processing courses of three week's duration through the Marine Corps. He worked in the Data Processing Department of the Marine Corps at Station El Toro, California, from July 1962 to May 10, 1966, at which time he was honorably discharged.
*976 5. Plaintiff graduated from Vashon High School and attended Harris Teachers College and O'Fallon Technical School prior to his service with the Marine Corps.
6. In December 1966, plaintiff expressed his desire to go into business or administrative programming and to become a programmer trainee to Luke Abkemeier, plaintiff's supervisor in Department 676, and to Gary Bayer, a section manager in the administrative programming area.
7. Plaintiff was advised by Mr. Bayer that the qualifications for an administrative programmer were a college degree, programming experience, or essential system knowledge, andso during his six years of employment with defendant.
10. Plaintiff enrolled at Forest Park Community College for the spring semester of 1969, and obtained his Associate of Arts Degree on June 7, 1971. Subsequent to his resignation from defendant McDonnell, plaintiff enrolled in the night school at Washington University and obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration on May 23, 1975.
11. During his employment at McDonnell, plaintiff worked on the first shift until on or about December 19, 1966; then on the third shift until on or about June 26, 1967; then on the second shift until on or about January 4, 1971; then on the first shift until on or about May 10, 1971, all in Department 676. Defendant was transferred to Department 674 on