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J. Robert Beyster Papers: A Legacy of Employee-Owners’ Journey for Innovation 

Mary Ann Beyster | March, 2016

In December, my family finalized a very personal, and we hope impactful, gift titled, J.R. Beyster Papers, to UCSD Library’s Special Collections. After about one year of pre-processing, the collection includes more than 200 boxes of documents covering more than 50 years of hundreds of advanced scientific innovations, small- to billion-dollar business experiments, and discontinued to transformational government program development. 

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (A, B) 

Moses Lee, William Hall | January, 2011

At the start, Dr. Beyster made the decision that SAIC would be employee owned and that ownership would be based on merit and contribution to the company, not tenure. Using employee ownership as a selling point to prospective hires, Dr. Beyster was able to recruit talented employees and build a successful organizational culture. However, changes made after Dr. Beyster stepped down would have implications for SAIC’s company culture…  

Beyster: SAIC Solution 

J. Robert Beyster | June, 2007

Bob Beyster, the founder of Science Applications International Corporation, recalls the early days of this Fortune 300 company and recounts highlights from his new book, ‘The SAIC Solution.’