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90th Annual Awards Banquet and Technical Symposium

November 20, 1999

New York Athletic Club, New York City

New York Athletic Club (180 Central Park South - 9th Floor, New York, NY)

4:00 - 5:30 pm RCA ROUNDTABLE & HISTORICAL EXHIBITION

Swap stories and share memories with prominent radio pioneers at this unique pre-banquet discussion group and exhibition of historical photos, first generation equipment, archival papers and other memorabilia from the personal collections of guest speakers. This moderator-led discussion group will focus on some of the more defining moments in radio’s past, allowing speakers and the audience to talk about the inventions of the day and how they helped shape and influence today’s wireless world.

7:00 pm DINNER

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Morgan O'Brien, Vice Chairman of Nextel Communicaitons Inc.

1999 AWARDS

SPECIAL SERVICES AWARD

June Poppele

THE PRESIDENTS AWARD

Vivian Carr

FRANK A. GUNTHER AWARD

Thomas Traynor

THE FRED M. LINK AWARD

Roger Block

THE RALPH BETCHER MEMORIAL AWARD

Maurice Zouary

THE ALLEN B. DUMONT CITATION

William E. Endres

THE LEE DE FOREST AWARD

Joe Franklin

SARNOFF CITATION

Sidney Topol

INDUCTION OF THE 1999 FELLOWS

Patrick Buller
Tony Crady.
J. R. Cruz
James Dombrouski
Sol Grazi
John Harnden Jr.
Carroll Hollingsworth
Michael Katzdorn
John Keating
Edward Keller
Theodore Lovell
Stephen Meer
Richard Ostrowski
Philip Peterson
Edward Rankin
Thomas Regan
Christopher Resavy
Henry Richter
Carl Stevenson
David Swan