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NAB ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS 1959 – 2015

2015 2008

RADIO RADIO Thomas F. King, Kintronic Labs, Bristol, Tenn. Thomas B. Silliman, Electronics Research, Inc., Chandler, Ind.

TELEVISION TELEVISION Richard Friedel, Fox Networks Engineering and Operations, Antoon Uyttendaele, ABC Inc., , N.Y. , Calif. 2007

SERVICE TO BROADCAST ENGINEERING RADIO Ray Conover, Hubbard Broadcasting, St. Paul, Minn. Louis A. King, Kintronic Laboratories, Inc., Bristol, Tenn. 2014 TELEVISION RADIO Victor Tawil, Association for Maximum Service Television, Jeff Littlejohn, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, Washington, D.C. , Ohio 2006

TELEVISION RADIO Robert Seidel, CBS, New York, N.Y. Benjamin Dawson, Hatfield and Dawson, , Wash.; 2013 Ronald Rackley, du Treil, Lundin and Rackley, Inc., Sarasota Fla.

RADIO TELEVISION Frank Foti, Telos Alliance, Cleveland, Ohio S. Merrill Weiss, Merrill Weiss Group LLC, Metuchen, N.J.

TELEVISION 2005 Jay Adrick, GatesAir, Mason, Ohio RADIO SERVICE TO BROADCAST ENGINEERING Milford Smith, Greater Media, Inc., East Brunswick, N.J. Leonard J. Charles, Morgan Murphy Media, Madison, Wisc. TELEVISION 2012 Oded Bendov, TV Transmission Antenna Group, Inc., Cherry Hill, N.J.

RADIO 2004 Paul Brenner, Emmis Communications, Indianapolis, Ind. RADIO TELEVISION Glynn Walden, CBS Radio, , Pa. Glenn Reitmeier, NBCUniversal, New York, N.Y. TELEVISION 2011 Ira Goldstone, Tribune Broadcasting, Los Angeles, Calif.

RADIO 2003 L. Robert du Treil, du Treil, Lundin & Rackley, Inc., RADIO Sarasota, Fla. John W. Reiser, Federal Communications Commission (Retired), TELEVISION Mt. Vernon, Va. Thomas B. Keller, Renowned Television Technology Innovator TELEVISION 2010 Robert P. Eckert, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. RADIO Steve Church, Telos Systems, Cleveland, Ohio 2002

TELEVISION RADIO Mark Richer, ATSC, Washington, D.C. Paul Schafer, Schafer International, Bonita, Calif. 2009 TELEVISION Bernard Lechner, Consultant, Princeton, N.J. RADIO Jack Sellmeyer, Sellmeyer Engineering, Lucas, Texas 2001

TELEVISION RADIO Sterling Davis, Cox Broadcasting, Atlanta, Ga. Arno Meyer, Belar Electronics Laboratory, Devon, Pa. TELEVISION Larry Thorpe, Sony Electronics, Inc., Park Ridge, N.J.

1 of 3 2000 1992

RADIO RADIO Michael Dorrough, Dorrough Electronics, Woodland Hills, Calif. Edward Edison and Robert L. Hammett, Hammett & Edison, San Francisco, Calif. TELEVISION Max Berry, Capital Cities/ABC (retired) Elkins Park, Pa. TELEVISION 1999 James C. McKinney, Chairman, Advanced Television Systems Committee, Washington, D.C. RADIO 1991 Geoffrey Mendenhall, P.E. Harris Corporation, Quincy, Ill. RADIO TELEVISION George Marti, Marti Electronics, Cleburne, Texas John Turner, Turner Engineering, Mountain Lakes, N.J. 1998 TELEVISION Kerns Powers, David Sarnoff and NBC Consultant, Princeton, N.J. RADIO 1990 John Battison, P.E., John Battison, Consultant, Loudonville, Ohio

TELEVISION Hilmer Swanson, Harris Corporation, Broadcast Division, Quincy, Ill. Robert Hopkins, Sony Pictures High Definition Center, 1989 Culver City, Calif. 1997 William Connolly, Sony Advanced Systems, Montvale, N.J. 1988 RADIO George Jacobs, George Jacobs & Associates, Silver Spring, Md. Jules Cohen, Jules Cohen and Associates, Washington, D.C. TELEVISION 1987 Michael Sherlock, NBC, New York, N.Y. 1996 Renville H. McMann, CBS Technology Center, Stamford, Conn. 1986 RADIO Ogden Prestholdt, A.D. Ring & Associates, Nakomis, Fla. Dr. George Brown, RCA Laboratories, Princeton, N.J. TELEVISION 1985 Charles Rhodes, Advanced Television Test Center, Alexandria, Va. Carl E. Smith, Smith Electronics, Cleveland, Ohio SERVICE TO BROADCAST ENGINEERING 1984 Gerald Robinson, Hearst Broadcasting, Milwaukee, Wisc. 1995 Otis S. Freeman, WPIX, Inc., Tribune Broadcasting, New York, N.Y. RADIO 1983 Robert Orban, Chief Engineer, AKG Acoustics, Inc. San Leandro, Calif. Joseph Flaherty, Technology, CBS Inc., New York, N.Y. 1982 TELEVISION Carl G. Eilers, Manager of Electronic Systems R&D, Julius Barnathan, Broadcast Operations and Engineering, Zenith Electronics, Glenview, Ill. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., New York, N.Y. 1994 1981 RADIO Charles T. Morgan, Susquehanna Radio Corporation, York, Pa. Wallace E. Johnson, Association for Broadcast Engineering Standards, Washington, D.C. TELEVISION 1980 Thomas J. Vaughan, PESA Micro Communications, Inc., Manchester, N.H. James D. Parker, CBS Television Network, New York, N.Y. 1993 1979 RADIO Robert M. Silliman, Silliman and Silliman, Silver Spring, Md. Robert W. Flanders, McGraw Hill Broadcasting Co., Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. TELEVISION 1978 Stanley N. Baron, Technical Development, NBC, New York, N.Y.

SERVICE TO BROADCAST ENGINEERING John A. Moseley, President, Moseley Associates, Inc., Herb H. Schubarth, Gannett Broadcasting, , Colo. Goleta, Calif.

2 of 3 1977 1967

Daniel H. Smith, Capital Cities Communications, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. Robert M. Morris, American Broadcasting Company, New York, N.Y. 1976 1966

Dr. Frank G. Kear, Consulting Engineer, Washington, D.C. Carl J. Meyers, WGN Continental Broadcasting Co., , Ill. 1975 1965

John D. Silva, Golden West Broadcasters, Los Angeles, Calif. Edward W. Allen, Jr., Federal Communications Commission, 1974 Washington, D.C. 1964 Joseph B. Epperson, Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co., Cleveland, Ohio John H. DeWitt, Jr., WSM, Inc., Nashville, Tenn. 1973 1963

A. James Ebel, KOLN TV, Lincoln, Neb. Dr. George R. Town, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 1972 1962

John M. Sherman, WCCO, , Minn. Ralph N. Harmon, Westinghouse Broadcasting Co., New York, N.Y. 1971 1961

Benjamin Wolfe, Post Newsweek Stations, Washington, D.C. Raymond F. Guy, Consultant 1970 1960

Philip Whitney, General Manager, WINC, Winchester, Va. Commissioner T. A. M. Craven, FCC, Washington, D.C. 1969 1959

Jarrett L. Hathaway, NBC Television Network, New York, N.Y. John T. Wilner, Hearst Corporation, , Md. 1968

Howard A. Chinn, CBS Television Network, New York, N.Y.

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