Peter Goldmark
Peter Goldmark · Technology & Engineering
Invented the long-playing (LP) record and a color-television system; National Medal of Science (1976)
1906, Budapest, Hungary — 1977, Westchester County, New York, United States
Hungary · United Kingdom · United States
Peter Goldmark is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Invented the long-playing (LP) record and a color-television system; National Medal of Science (1976)
Goldmark was a Hungarian-American engineer at CBS who developed the long-playing (LP) 33⅓ rpm microgroove record and an early field-sequential color-television system, and later pioneered video and electronic-imaging technologies. He received the US National Medal of Science in 1977. Born into a Jewish family in Budapest, he emigrated via Britain to the United States.
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Invented the long-playing (LP) record and a color-television system; National Medal of Science (1976)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science
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