Born August 10, 1920 in Van Nuys, Cal.

In 1924, contrary to the advice of Horace Greeley, who I believe is credited with the famous phrase "Go West young man, Go West"; My Parents moved East to settle in New York City. My education progressed through the local elementary schools and Stuyvesant High School (Class of June 1937).

In September 1937 I matriculated in the Evening Division of the School of Engineering of the College of the City of New York. During the day time I worked full time at various jobs until November 1938 when I was hired by CBS; which resulted in a career that spanned 48 years ending in retirement at the end of 1986.

During the period from August 1942 until April 1946, I was on leave from CBS for military service; which included attending a Radar Operation and Maintenance school at the Philadelphia Signal Depot, Basic training at Camp Crowder, Mo., a Pre-OCS school at Camp Crowder, Mo., and OCS (class 26-'43) at Ft. Monmouth, N.J. After graduation, I served with the OSS, attended the Press Wireless transmitter maintenance school in Hicksville, N.Y., and finally was assigned as a Radio Officer to Co. C; 3104th. Sig. Svc. Bn. at Camp Wood, N.J. The history of the travels, and accomplishments, of the Radio Team to which I was assigned is documented in Frank Grubbs' history of the 3104th Sig Svc Bn.

My civilian career following World War II was almost entirely with the Research and Development Division of CBS, from which I retired at the end of 1986 as a Vice President. The mission of this Division was to advance the state of the art in audio and visual engineering. It was a challenging and fascinating career and explains my continuing interest in communications technology. Upon separation from active duty in early 1946, I accepted a commission as a 1st Lt in the Army Reserves.

In 1949 I was married to my wife Rose, with whom I recently celebrated our 54th wedding anniversary. We were blessed with a son and two daughters; and now have 9 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

I was called to active duty during the Korean War; but was eventually excused because of my work at CBS Labs, where I had been assigned to an Air Force sponsored project for the development of a Color Television Aerial Reconnaissance System. After that, my Reserve status became inactive until I had the opportunity to resign my commission in 1953. I resigned because my family, job and continuing education responsibilities left little time for anything else. Ultimately I earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from CCNY (City College of New York), an MEE from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (now Polytechnic Institute of New York), and PE registration in the State of Connecticut.

Nevertheless, the Army has been part of my life. My oldest of two daughters, now deceased, was married in the Catholic Chapel at West Point in 1973; and her oldest daughter, who was born at the Yakota Air Base Hospital in Japan, was married in the same Chapel at West Point in 1996. Her husband is presently a Captain in Special Forces.

Upon my return to CBS Labs in 1946 I was privileged to resume an engineering research and development career that was principally related to the design of color television systems for entertainment, industrial and military use.

In the late 1940's I was part of the Columbia Records team that developed the LP record which quickly made the old shellac records obsolete.

During the 1950's and 1960's I worked on several industrial and military contracts for color television instruction and surveillance.

The 70's and 80's were spent in developing home entertainment systems that included the forerunner of today's VCR's as well as high density optical recording systems which are still in use today for Video Disc, CD audio, and CD ROM type systems.

Throughout this period I authored several technical papers; including the chapter on "Video Disk Recording and Reproduction" in the 1986 edition of the McGraw Hill Television Engineering Handbook.

Professional Society affiliations include; Life Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and Life Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.

During my latter years at CBS, my responsibilities included technical liaison with Sony, Hitachi, Mainichi Broadcasting, Mitsubishi, and Matsushita in Japan; and. in Europe with the BBC, ITA, Ilford , Thomson CSF and Philips. I traveled extensively.

During one trip to England, late in the 1970's, I rented a car and drove to Toddington to revisit Toddington Manor. I recall that there was a caretaker's cottage on the roadway at the entrance to the Manor Grounds. I found the Cottage, but the grounds beyond the cottage were all grown over with tall grass, weeds, and tall brush such that the Manor house was not visible from the road. Sadly, it was a disappointing sight that suggested years of neglect.

I had occasion to visit Paris many times, and on several occasions I walked around the Hotel D'Iena. It no longer looks like a hotel. Although it's architecture is still pretty much the same, it now looks more like a residential apartment building. (N.B. That is exactly what it is, although some of the large rooms are available for public rental. fhg) Business also took me to Germany where I had the opportunity to revisit Bonn, Cologne, Frankfort, and Aachen. I remember traveling through Aachen during the War. It had been so totally leveled by Allied bombing that an Army vehicle had to plow a road through the center of the city in order for trucks to drive through the city. The new Aachen is a modern bustling city that bears no resemblance to the pile of rubble that I remember.

Following retirement from CBS on December 31, 1986, I joined the Bridgeport Engineering Institute, an accredited local evening College of Engineering where I was Dean of Professional Development and Associate Professor of Information Systems Engineering. In August, 1994, when the college merged with Fairfield University to become the BEI School of Engineering of Fairfield University; my Department ceased to exist, and I became chief "go-fer" for my family, and full time chauffeur for my grandchildren! My spare time is devoted to my two hobbies; Photography and Amateur radio.