The Chicago Fall Conference Award for Outstanding Contributions in Consumer Electronics Presentation December 8, 1975

It is an honor and a privilege to present the Chicago Fall Conference award for outstanding contributions in Consumer Electronics. The recipient of the 1975 Consumer Electronics award is a man who has long been directly involved in various Consumer Electronic products. Some of these products include AC-DC, AM-FM home radios, the 45 RPM phonograph, the first mass-produced monochrome television receiver, and the introduction of color television in 1954. He is a senior member of the IEEE and has 36 patents relating to radio and to monochrome and color television. While the number of patents is significant, it is more important to emphasize that a majority of these patents are considered basic in their field.