This list was compiled by using data from "The Committee for the 50th", the 103rd through the 109th conventions and the input from many AESHC members. The list is at best a good beginning, but there are many names that are not included and it is important that we expand it as soon as possible to include pioneers who are not yet noted. In order to do this we need to have teams working worldwide. If you or someone you know is willing to work on this project, please contact history@aes.org.
Please look over the list and make additions or comments.
This is an active TO DO LIST, and will change as we add names and continue
to complete oral interviews.
Any information you supply will be very helpful. Send information and comments to history@aes.org.
The column "activity/affiliation" is NOT a biographical sketch,
but merely a few informal words to help us identify and locate the persons
listed.
| First Name | Last Name | Activity/affiliation |
| Skip | Athey | Ampex Recording |
| Barry | Blesser | Acad/Things Digital |
| Gerhardt | Bore | engineer at Neumann |
| John | Borwick | Author Writer |
| Harry | Bryant | LA Recording Studio owner |
| John J. | Bubbers | Disc Recording |
| Stanley | Busby | Ampex |
| Wendy | Carlos | Electronic Musician |
| Almon H. | Clegg | Stereo / CD Denon |
| Peter | Collings-Wells | T Director of Goodmans Loudspeakers |
| Ralph | Conly | Ampex Head Designer |
| Eldon | Corl | VP, Recortec, Inc. |
| Wilma | Cozart Fine | Record Producer and Executive / Mrs. Bob Fine |
| Don | Davis | Sound Reinforcement |
| Toshi T. | Doi | Digital Audio Recorders |
| Thomas | Dowd | Recording Eng. Producer |
| Erik | Edvardsen | formally of Nad |
| Delos | Eilers | Magnetic Tape development |
| Tony | Faulkner | Recording Engineer |
| Robert | Finger | Digital Audio / Standards |
| Heinrich | Fischelmeyer | Mr. "Hi-Fi" of Grundig |
| John | French | Tape Recorders |
| Percy | Gander | work on stereo and loudspeaker |
| Joe | Giovanelli W2PVY | Recording Eng. |
| Daniel | Gravereaux | Disc Recording CBS Labs. |
| Bert | Guld | Film Recording |
| Lee | Gunter | Design Eng. Shure Microphones |
| David | Hafler | Amplifier designer |
| Ray | Hall | RCA engineer |
| Russell O. | Hamm | Microphones |
| Grover (Jeep) | Harned | Founder MCI Recorders / Consoles |
| Cyril | Harris | Acoustics |
| Bob | Harshberger | Ampex ATR-100 |
| Dudley | Harwood | Speaker Designer, ex-BBC |
| Tomlinson | Holman | Surround Sound |
| Ralph | Holzknecht | Ampex |
| Geoffrey | Horn | Audio Journalist |
| John | Jarvis | Langevin / Westrex |
| Walter G. | Jung | Mr. OP Amp |
| David L | Klepper | Theater Sound / Acoustics |
| James H | Kogen | Shure Microphones |
| Roger | Lagadec | Digital Audio / DASH Recording |
| Frank G. | Lennert | Ampex founding father |
| Al | Lewis | VP, Recortec, Inc. |
| Marjery | Lindsey | Harold Lindseys widow |
| Stanley P. | Lippshitz | Academic Mr. Dither |
| Bob | Ludwig | Mastering Eng. / Producer |
| Gunther | Luetzendorf | Neumann Eng. |
| George | Massenburg | Engineer / Producer |
| Angus | McKenzie | Writer |
| Denis | Mee | CBS Labs Mag Research |
| Ron | Mills | formally of RCA Zurich |
| Robert | Moog | Electronic Music |
| Dr. Heitaro | Nakajima | Sony CD |
| Rein | Narma | Design Eng Fairchild / Ampex |
| Gerd | Nathan | Decca Records:43 years in standards |
| Gary (Gerhardt) | Nest | EMI at Abbey Road |
| Bob | Olhsson | Ampex |
| Matti | Otala | last heard of in Germany ? |
| Joe | Pengelly | Recording Engineer |
| Bradley | Plunkett | Design Eng. URI |
| Kenneth | Pohlmann | Music & Recording |
| Frank | Poperwell | microphone and horn loudspeaker designer |
| Phil | Ramone | Recording Eng. / Producer |
| George | Reklau | |
| Roger | Russell | McIntosh labs engineer |
| Vincent | Salmon | Acoustical Eng. |
| Peter | Scheiber | Inventor Mr. Quad |
| Jerry | Scully | Son of Lawrence |
| Walter | Sear | Recording Eng. Elect Music |
| Johannes P. | Sinjou | Philips CD |
| Roger | Sleger | Ampex ATR-100 |
| Myron | Stolaroff | Ampex "founding father" |
| Bruce | Swedien | Recording Eng. / Producer |
| Peter James | Walker | Quad Electronics |
| Saul | Walker | Recording Console Designer |
| Bernhart | Weingartner | Microphone Design Neutrik CEO |
| Ralph | West | Lecturer, reviewer |
| Rene | White | |
| Philip | Williams | Jensen Loudspeakers |
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revised 2002-06-25 IJ, TF, jm