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Phil Livingston, Vice President,
Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Company
passed away November 8, 2006 in Secaucus, NJ.
Phil has
been a friend to many of us in the industry, supporting Tech-notes in
our early efforts with the Road Show. We will truly miss him and his
very warm and generous personality.
John
Baisley, President of Panasonic Broadcast said, on the occasion of Mr.
Livingston's passing that: "Phil was tremendously respected for his
knowledge and contribution in the broadcast industry. The entire
Panasonic community will truly miss the invaluable contributions he made
in furthering the company's initiatives in the broadcast and production
industries for over 28 years. Of more significance, Phil was a true
gentleman and a gentle man. Our heartfelt sorrow and prayers are with
his wife, Jan, and his family during this very difficult time. Phil's
memory will live on with the people of his Panasonic Broadcast family."
Mr.
Livingston was a 28-year Panasonic employee and held numerous technical
positions there. Most recently he was responsible for Panasonic
Broadcast's strategic business development activities. For the last five
years, he directed the company's innovative Technology Partnering
Program where he worked with more than 30 of the industry's leading
manufacturers to incorporate Panasonic's leading digital compression
technologies into their products and systems.
Phil
Livingston began his broadcast career, which spanned over four decades,
in radio at WVOS and WVIP in upstate New York. He helped build WOKR-TV
in Rochester, N.Y. and developed an Instructional Television system for
the City School District there. Subsequently he served for 10 years as
Associate Director for Instructional Resources at the State University
of New York at New Paltz.
He
represented Panasonic on the Board of WHD-TV, the Digital Model Station
in Washington, and had been involved in the work of the Advanced
Television Systems Committee (ATSC) since 1987. He served on the ATSC
Board of Directors from 2002 to 2006 and as Board Chairman from 2002 to
2005. He was a member of SMPTE, a SMPTE Fellow, and chaired the
Committee on Television Production Technology (P-18) for two years. He
wrote numerous white papers and articles, and gave many presentations
throughout the United States and abroad on emerging technology. He
recently received a 2006 SMPTE Award for co-authoring a paper entitled "A News Solid State Memory-based Television Acquisition System."
His
family wishes that donations be made to Compassionate Care Hospice, of
140 Littleton Road, Parsippany, NJ.
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