Plans for installing a Univac at the Research Institute were detailed in SUN Magazine, a Sperry Rand publication, around 1962. The author of "The Alabama Research Institute: A Dreams Comes True for Huntsville and Dr. Hermann" notes that "Recently Dr. [Rudolf] Hermann completed arrangements with officials of the Univac Division of Sperry Rand Corporation for installation of a Univac 1107."
The club donated the tree to replace a diseased tree. Club vice president Ed Ditto shovels dirt while treasurer Bo Williams, sponsor Dr. Ostap Stromecky, and president Dianne Barcheers look on.