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D.C., I resigned my officer’s commission as Lieutenant in 1967. I graduated

from Catholic University in 1969 with a Master of Science in Nuclear
Engineering. I then went to work for General Electric Nuclear Division in San
Jose, California, as a nuclear reactor systems’ engineer for four years.
From General Electric, in 1973, I went to work as a Nuclear Engineer for the

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in Washington, D.C. I worked for
over 20 years at NRC and, while working during the day, I also attended night
school, eventually earning a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Catholic

University in 1984. I retired from the NRC in 1995 and moved with my wife
to the Northern Neck of Virginia to enjoy our retirement near the Chesapeake
Bay. I enjoy fishing and gardening as hobbies and have spent over 50
wonderful years as a devoted husband and father.

THE CHILDREN’S CENTER OF WASHINGTON

(Formerly Part of the Federal Government Prior To Home
Rule)

I am Joe Marsden, a retired federal employee. I became a Federal
government employee in the mid 1950s, after high school. This was before
Washington, D.C. had Home Rule, and when the D.C. government was a part

of the Federal government. At that time, the U. S. Government provided a
home for homeless and unwanted children in the city. The Federal
government-provided home was known as "The Children's Center of
Washington."

As a Child Care Provider, I, and many other federal staff members, provided

love, care and support to many (white and black) children, ages from birth
through their teens, who had no family or anyone to care for them. We
worked 12 hours each day, seven days each week, and took turns on the day
and night duties.

We child care providers loved those children, and kept up with them long after
they had moved to adult foster care. Many became very successful adults.
When D.C. was granted Home Rule, the Children's Center became a

department of the local government of the District of Columbia. In the 1970s,
the home closed.

Even after the Children's Center closed, we child care providers loved and
kept up with the children for many years.

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