David Darrell Sallee

Richardson, TX

Address information may be obtained by emailing your request to the webmaster

Upon leaving UT I worked for a short time at the First National Bank in Pampa until landing a job with IBM as an electric typewriter service rep. I met and married Vicki Bradley in 1961. We were married 20 years and had two children, Darrell born in Oakland, Ca. and Melisa born in Waialua, Hawaii. Both children were born while I served in the Naval Security Group. I got out of the Navy in 1966 after serving 3 years in Hawaii. 

I returned to IBM and was schooled as a computer mainframe customer engineer. I left IBM with 10 years seniority (got credit for USN time) when Memorex came and made an offer I couldn’t refuse and moved us to San Jose, Ca.  In 1973, Control Data Corp. (CDC) made another offer and off we went to Minneapolis, Mn. where I managed the development of 20+ computer maintenance courses. CDC moved us to Tehran, Iran for 2 years 7 months where I managed the translation and production of printed and multimedia materials. We were under contract to the Iranian Ministry of Education to establish schools to help produce a middle-class, which is still very lacking in the Middle East. During our tour there I was lucky enough to be able to take the entire family for a 6 week trip around the world with stops in France, Italy, Hawaii, Philippines, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Unfortunately, the project was cut short by the revolution. We left in August 1978, and the hostages were taken in November. Vicki and I took the “long way around the world” to get home with stops in India, Bangkok, Singapore, New Caledonia, Tahiti, and Fiji. 

Upon our return, I worked in International Marketing with trips to places like South Africa and Venezuela. In 1981, with my mother in Pampa in bad health, I requested and received a transfer to Dallas so I could be closer. Our marriage fell on rough times and with both kids grown, Vicki and I were divorced. I met a wonderful lady here in Dallas and in July, 1985, Diane Jones and I were married and have had a wonderful life. Between her three children (all girls) and my two we have 10 grandchildren.

I got caught in corporate downsizing in 1988 and left CDC. After a couple of interim jobs, I struck out on my own and now own a small computer firm called Info AGE Computing. Diane (does accounting for small businesses) and I both work out of our house. She baby sits grand kids and uses her digital camera and photo printer constantly. It’s a good thing I can buy wholesale; she orders color ink cartridges 6 at a time. Our house looks like a day care center, which neither of us mind.  I get to play golf about once a week. Life is great.