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schnable on Jan 23, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bell Labs Org Chart (1980)

What do the prefixes before the names mean?

pphysch on Jan 23, 2022 [–]

First/middle initial

The second line is what they go by

So Robert S. Williams might be:

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R. S. Williams

Bob

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