The Highest Rung of the Ladder: Achieving the American Dream

Deane May Zager and Diana Turner were two young women with a dream when they opened the first data processing service bureau in Orange County, California, in June 1962.

Within twenty-four hours after the idea of a business was conceived, they had a small office. John Dewey said, “The highest mark of intelligence is to recognize and grasp a genuine opportunity.” They did.

Using the slogan “Accuracy Is Our Key Word,” they included their home phone numbers on business cards, pledged not t...