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Nab Engineering Achievement Award Winners 1959 – 2019 NAB ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS 1959 – 2019 2019 2011 RADIO RADIO Gary Cavell, Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Manassas, Va. L. Robert du Treil, du Treil, Lundin & Rackley, Inc., Sarasota, Fla. TELEVISION Cindy Hutter Cavell, Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Manassas, Va. TELEVISION 2018 Thomas B. Keller, Renowned Television Technology Innovator 2010 RADIO Carl T. Jones, Jr., Carl T. Jones Corporation, Springfield, Va. RADIO Steve Church, Telos Systems, Cleveland, Ohio TELEVISION Mark Aitken, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Hunt Valley, Md. TELEVISION Mark Richer, ATSC, Washington, D.C. SERVICE TO BROADCAST ENGINEERING 2009 Clay Freinwald, Bustos Media Holdings, LLC, Seattle, Wash. 2017 RADIO Jack Sellmeyer, Sellmeyer Engineering, Lucas, Texas RADIO TELEVISION John Kean, Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Manassas, Va. Sterling Davis, Cox Broadcasting, Atlanta, Ga. TELEVISION 2008 John Lyons, The Durst Organization, New York, N.Y. RADIO 2016 Thomas B. Silliman, Electronics Research, Inc., Chandler, Ind. RADIO TELEVISION Andrew Laird, Journal Broadcast Group, Milwaukee, Wis. Antoon Uyttendaele, ABC Inc., New York, N.Y. TELEVISION 2007 Richard Chernock, Triveni Digital, Princeton, N.J. RADIO 2015 Louis A. King, Kintronic Laboratories, Inc., Bristol, Tenn. RADIO TELEVISION Thomas F. King, Kintronic Labs, Bristol, Tenn. Victor Tawil, Association for Maximum Service Television, TELEVISION Washington, D.C. Richard Friedel, Fox Networks Engineering and Operations, 2006 Los Angeles, Calif. RADIO SERVICE TO BROADCAST ENGINEERING Benjamin Dawson, Hatfield and Dawson, Seattle, Wash.; Ray Conover, Hubbard Broadcasting, St. Paul, Minn. Ronald Rackley, du Treil, Lundin and Rackley, Inc., Sarasota Fla. 2014 TELEVISION S. Merrill Weiss, Merrill Weiss Group LLC, Metuchen, N.J. RADIO Jeff Littlejohn, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, 2005 Cincinnati, Ohio RADIO TELEVISION Milford Smith, Greater Media, Inc., East Brunswick, N.J. Robert Seidel, CBS, New York, N.Y. TELEVISION 2013 Oded Bendov, TV Transmission Antenna Group, Inc., Cherry Hill, N.J. 2004 RADIO Frank Foti, Telos Alliance, Cleveland, Ohio RADIO TELEVISION Glynn Walden, CBS Radio, Philadelphia, Pa. Jay Adrick, GatesAir, Mason, Ohio TELEVISION Ira Goldstone, Tribune Broadcasting, Los Angeles, Calif. SERVICE TO BROADCAST ENGINEERING Leonard J. Charles, Morgan Murphy Media, Madison, Wisc. 2003 2012 RADIO John W. Reiser, Federal Communications Commission (Retired), RADIO Mt. Vernon, Va. Paul Brenner, Emmis Communications, Indianapolis, Ind. TELEVISION TELEVISION Robert P. Eckert, Federal Communications Commission, Glenn Reitmeier, NBCUniversal, New York, N.Y. Washington, D.C. 1 of 3 2002 1993 RADIO RADIO Paul Schafer, Schafer International, Bonita, Calif. Robert M. Silliman, Silliman and Silliman, Silver Spring, Md. TELEVISION TELEVISION Bernard Lechner, Consultant, Princeton, N.J. Stanley N. Baron, Technical Development, NBC, New York, N.Y. 2001 SERVICE TO BROADCAST ENGINEERING RADIO Herb H. Schubarth, Gannett Broadcasting, Denver, Colo. Arno Meyer, Belar Electronics Laboratory, Devon, Pa. 1992 TELEVISION RADIO Larry Thorpe, Sony Electronics, Inc., Park Ridge, N.J. Edward Edison and Robert L. Hammett, Hammett & Edison, 2000 San Francisco, Calif. RADIO TELEVISION Michael Dorrough, Dorrough Electronics, Woodland Hills, Calif. James C. McKinney, Chairman, Advanced Television Systems Committee, Washington, D.C. TELEVISION 1991 Max Berry, Capital Cities/ABC (retired) Elkins Park, Pa. 1999 RADIO George Marti, Marti Electronics, Cleburne, Texas RADIO Geoffrey Mendenhall, P.E. Harris Corporation, Quincy, Ill. TELEVISION Kerns Powers, David Sarnoff and NBC Consultant, Princeton, N.J. TELEVISION 1990 John Turner, Turner Engineering, Mountain Lakes, N.J. 1998 Hilmer Swanson, Harris Corporation, Broadcast Division, Quincy, Ill. RADIO 1989 John Battison, P.E., John Battison, Consultant, Loudonville, Ohio William Connolly, Sony Advanced Systems, Montvale, N.J. TELEVISION 1988 Robert Hopkins, Sony Pictures High Definition Center, Culver City, Calif. Jules Cohen, Jules Cohen and Associates, Washington, D.C. 1997 1987 RADIO George Jacobs, George Jacobs & Associates, Silver Spring, Md. Renville H. McMann, CBS Technology Center, Stamford, Conn. 1986 TELEVISION Michael Sherlock, NBC, New York, N.Y. Dr. George Brown, RCA Laboratories, Princeton, N.J. 1996 1985 RADIO Carl E. Smith, Smith Electronics, Cleveland, Ohio Ogden Prestholdt, A.D. Ring & Associates, Nakomis, Fla. 1984 TELEVISION Charles Rhodes, Advanced Television Test Center, Alexandria, Va. Otis S. Freeman, WPIX, Inc., Tribune Broadcasting, New York, N.Y. SERVICE TO BROADCAST ENGINEERING 1983 Gerald Robinson, Hearst Broadcasting, Milwaukee, Wisc. Joseph Flaherty, Technology, CBS Inc., New York, N.Y. 1995 1982 RADIO Robert Orban, Chief Engineer, AKG Acoustics, Inc. Julius Barnathan, Broadcast Operations and Engineering, San Leandro, Calif. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., New York, N.Y. TELEVISION 1981 Carl G. Eilers, Manager of Electronic Systems R&D, Zenith Electronics, Glenview, Ill. Wallace E. Johnson, Association for Broadcast Engineering Standards, Washington, D.C. 1994 1980 RADIO Charles T. Morgan, Susquehanna Radio Corporation, York, Pa. James D. Parker, CBS Television Network, New York, N.Y. 1979 TELEVISION Thomas J. Vaughan, PESA Micro Communications, Inc., Robert W. Flanders, McGraw Hill Broadcasting Co., Inc., Manchester, N.H. Indianapolis, Ind. 2 of 3 1978 1968 John A. Moseley, President, Moseley Associates, Inc., Howard A. Chinn, CBS Television Network, New York, N.Y. Goleta, Calif. 1967 1977 Robert M. Morris, American Broadcasting Company, New York, N.Y. Daniel H. Smith, Capital Cities Communications, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. 1966 1976 Carl J. Meyers, WGN Continental Broadcasting Co., Chicago, Ill. Dr. Frank G. Kear, Consulting Engineer, Washington, D.C. 1965 1975 Edward W. Allen, Jr., Federal Communications Commission, John D. Silva, Golden West Broadcasters, Los Angeles, Calif. Washington, D.C. 1974 1964 Joseph B. Epperson, Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co., John H. DeWitt, Jr., WSM, Inc., Nashville, Tenn. Cleveland, Ohio 1963 1973 Dr. George R. Town, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa A. James Ebel, KOLN TV, Lincoln, Neb. 1962 1972 Ralph N. Harmon, Westinghouse Broadcasting Co., New York, N.Y. John M. Sherman, WCCO, Minneapolis, Minn. 1961 1971 Raymond F. Guy, Consultant Benjamin Wolfe, Post Newsweek Stations, Washington, D.C. 1960 1970 Commissioner T. A. M. Craven, FCC, Washington, D.C. Philip Whitney, General Manager, WINC, Winchester, Va. 1959 1969 John T. Wilner, Hearst Corporation, Baltimore, Md. Jarrett L. Hathaway, NBC Television Network, New York, N.Y. 3 of 3.
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