The Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge
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 JOEL WEBB EDUCATION AND WORK HISTORY

Professor Webb was born in Los Angeles in 1937 and received his education at Santa Monica City College and San Fernando Valley State College.

His first position was in aerospace in 1957, where he worked at Douglas Aircraft Advanced Liquid Rocketry Division, Nike, Thor and Zeus Ajax Flight Telemetry Department, supporting the Air Force Vandenberg Missile Flight Range, as uplink telemetry technician specialist with Q-Secret Air Force clearance.

Earned AA Degree in 1962 at Santa Monica City College;  general education Math/Science curriculum.  Continued at San Fernando Valley College and finished 13 units short of B.S. in Math/Physics as principal major.

Later worked for Teledyne Radar Relay as manufacturing lead technician, assembling ground avoidance terrain radar systems for Aphis helicopter.  Supervised airborne package fabrication department with fifteen assembly personnel beneath me.  Also performed parts procurement from major national venders for this joint services military contract with Lockheed.

During 1972-1974, Professor Webb lectured ontological cosmology at U.C.L.A. under the auspices of the Experimental College.  It was at this time, the Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge was created.

In 1969 he worked as irrigation specialist for the Polynesian Cultural Center in Oahu under the auspices of the Mormon Church, when he met his present wife Constance.

Since 1972, he started working in the the motion picture film and video broadcast arenas, serving as design engineer and post-production editor.  He has written field design specification changes for major companies such as Ampex, Tektronix and CMX.   Currently he operates a small post-production facility in Santa Monica, California, providing the industry with a unique video hard drive NTSC/Windows NT computer services,where he earned the name Cosmo Joe by his son's friends during rap backup for music videos.  He presently serves as Chief Systems Design Engineer.
    During this tenure, he served as principal videotape editor on PBS jazz programs featuring famous artist such as Sam Nurt, Dizzie Gillespie...music videos for,  moved in the graces of Motown, principle editor on Britain's special shot in London but premiered in Westwood Village

At this time, his wife is at home recovering from a brain aneurysm, so much of Professor Webb's time is spent taking care of her.  Inclusive at this web site is a great deal of information about Mrs. Webb's condition.