Ms. Lillie Berry began her career at Arlington Hall in 1956 as a clerk
typist in the signals analysis unit. She quickly learned the terminology
and pressed analysts to explain to her the concepts. After attending
a signals analysis course and mastering a basic understanding of the
subject, she was requested, in the early 1960s, to teach portions of
the introductory material. She, thus, became the first African American
woman in the Agency to give instruction in that discipline. In 1968,
she marked another first when she became the first African American
woman assigned as an Agency recruiter. Finally, Ms. Berry is remembered
for having established the Career Information Center, the predecessor
of today’s Career Resource Center. Ms. Berry retired in 1988.