1969) was an American linguist and spy who worked for the National Security Agency from 1943-60.[1] She was assigned to the Venona project and is credited with making some of the first recoveries of the Venona codebook.[2][3] She studied eight foreign languages and was the first person to receive the NSA's Meritorious Civilian Service Award.[1][2]{{Infobox person | name = Marie Anne Meyer | birth_date = April 7, 1897 | nationality = American | occupation = Linguist | home_town = Bloomington, Illinois }} BiographyEarly life and educationMeyer was born on April 7, 1897 and raised in Bloomington, Illinois.[1] She attended Illinois Normal State University in Normal, Illinois and graduated with a bachelor's degree in education in 1919.[1] She began teaching at schools after graduation and continued her education through summer sessions at the University of Chicago, studying French and Latin.[1] In August 1930, she received a master's degree in Latin.[1] In the 1930s and 1940s, she continued to study languages, taking summer classes in Sanskrit, Greek, and German.[1] CareerIn 1943, Meyer was hired by the Signal Security Agency, most likely as a German linguist.[1][2] In the summer of 1946, she took a University of Chicago course in Russian[2] and was assigned to the Venona project by the National Security Agency.[3] She is credited with making some of the first recoveries of the Venona codebook.[2][3] For the rest of her career, Meyer worked on other facets of the Russian problem and taught Russian classes at the NSA training school.[1] A 1950 NSA memorandum described Meyer as a "highly professional Russian linguist holding the highest level of competency."[1] Later lifeMeyer retired in 1960 and was the first person to receive the Meritorious Civilian Service Award.[1] She spent her retirement years engaging in research at Catholic University in Celtic languages.[1] She died in Illinois in December 1969.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{Cite web|url=https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/crypto_almanac_50th/A%20Language%20Scholar.pdf|title=NSA.gov|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026025623/https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/crypto_almanac_50th/A%20Language%20Scholar.pdf|archivedate=2015-10-26|df=}} {{Authority control}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/women/honorees/meyer.shtml|title=Marie Meyer - NSA.gov|website=www.nsa.gov|access-date=2017-12-27}} 3. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/spies/21.htm|title=National Women's History Museum Spies Exhibition|website=www.nwhm.org|access-date=2016-04-27}} 4. ^{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of American Women at War|last=|first=|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2013|isbn=978-1598844436|location=|pages=389-90}} 8 : Linguists from the United States|1897 births|Year of death missing|Female wartime spies|American spies against the Soviet Union|University of Chicago alumni|People from Bloomington, Illinois|National Security Agency people |
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