Allen B. DuMont (public domain BIO)
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Dr. Allen Balcom Du Mont
Born: January 29, 1901, Brooklyn, New York
Died: November 14, 1965, Manhattan, New York
Son of: Lillian Felton Balcom Du Mont and William Henry Beaman Du Mont
Married: Ethel Martha Steadman, October 19, 1926
Father of: Allen Balcom Du Mont, Junior, (1929) and Yvonne Du Mont, (1937)
Awards, Accolades, And Accomplishments:
Obtained First Class Commercial Radio Operators License, 1915
High School Diploma, Montclair High School, 1919
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1924
Doctor of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1944
Doctor of Engineering, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1949
LL.D. Fairleigh Dickinson College, 1955
Doctor of Science, New York University, 1955
Litt. Doctor, Montclair State Teachers College, 1959
Engineer, Radio Tube Production Manager, Westinghouse Lamp Company,
Bloomfield, NJ, 1924-1928
Recipient of the Westinghouse Award, 1927
Chief Engineer, Vice President, De Forest Radio Company, 1928-1931
First to synchronize audio and video broadcasting, 1930
Founder, President, CEO, and Chairman of Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, 1931-1965
Perfected cathode ray tube, 1931
Invented "tuning eye", 1932
Invented radar, 1932 (military secret)
First to manufacture and sell all electronic television receivers, 1938
Member, National Television Standards Committee
First President of Television Broadcasters Association, 1943
Recipient of the Marconi Memorial Award, 1945
Founder of the first television network, The DuMont Television Network, 1946
Recipient of the American Association of Advertising Agencies Gold Medal, 1947
Recipient of the Horatio Alger Award, 1949
Founded "DuMont Foundation", first to provide funding for educational television, 1952
American Power Boat Association, National Champion, Power Cruiser Division, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958
Recipient of De Forest Medal
Vice President of the Board of Trustees, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Life Member)
Public Governor American Stock Exchange
Dr. Allen Balcom Du Mont became the first American to receive the
Cross of Knight, by order of the President of the Republic of France, and became a decorated "Chevalier Order French Legion of Honor", 1952, for accomplishments in Radar and Television.
Memberships
Fellow, Institute of Radio Engineers
Fellow, The Radio Club of America
Fellow, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Member, American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Member, American Rocket Society
Member, Champlain Society
Member, De Forest Pioneers (President)
Member, Eastern Cruiser Association
Member, Englewood Yacht Club
Member, Holland Society
Member, Huguenot Society
Member, Montclair Society of Engineers
Member, New Jersey Television Commission
Member, New York Athletic Club
Member, Radio and Television Executive Society
Member, Radio Pioneers
Member, Sigma Delta Chi
Member, Society of Sigma Xi
Member, Upper Montclair Country Club
Member, Veteran Wireless Operators' Association
Scientist, Electronic Genius, Astronomer, Entrepreneur,
Humanitarian, Lecturer, Patriot, Navigator, Educator,
Twentieth Century's Greatest Inventor!
"The Father of Television!"
Dr. Allen Balcom Du Mont
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