SCIENTIST FILE #19
WALDO FRANZ SCHAEFFER
Born: June 6th, 1943, Switzerland.
Family: Anthea Schaeffer (wife), Aelita Schaeffer (daughter)
Background: Waldo Franz Schaeffer was the son of a brilliant German engineer, Ernst Schaeffer, who was of the same generation as Albert Einstein. After serving in World War I, Ernst moved to Switzerland in the 1920s, hoping to stay away from the political conflict after the Treaty of Versailles. He estabilished a family and Waldo was born in 1943. Shortly after World War II, the Schaeffers emigrated to the United States, hoping that they could find the same success that so many other German scientists had. Their plan did not succeed, but they managed to afford tuition for Waldo, who graduated as an engineer, much like his father. Waldo was one of the pioneers in working with communications and computers, and was called to work with the US Government in 1968, at the height of the Cold War, leading projects regarding computer intelligence and satellites. He married Anthea Hopper in 1975 and has recently had a daughter.
Role: As one of the leading scientists in Project Carthage, Waldo has been tasked with designing and supervising the construction of the Scipio quantum supercomputer, which is to be built in France. He is scheduled to move there next year.
Observations: Although Waldo was enthusiastic about Carthage, all members of the Project are to remain wary of him. He appears to have very pacifist political views, and as such, seems to view Carthage as a mean that could possibly bring the United States and the Soviet Union closer. He still believes that the Project's goal is to create an information network for the West - at most, he suspects of Carthage's power to disrupt enemy communications. But even that is far from the Project's true ambition. Schaeffer must not know about our true intentions. Since he shall be working largely unsupervised in France, special attention is required.
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