Consumer Electronics Association Inducts Eleven Industry Leaders into 2007 Hall of Fame.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- At its eighth annual Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame The Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame, founded by the Consumer Electronics Association, CEA, honors the leaders whose creativity, persistence, determination and sheer personal charisma helped to shape an industry and made the consumer electronics marketplace what it is today. awards ceremony held last night, 11 prominent industry leaders joined the 109 inventors, engineers, retailers, journalists and executives inducted since 2000. Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. CEA abbr. carcinoembryonic antigen CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) ) Industry Forum in San Diego, Gary Shapiro, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the association that created the awards program, praised the inductees for their phenomenal contributions to the growth of the industry, which is expected to exceed $148 billion this year. "Our success and our vision of a better world can best be attributed to the energy and commitment of people like these new members of the Hall of Fame. Their great contributions will influence a new generation of innovators to strengthen our industry," he said. The 11 new members of the CE Hall of Fame are: * Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953 in Seattle, Washington) is an American entrepreneur. With Bill Gates, he formed Microsoft. , co-founder of Microsoft * Dr. Amar Bose Amar Gopal Bose (Bengali: অমর গোপাল বসু Ômor Gopal Boshu) (born November 2, 1929) is the chairman and founder of Bose Corporation. , founder and chairman of Bose Corp. * William G. Crutchfield Jr., founder and CEO of Crutchfield Corp. * James Edward Day, counsel, who represented CEA in the landmark Betamax case * John McDonald John McDonald may refer to:
* Steven Sasson Steven J. Sasson (b. 1950) is an electrical engineer and the inventor of the digital camera. His invention began in 1975 with a very broad assignment from his supervisor at Eastman Kodak Company, Gareth A. , inventor of the digital camera at Eastman Kodak Co. * Richard M. "Dick" Schulze, founder and chairman of Best Buy * Art Weinberg, journalist, who covered the CE industry for Home Furnishings Daily * Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg Karlheinz Brandenburg (born June 20, 1954, in Erlangen, Germany) is an audio engineer who has contributed to the audio compression format MPEG Audio Layer 3, more commonly known as MP3. Biography He received a Dipl. Ing. , Dr. Heinz Gerhauser and Dr. Dieter Seitzer, co-developers of the MP3 format Dr. Amar Bose, who founded the world famous Bose Corp., acknowledged the "wonderful people I've worked with through the years. I never went into business to make money. I went into business so that I could do interesting things that hadn't been done before," he said. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Steve Sasson joined Eastman Kodak Co. in 1973, and began work on a camera using solid-state imagers. "Many questions were asked about the early digital cameras," he recalled, "but the most notable one was when would it be available for consumers?" The three founders of MP3 digital audio compression Encoding digital audio data to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. Audio compression typically uses lossy methods, which eliminate bits that are not restored at the other end. ADPCM and MP3 are examples of audio compression methods. See audio codec and data compression. traveled from Munich, Germany to accept induction into the Hall of Fame and accolades from their peers. Dr. Dieter Seitzer, speaking for the trio, said that "we are not only grateful to our colleagues, but to our competitors and companies who helped develop and promote MP3 technology." Jack Wayman, who also is a CE Hall of Fame member, accepted the award for the late J. Edward Day James Edward Day (October 11, 1914–October 29, 1996) was an American businessman and political office-holder. Day was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, he studied at University of Chicago, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, and Harvard Law School, . He talked of Mr. Day's role in arguing the Betamax case up to The Supreme Court and called the decision "the Magna Carta Magna Carta or Magna Charta [Lat., = great charter], the most famous document of British constitutional history, issued by King John at Runnymede under compulsion from the barons and the church in June, 1215. of the consumer electronics industry." "Each of our accomplishments are linked to the great pioneers of our industry, like Edison," said William G. Crutchfield Jr., who was honored as founder and CEO of Crutchfield Corp., a company that sells more than 6,700 products through its catalogs, call centers, website and two retail stores. The awards program ended on a high note when Dick Schulze, selected for his role for shepherding the extraordinary growth and success of Best Buy, accepted his award. He recognized the men and women who supported his company's vision including Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson who was at the dinner. "This award is for the 140,000 employees around the world and their tireless pursuit of excellence, innovation and dedication," he said The Hall of Fame inductees were chosen by a panel of industry judges from nominations submitted by industry professionals. Judging for the 2007 Hall of Fame took place on February 27 in New York. Additional information about the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame and bios of the inductees are available at www.CE.org. About CEA: The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae trade association promoting growth in the $148 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,100 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES - Where Entertainment, Technology and Business Converge. All profits from CES are reinvested into CEA's industry services. Find CEA online at www.CE.org. UPCOMING EVENTS -- Digital Hollywood Fall October 29-November 1, 2007, Hollywood, CA -- EHX Fall 2007 November 6-9, 2007, Long Beach, CA -- Future of Television Forum November 8-9, 2007, New York, NY -- CES New York Press Preview Featuring CES Unveiled @ NY November 13, 2007, New York, NY -- CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe: Strategies for Digital Living Markets December 4-6, 2007, Berlin, Germany -- CES Unveiled: The Official Press Event of the International CES January 5, 2008, Las Vegas, NV -- 2008 International CES January 7-10, 2008, Las Vegas, NV -- Digital Music Forum East February 26-27, 2008, New York, NY -- EHX Spring 2008 March 11-15, 2008, Orlando, FL -- 2008 PARA Conference March 12-14, 2008, Orlando, FL -- Digital Patriots Dinner April 2, 2008, Washington, DC -- CEA Washington Forum April 2-4, 2008, Washington, DC -- International CES/Hometech May 25-27, 2008, Dubai, UAE -- SINOCES 2008 July 10-13, 2008, Qingdao, China |
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