112TH RCA AWARDS PRESENTATION Saturday, November 20, 2021 6:00 PM CENTRAL Virtual
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• Motorola Solutions / Lynn Anto • AviDel Consulting / Heather Dalessandro • Netsync / Haley Glasscock • Catapult Systems / Cody Hedgpeth • Betsy Hooper • Recruiting Source International / Bianca Jackson • Stephen Jones • Sierra Digital Inc. / Raghunathan Kumar • Eric Reeder • Richard Tyler • Ernie Blair
112TH AWARDS PRESENTATION Awards Program Begins................................................................................... 6:00 PM CENTRAL Welcome............................................................................David Bart, Emcee, RCA Vice President 2021 Technical Symposium Awards.......................................................Presenter: Dr. Jim Breakall Award Process Introduction.................................. Bruce McIntyre, Awards Committee Chairperson RCA Young Achiever Award.................................................................................... Audrey McElroy presented by David Bart
Jay Kitchen Leadership Award............................................................................... Dale N. Hatfield presented by David Bart
Vivian Carr Award....................................................................................................... Ellen O’Hara presented by David Bart
Ralph Batcher Memorial Award................................................................................Robert Hobday presented by Dr. Chip Cohen, RCA Executive Vice President
Jerry B. Minter Award......................................................................................................Don Hume presented by Dr. Chip Cohen
Richard DeMello Award.............................................................................................James Goldstein presented by Dr. Chip Cohen
U.S. Navy Captain George P. McGinnis Memorial Award ........................................... Matthew T. Zullo presented by Dr. Chip Cohen
Honorary Membership Presentation .................................................. Marty Cooper and Arlene Harris presented by John Facella, RCA President
Keynote Address...................................................................................................Dr. Marty Cooper presented by John Facella, RCA President
Fellows Presentation.....................................................Jeffrey Knight, Denis Marin, Margie Moulin, Jorge Saad, Donald Whitney, Jane Winter presented by Margaret Lyons
RCA President’s Award........................................................................... Alan Spindel and Tim Duffy presented by John Facella, RCA President
RCA President’s Remarks...................................................................... John Facella, RCA President Closing Remarks.............................................................................David Bart, RCA Vice President
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Martin “Marty” Cooper will be featured at the 2021 banquet and awards ceremony. Dr. Cooper is a recipient of numerous awards including the Radio Club of America’s Fred Link Award and its Lifetime Achievement Award. Among his many honors, he is an IEEE Centennial Medalist, Marconi Prize recipient, IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Eminent Member, and Charles Draper Prize recipient from the National Academy of Engineering. He has been inducted into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame and Wireless History Foundation’s Wireless Hall of Fame. He is a lifetime member of the IEEE, was president of its Vehicular Technology Society. In 2007, Time magazine named him one of the “100 Best Inventors in History.” He is a Prince of Asturias Laureate.
Marty Cooper with original Motorola mobile phones.
DR. MARTY COOPER Dr. Cooper, is a pioneer in wireless communications and radio spectrum management who has eleven patents. He invented the first handheld cellular mobile phone in 1973, led the team that developed it and brought it to market, and is considered the father of the handheld cell phone. He is also cited as the first person to make a handheld cellular phone call in public. He was born in Chicago and graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He served as a submarine officer during the Korean War, later returning to IIT and earning his master’s degree in electrical engineering, and also receiving an honorary doctorate degree. He currently serves on the university’s board of trustees. Dr. Cooper started his career at Cooper Teletype Corporation and then joined Motorola, Inc. as a senior development engineer in the mobile equipment group. He worked at Motorola for the next 29 years, rising to Vice President and Corporate Director of Research and Development. He was responsible for building and managing Motorola’s paging and cellular businesses. He also led the creation of trunked mobile radio, certain types of oscillators, liquid crystal displays, piezo-electric components, Motorola AM stereo technology and various mobile and portable product lines. He was instrumental in expanding pager technology from use within a single building to use across multiple cities. He also worked to enhance the manufacture of quartz crystals used in
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Motorola’s radios, that later benefitted the company when it started mass-producing the first crystals used in wristwatches.
LATER YEARS A serial entrepreneur, Dr. Cooper and his wife, Arlene Harris, cofounded numerous wireless technology companies. This includes Cellular Business Systems, SOS Wireless Communications, GreatCall, and ArrayComm. He is currently chairman of Dyna LLC and a member of the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council.
Mobile phone evolution. (Courtesy Evolution of Mobile Phones, Misstaylorknight Timeline)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER COOPER’S LAW
THE FIRST HANDHELD MOBILE PHONE
“Cooper’s Law” addresses the efficiency of voice/data communications over the radio spectrum. He found that the ability to transmit different radio communications simultaneously and in the same place has grown at the same pace since Guglielmo Marconi’s first transmissions of wireless telegraphy at the end of the 19th century. This led Dr. Cooper to formulate the Law of Spectral Efficiency, otherwise known as Cooper’s Law. This law states that the maximum number of voice conversations or equivalent data transactions that can be conducted in all of the useful radio spectrum over a given area doubles every 30 months.
Inspired by Dick Tracy’s wrist radio in the Sunday newspaper cartoons, Dr. Cooper believed from the beginning that the cellular phone should be a “personal telephone – something that would represent an individual so you could assign a number; not to a place, not to a desk, not to a home, but to a person.” Motorola invested $100 million between 1973 and 1993 bringing the product to market before any revenues were realized. The original handset, the DynaTAC 8000x (DYNamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage) weighed 2.5 pounds (1.1 kg) largely due to the battery. It measured 10 inches (25 cm) long and was dubbed “the brick” or “the shoe” phone and had only 30 minutes of talk time before requiring a 10-hour recharge. Within ten years, the size and weight reduced by half.
Today, the number of radio signals in the world that can be simultaneously sent without interfering with each other exceeds one trillion. This is based on calculations involving effective signal strength and how much today’s technology has split up the electromagnetic spectrum. The partitioning of the spectrum in ever finer degrees is one reason why a roomful of people can now simultaneously use their mobile phones, Bluetooth headsets, WiFi laptops, etc., without their signals interfering with one other. Cooper’s Law implies that wireless Internet connections will reach ever more people at ever greater speeds until, theoretically, everyone is able to use the full radio spectrum without interfering with anyone else.
On April 3, 1973, Cooper famously demonstrated two working phones to the media and to passers-by prior to walking into a scheduled press conference at the New York City Hilton in midtown Manhattan. Standing on Sixth Avenue near the Hilton, Cooper made the first handheld cellular phone call in public from the prototype DynaTAC. Reporters and onlookers watched as Cooper dialed the number of his chief competitor, Mr. Joel S. Engel at AT&T. “Joel, this is Marty. I’m calling you from a cell phone, a real handheld portable cell phone.” That public demonstration landed the DynaTAC on the July 1973 cover of Popular Science magazine. As Cooper recalls from the experience: “I made numerous calls, including one where I crossed the street while talking to a New York radio reporter – probably one of the most dangerous things I have ever done in my life.”
CUTTING THE CORD In January 2021, Dr. Cooper published Cutting the Cord: The Cell Phone Has Transformed Humanity. The book/memoir offers an intimate and fascinating account of the cell phone story. It includes lessons about the keys to innovation, how to manage it, failure and why it is important to innovation, and how to inspire others. Dr. Cooper offers readers his life’s lessons, gleaned from his unique perspectives derived from many years of leading dreamers who are dedicated to making the future a reality. Report of the public demonstration of the DynaTAC.
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2021 HONORS & AWARDS RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA YOUNG ACHIEVER’S AWARD
maintaining periodic telemetry. She is in demand as a SME on High Altitude balloons by numerous organizations.
Audrey McElroy — For an excellent presentation by a student at the 2021 Technical Symposium
At the request of the Southeastern VHF Society, she published a white paper detailing her experimentation with buoyancy and high-altitude balloons that transmit telemetry via WSPR and APRS utilizing the HF bands.
Audrey McElroy is a senior in high school, having been accepted into the STEM academy as a freshman by way of an Amateur Radio video-essay. Her Extra Class callsign is KM4BUN, earned when she was 15.
She plans on attending university and pursuing a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) while continuing to work with Amateur Radio to provide hands-on practice of her academics.
She has combined her STEM Bio-tech, Physics and advanced Calculus knowledge with Amateur Radio to develop many experiments such as decoding the ISS SSTV transmission using her own automated satellite ground tracking station as well as developing high altitude balloon experiments that have reached the edge of space, and one that orbited the globe 4.5 times, all while
Audrey is the first recipient of the RCA Young Achievers scholarship and has had the opportunity to present her experimentation at several conferences such as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Aerospace (aiaa.org) as well as several Amateur Radio virtual podcast events to a global audience.
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Advisory Group (BITAG), a multi-stakeholder group whose mission is to bring together engineers and technical experts to develop consensus on broadband network management practices and related technical issues that can affect users’ Internet experience.
Dale N. Hatfield — In recognition of achievement of a high level of success leading a wireless association. Dale N. Hatfield is currently Spectrum Policy Initiative Co-director and Distinguished Advisor at the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The Silicon Flatirons Center (SFC) was founded in 1999 and conducts research and sponsors conferences and other gatherings devoted to the field of information and communications technology (ICT). It provides a forum for entrepreneurs, lawyers, other industry professionals and policymakers to discuss the changing technologies in ICT as well as the new business models and the relevant policy and legal issues associated with them. In his role as Adjunct Professor in the Technology, Cybersecurity and Policy Programn (TCP) at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Hatfield teaches and gives lectures relating to telecommunications technology, policy and regulation in both national and international venues. In recent years he has focused much of his attention on spectrum management. He no longer engages in telecommunications consulting except on a pro bono basis. He is currently serving on the FCC’s Technology Advisory Council (TAC) and on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (CSMAC). Hatfield served as the founding Executive Director of the Broadband Internet Technical
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Mr. Hatfield has had sixty years of experience in the telecommunications field both in the public and private sectors. His government roles have included senior policymaking positions at the Office of Telecommunications Policy in the Executive Office of the President, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the U.S. Department of Commerce. His last position in government was Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology at the FCC. In the private sector, he established a successful multidisciplinary telecommunications consulting firm and served as a director on the boards of several publicly traded and privately held companies in the telecommunications field. In addition, in the academic sphere, he was the founding director of a graduate level telecommunications program at the University of Denver and, during his most recent three-year stay in Washington, DC, he taught a graduate course in telecommunications technology at Georgetown University. From July, 2001 until his retirement in May 2017, Mr. Hatfield served on the Board of Directors of Crown Castle International (CCI), a telecommunications company whose stock is traded on the NYSE.
2021 HONORS & AWARDS VIVIAN CARR AWARD Ellen O’Hara — In recognition of an outstanding woman’s achievements in the wireless industry. Ellen O’Hara has held senior management and C-suite level positions at multiple companies manufacturing land mobile radio products. She was president, CEO, and later chairman of Zetron, a company that makes public safety dispatch consoles. She was also chairman of iCERT, an industry council for public safety. She served as a member of the board of directors of EF Johnson (now a JVC Kenwood company) and held marketing and business development positions at Motorola and GE land mobile radio. Zetron, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells radio dispatch consoles and E911 Call Taking equipment for command and control operations in public safety, utilities, transportation, and industrial markets. Zetron is an independent, wholly
RALPH BATCHER MEMORIAL AWARD Robert Hobday — For significant work in preserving the history of radio and electronic communications. Bob Hobday, N2EVG, has maintained a life-long fascination with radio and electronics since building his first homemade crystal set and then a one tube radio when he was 12. Mr. Hobday graduated from Union College with a BA in Industrial Administration in 1965. He worked for Rochester Gas and Electric in the Pricing and Regulatory Department, eventually rising to Manager of Pricing, and subsequently to Manager of Marketing. In 1998, he led one of two teams assigned the responsibility of creating Energetix Inc., a new unregulated subsidiary of RG&E. He retired from Energetix as Managing Director in 2007 and created the consulting firm of Robert Hobday Consultants. Mr. Hobday maintains a lifelong interest in electronics and radio. He holds a General Class license, N2EVG and has been a member of the Rochester Amateur Radio Association since 1984, serving as secretary, vice president, president, and as a member of the board. He joined the Antique Wireless Association (AWA) in 1984 and became fully immersed in AWA’s management when he was elected to the board of trustees in 2009 and became deputy director, charged with responsibilities for overseeing day-to-day operations of AWA, the AWA Museum, and their financial affairs. He was elected AWA
owned subsidiary of JVC Kenwood in Japan. Under Ms. O’Hara, Zetron updated all three of its core platforms to IP technology, grew its international business from offices located in Brisbane, Australia and Basingstoke, England, and substantially increased its share of the large systems market in North America. Ms. O’hara has a successful track record in growing revenues, profitability, and market share in a high-tech, competitive business environment. She is a recognized leader in operational roles managing P&L, product development, marketing, engineering and supply chain organizations. Her specialties include general management, product operations, product marketing and sales with areas of expertise in engineering and manufacturing management, strategic planning, program management, and brand management. Ms. O’Hara received a BA from Mount Holyoke College and attended the University of East Anglia; she received an MBA from Harvard University.
Director in 2020 and in 2021 was elected President and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Hobday with the other AWA leaders have quadrupled the AWA Museum’s collection; acquired a four-building, five-acre campus; developed the Museum’s 7,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space, and are working toward further expansion in 2022. A future phase of the Museum development will include an auditorium and theater.Mr. Hobday negotiated a partnership agreement with Radio Club of America (RCA) for AWA to maintain and preserve RCA’s historical archive. He also negotiated a joint working agreement with the Collins Collectors Association to create the Collins Radio Heritage Group that cooperatively works to preserve Collins Radio history and artifacts. That working cooperation resulted in the rescue of the control room and a Collins 821A 250,000 watt transmitter from the Voice of America Station in Delano, California, where it was scheduled to be sold for scrap. The CCA/AWA team dismantled the control room and transmitter and shipped 19 tons of artifacts to the AWA Museum in Bloomfield, New York. The control room and major pieces of the transmitter are now on display in the Museum. The Delano Station was dedicated in honor of Jack Poppele, a longtime member of RCA. Mr. Hobday has been a member of RCA since 2009 and was named as a Fellow in 2017 and awarded RCA’s Jack Poppele Award in 2017. He received the AWA Director’s Award in 2011 and again in 2014. In May 2016, the Finger Lakes Visitors Connection, the official tourism agency for Ontario County, New York, presented Mr. Hobday with a 2016 Legacy Award.
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2021 HONORS & AWARDS JERRY B. MINTER AWARD Don Hume — For significant contributions to the electronics art through innovation in instrumentation, avionics, and electronics. Don Hume is a pioneer in the areas of infrared motion detection and communication technology. His interest in electronics began early and he received his amateur radio license at age 14. After receiving a BSEE from the University of Colorado in 1969, he began his career in the aerospace industry. He founded Colorado Electro-Optics in 1973 as a side venture to his full-time engineering job. In 1975, Colorado Electro-Optics became his full-time occupation, developing and manufacturing sensor products for the security industry. Focusing on passive infrared technology, the company developed a range of motion sensor products based on its proprietary sensor array technology. The company grew rapidly and became a division of Linear Corporation in 1978. It remained a vertically integrated operating division including development, manufacturing, and marketing of its products.
RICHARD DEMELLO AWARD James Goldstein James Goldstein has more than 30 years of experience working with public safety. He began his career, after law school, working for the Department of Transportation working on government contract issues of federal and administrative proceedings. He joined a major telecommunications company in 1984 as a member of the law department working on government contract litigation. He left the law department and represented the defense piece of the company in Washington D.C. as a government lobbyist. He subsequently joined the communications group of the company working for years in lobbying Capitol Hill and the executive branch representing the company and obtaining funds for public safety. After leaving the company with 26 years of service,
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For use in IR motion sensors, the company pioneered the use of multi-element array technology, polyethylene IR optics, and silicon-based IR filters. Colorado Electro-Optics was first to introduce IR motion-controlled lights, and the integration of battery powered wireless IR motion sensor products. In 1986, Don Hume and Steve Koonce co-founded Inovonics Wireless Corporation. The company developed and manufactured on-site signal and control products utilizing the 902-928 MHz ISM band for use in the United States and similar license-free spectrum in many international markets. The primary Inovonics labeled products focused on needs in commercial security, multi-family submetering and senior care. Many other applications and markets are served by Inovonics Wireless products on an OEM basis. Three generations of technology evolution resulted in the EchoStream network, a robust proprietary frequency hopping spread spectrum communications platform. Inovonics Wireless was purchased by Roper Industries in 2005 and remains a growing operating unit. Don retired in 2008. Now, 35 years after its founding, the company’s products have received global acceptance, and the company is recognized as a leader in commercial wireless applications. Don still maintains an active interest in communication technology and entrepreneurial endeavors.
Mr. Goldstein joined the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) working on public safety communications issues such as the nationwide public safety broadband network (FirstNet), T-Band spectrum issue, indoor location technology issues at the FCC and sat on the CTIA public safety group working with the carriers amongst a number of issues. Mr. Goldstein also worked on transportation issues and helped create a grant program for first responders dealing with hazardous materials. He has also served as the Delaware volunteer firefighters association public safety radio consultant since 2010. Mr. Goldstein also represented the IAFC on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) SAFECOM Program which is part of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of DHS. After retiring from the IAFC, Mr. Goldstein volunteers his time working for NPSTC focusing on government relations and was actively engaged in the repeal of the T-Band auction requirement (Don’t Break Up the T-Band Act of 2020) and on 9-1-1 issues.
2021 HONORS & AWARDS U.S. NAVY CAPTAIN GEORGE P. MCGINNIS MEMORIAL AWARD CTICM (SS) Matthew T. Zullo, USN (Ret) — For service and dedication to the advancement and preservation of U.S. Naval Cryptology, as nominated by the U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association (NCVA). Matthew Zullo is a retired U.S. Navy master chief petty officer who has more than 35 years of experience in radio intelligence, now more commonly known as communications intelligence. He holds a Master’s Degree in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University, where he researched and wrote his thesis about the Onthe-Roof Gang. He has published numerous articles about the On-the-Roof Gang in the Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association’s (NCVA) Cryptolog magazine and on social
RCA PRESIDENT’S AWARD Alan Spindel — For service and dedication to the Radio Club of America. Alan Spindel, AG4WK, is the senior Electrical Engineer for Global HF in West Palm Beach, FL. He develops hardware and firmware for digital HF radio data modems. Mr. Spindel trained at the University of Tennessee and has over twenty years of professional experience in the telecom industry. He has worked as a broadcaster, professional tower climber, design engineer, and engineering manager. As the principal systems engineer of Mobile Marine Radio/Intraradio/ ShipCom LLC, Mr. Spindel automated the operation of one of the world’s largest commercial HF radio facilities. He was the principal engineer for the deployment of a nationwide HF radio emergency network for Public Safety Access
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media platforms. As one of only a few experts on the subject, he has spoken at the 2009, 2011, and 2013 Cryptologic History Symposiums, and at several Navy events around the world. He attended the induction of Harry Kidder into NSA’s Cryptologic Hall of Honor and spoke about Harry Kidder at a subsequent event for the sailors of Cryptologic Warfare Group Six. He continues his research into the Onthe-Roof Gang as he writes and edits his two-volume history about the group. Mr. Zullo has extensively researched the history of the NCVA, specifically focusing on pioneering naval cryptologists that were critical to the efforts in the Pacific War with Japan. He has published On The Roof Gang (Volume 1) – Prelude to War, and On The Roof Gang (Volume 2) – War in the Pacific, which tell the story of our Cryptologic pioneers and the genesis of what is today the combined cryptologic and cyber community of the United States Navy.
Points (PSAPS). As a senior project manager for Smartower Systems he developed active cell tower monitoring systems. He has served as the CTO of ITG since 2005, designing interoperable radio system hardware for public safety and military customers. He is active in volunteer emergency communications and serves as the Rutherford County, Tennessee, ARES Net Manager for well over a decade. Mr. Spindel is chair of the Radio Club of America (RCA) Scholarship Committee, and he was named an RCA Fellow in 2019. He spearheaded the complete historical research, analysis, and summary of RCA’s decades-old scholarship program. This was the first time in many years that RCA had performed a complete view of these activities. He then used that information to restructure and consolidate most of the smaller funds into a single operating scholarship fund, the Captain Bill Finch RCA-Legacy Scholarship Fund, while coordinating with the Finch family and various RCA board members. He is also instrumental in implementing the New Century Fund, currently being launched.
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2021 HONORS & AWARDS RCA PRESIDENT’S AWARD Tim Duffy — For dedicated service to the Radio Club of America. Tim Duffy, K3LR, is the CEO of DX Engineering in Tallmadge, Ohio, and the chief engineer and owner of the K3LR Contest Super Station (https://www.k3lr. com) in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania. Mr. Duffy is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and was licensed in 1972. An active Amateur Radio contest operator for 49 years. He has hosted over 145 different operators as part of the K3LR multi-op DX contest efforts and the K3LR team has completed over 800,000 QSOs. Mr. Duffy was a member of the team representing the U.S.A. on five different occasions in the World RadioSport Team Championships (WRTC). Mr. Duffy served on the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Contest Advisory Committee, and was a former chairperson. Tim serves on the CQ Worlwide Contest Committee (30 years). He is a founding member and current President of the North Coast Contesters. He founded and is the chairman of Contest University. He is also the moderator for the Hamvention Antenna Forum, co-coordinator of the Contest Super Suite, Top Band Dinner and the Dayton Contest Dinner for the past 28 years. Mr. Duffy was the ARRL Section Manager for Western Pennsylvania in 2015 and 2016 and currently serves as a director on the ARRL Foundation Board. He also serves as president of the Mercer Count Amateur Radio Club (W3LIF), president emeritus of the Radio Club of America (RCA), chairman of the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF). He is also active in amateur radio emergency groups such as RACES, ACS and ARES. Mr. Duffy started his career in engineering management position at a local AM and FM broadcast station while still
in high school. He was engineering manager for SYGNET wireless in Youngstown, Ohio starting in 1985. He then became the chief technology officer and senior vice president at Dobson Communications Corporation (Cellular One) in 1999. In 2007, Dobson merged with AT&T, and he then served as AT&T’s executive director in the Network Planning and Engineering Group. In 2009, he left AT&T to join Stelera Wireless as its chief technology officer, where he was responsible for the company’s technology direction, subscriber product development, engineering related operations and network build out. His last two years with Stelera he served as CEO. He is now the CEO of DX Engineering. Mr. Duffy has earned many accolades, honors and awards in Amateur Radio, including the 1998 Atlantic Division Technical Achievement Award, election to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame in 2006, 2010 Barry Goldwater Amateur Radio Service Award, 2015 Hamvention Amateur of the Year, and the 2016 YASME Excellence Award. He is a Life member of RCA, AWA and ARRL, and became an RCA Fellow in 2010 and received the RCA President’s Award in 2015. In 2021 he became a fellow of AWA. As President Emeritus, Tim has continued to support RCA in many ways. One of them was to host the first ever virtual RCA 2020 Technical Symposium and Awards Banquet during the pandemic. Since then, he has held alternating virtual events every month, which allow RCA members to continue to gather and participate in events. His RCA Interview Series, open to the public, and the RCA Members Only networking events help showcase RCA to a wider audience and add value to members. He is currently the chair of the 1921 Transatlantic Test Centennial, and is working with many amateur radio organizations on commemoration activities. To that end, he will run a special “RCA QSO Party” in November 2021 for amateurs around the world able to participate, further showcasing RCA to a wide audience worldwide.
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2021 FELLOW CLASS Jeffrey G. Knight For over thirty years Jeffrey G. Knight served on the IMSA Communications Committee where he was an active contributor to the advancement of wireless technologies in both public safety emergency communications and wireless fire alarm and public emergency reporting systems technologies including system design, operating procedures, national standards development, and FCC licensing. Beginning in early 2011 he chaired the committee that was charged to update the FCC public safety frequency coordination office of IMSA. Through his leadership and vision IMSA joined with the Forestry Conservation Communications Association (FCCA) to create the nonprofit Public Safety Communications Associates (PSCA) in 2012. PSCA now provides low-cost public safety frequency coordination services to all public safety licensees in all bands and is the primary coordinator for Fire, EMS, Forestry and Special Emergency channels. He has over forty-nine years of experience in the public safety emergency communications, fire alarm, public safety signaling and the electrical field. He has been a member of IMSA for forty years and is the current president of the New England Section of IMSA, served on the International IMSA Board of Directors, chaired the Educational Advisory Council and is a Past President of IMSA. Jeff is a registered private vocational school instructor providing continuing education programs throughout the New England area. He is the past chair of the NFPA 72 Technical Committee on Public Emergency Alarm Reporting Systems including wireless technologies and serves on NFPA 1221, Standard for the Installation, Maintenance, and Use of Emergency Services Communications Systems. He began his career in 1981 as a Systems Engineer for the R.B. Allen Co., Inc. where he was responsible for the design, installation and project management of fire and police communication centers in all New England states. Notable projects included the emergency communications centers in the City of Boston MA, Providence RI, and Hartford CT. He also spent nine years managing all vehicle and fixed base equipment including the DVP network for the US Postal Inspection Service for the Northeast Sector. From 1989 to 2015 he served as the Superintendent of Communications City of Newton MA Fire Department where his responsibilities included the fire department radio
system, the city-wide telephone network fiber optic and copper cable plant, the Public Emergency Alarm Reporting System, and the city-wide telephone network. From 1989 – 2004 he managed the licensing, installation and maintenance of the MetroFire T-Band Radio System that serves thirty-four communities including the city of Boston. Denis Marin, K6OLU Denis Marin is a Principal in Denis A. Marin Consulting. He has been involved in land mobile radio for 52 years, including working at Motorola, the Orange County, California, Sheriff’s office, and in his own consulting firm. He retired as Manager of Program Support at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s Communications and Technology Division, responsible for serving 130 agencies with over 27,000 subscriber radios that is currently being re-banded and upgraded to P25. He has extensive experience with SHS, UASI, PSIC, and other grant programs. He was a member of the Communications Response Team and is fully ICS 100-800 trained with COML and COMT training completed. He previous worked as a senior telecommunications engineer at Los Angeles County ISD, responsible for management of the Harris EDACS trunked simulcast countywide system. Mr. Marin spent over 26 years with Motorola in multiple positions in the distribution revenue business, as a senior systems engineer (International Distribution Group), creator of the International Project Engineering Services Organization, manager of the Central Systems Engineering and Program Management Organization, national service liaison for major cellular systems, and as technical services manager for the Hawaii Branch, among others. Mr. Marin also has experience serving as a reserve deputy sheriff with Los Angeles County. He is a member of the Radio Club of America (RCA), California Public-Safety Radio Association a chapter of the Association of Public‑Safety Communications (APCO/CPRA), and a member of National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) Working Committees. He possesses an FCC General Radio Operator license and has been an Amateur Radio operator since 1955. Mr. Marin serves as the treasurer of an RCA partner organization, GTWCA (the Government Wireless and Technology Communications Association).
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2021 FELLOW CLASS Margie Moulin Margie Moulin began her radio career as a DJ in both country and top 40 music. In 1991, she made the transition to public safety radio when she was hired as a 9-1-1 Telecommunicator at a center in Southern Oregon. Through the next 15 years, she worked as a Telecommunicator, Communications Training Officer, Dispatch Supervisor, Operations Manager, and Assistant Director. In 2006, she was named as Director of the Center. During her tenure as Director, she led the center through the consolidation of the two emergency communications centers in the County, as well as the design and build of a new facility, and is currently installing P25 Phase 2 radio infrastructure to replace the current VHF conventional system. Margie began her membership with APCO in 1994 and has served at both the chapter and national levels. She is a member of the Oregon Chapter and served on the Oregon Chapter Executive Committee for nine years. She was elected as the Vice President of the chapter in 2005 and served as President in 2006. She continued her service to the chapter and to APCO International as the Oregon Executive Council Representative from 2009 until 2015. In 2015, Margie was elected to serve as one of the two Western Regional Representatives on the APCO Board of Directors and remained in that position until being elected to the APCO International Executive Committee in 2018. Margie served as President of APCO International for the 2020-2021 term, and currently serves as the Immediate Past President.
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Margie has also served on numerous committees at both the Chapter and International levels. She has served as the legislative co-chair for the State of Oregon and served as a Group Leader Chair for APCO International, providing support and oversight to all of the APCO International Chapters. Margie has earned both her Senior and Life member status with APCO International, was in the first graduating class for both the APCO RPL Certification, and the distinguished CPE Certification for APCO International. Margie remains passionate about the 9-1-1 profession and public safety as a whole. Her husband and children are involved in public safety and service to others through law enforcement, health services, and the military. In her spare time, Margie enjoys hiking, swimming, and spending time with family. Jorge Saad, XE2JAS Jorge Saad is the founder and CEO of El Paso Communications (EPCOM) in El Paso, Texas, a worldwide leading distributor for wireless and security systems. He also founded Sistemas y Servicios de Comunicacion in Chihuahua, Mexico. Mr. Saad has been a member of the Radio Club of America for over twenty years. During the past forty-plus years, he created locations in North and South America that provide access to state-of-the-art communications products throughout the Spanish speaking world. In addition to marketing communications items, Mr. Saad set up training facilities to teach radio theory and practical applications.
2021 FELLOW CLASS Donald R. Whitney, K9DRW Donald Whitney is a senior communications site inspector/Auditor for HICAPS, Inc. He is responsible for inspecting dispatch centers and antenna sites, primarily for Motorola Solutions public safety customers, to ensure compliance with R-56 Specifications. He has worked in over 30 states, Canada, and South. Africa. Previously, he spent 34 years with the Motorola Corporation as a public safety and association relationship manager, fixed data product marketing manager, technical account executive railroad/ airline market, and systems design engineer radio and data products. Mr. Whitney made significant contributions to the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) and received the Jack Daniel Award of Distinction (2015) in recognition of exceptional accomplishments by a commercial member of APCO on a national or international level in the field of public safety communications. He served on APCO’s Board of Directors, Executive Council, and as chair of the Commercial Advisory Council. He was awarded Life Membership and Senior Membership in APCO. He is a Life Member of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), a Life Member of the Radio Club of America (RCA), and previously held memberships in the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Mr. Whitney holds numerous certifications and has volunteered with many agencies, including Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES).
Jane Winter Jane is a veteran of the wireless industry with deep experience in Government, Commercial and Aerospace industries. She has had leadership roles, managing some of the most complex and technologically advanced programs in communications technology. Jane recently joined EAA – Experimental Aircraft Association as Director, Business Development. Prior to that she worked alongside Dr. Nathan (Chip) Cohen at Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc. for 16 years. Along with programs in the Military and Commercial sectors, Fractal was also strategic in the development of “smaller” antennas for the Boeing 787 aircraft and Commercial fleets using Air-toGround Wi-Fi technology. Jane was a Business Unit Manager for the Electronic Systems Division of Parker Aerospace, leading teams of Hardware and Software Engineers primarily for Boeing and Airbus Commercial and Military Programs for North American and European Markets. She previously worked as VP Sales/Program Management for CBL Systems, Raytheon. Her teams specialized in fiberbased solutions for aerospace, security, and transportation. Jane holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Broadcast Journalism Communication from Miami University. Jane has broadcasted hockey and baseball games and is a published journalist. Jane and her husband, Rick, have two sons and live on a farm in Wisconsin.
He has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology from Northern Illinois University with post graduate work at Motorola University and George Washington University.
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PAST AWARD RECIPIENTS Armstrong Medal
1950 Maj. Edwin H. Armstrong
1987 William J. Weisz
2019 Dr. Thomas Marzetta
1950 John F. Grinan
1986 Kenneth M. Miller
2018 Ted Rappaport
1950 George E. Burghard
1985 Dana W. Atchley, Jr
2017 Dr. Eli Brookner
1950 Ernest V. Amy
1984 Robert M. Akin, Jr
2016 Morgan E. O’Brien
1947 John V.L. Hogan
1983 William F. Halligan, Sr.
2014 J. R. Cruz, Ph.D
1946 Charles Stuart Ballatine
1982 Julian Z. Millar
2011 Jerry Stover
1945 Carman Randolph Runyon, Jr.
1981 Jerry S. Stover, P.E.
2010 Donald C. Cox, Ph.D.
1941 Harry W. Houck
1980 Monte Cohen
2007 Walter Cronkite
1940 Greenleaf Whittier Pickard
1979 Donald G. Fink
2007 John S. Belrose, Ph.D
1938 Harold H. Beverage, D. Sc
1978 William W. Eitel
2003 Morris Tischler
1937 Louis Alan Hazeltine
1977 William P. Lear
1992 Paul M. Gruber 1991 E. King Stodola 1988 Luther G. Schumpf 1987 William W. Eitel 1986 George H. Brown, Ph.D
Sarnoff Citation
1976 Fred M. Link 1975 Edgar F. Johnson
2020 Norman Pearl
1974 Jack R. Poppele
2020 Robert Rouleau
1973 Barry M. Goldwater
2017 Dr. James Breakall 2016 William T. Murphy, W0RSJ
Allen B. DuMont Citation
2015 Irwin Mark Jacobs
2003 William E. Glenn
2014 Nick Holonyak, Jr.
1999 William E. Endres
2013 William Riley Hollingsworth
1995 Renville H. McMann, Jr
2011 Peter W. Moncure
1994 William E. Good, Pd. D
2010 Andrew M. Seybold
1993 Andrew F. Inglis
2008 Paul H. Jacobs, Ph.D.
1992 William F. Bailey
2008 Brian Willilams
1991 Loren F. Jones
1974 Lewis M. Hull
2007 C. Dennis Bodson
1990 Donald G. Fink
1972 Renville H. McMann, Jr.
2004 Hubert Schlafly, Jr.
1989 Kenneth A. Chittick
1970 Frank A. Gunther
2002 William F. Baker
1988 William D. Kelly
1969 Francis H. Shepard, Jr.
2000 Theodore S. Rappaport
1987 Kenneth A. Hoagland
1968 Jerry B. Minter
1999 Sidney Topol
1986 William H. Sayer
1967 John Bertrand Johnson
1998 James A. Dwyer, Esq.
1985 John W. Morrisey
1965 Ernest V. Amy
1997 William O. Hunt
1984 Jack R. Poppele
1964 Harold A. Wheeler
1996 Emmett B. Kitchen, Jr.
1983 Fred M. Link
1962 Paul Ware
1995 Jai P. B’hagat
1982 William Fingerle
1959 John H. Bose
1994 Jack McCullough
1981 Horace Atwood, Jr
1956 Melville Eastham
1993 Ben Tongue
1980 P. Samuel Christaldi, Pdh.D
1953 Raymond A. Heising
1992 Ake L. Lindqvist
1979 Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr., Ph.D
1952 Capt. Henry J. Round
1991 Lt. Gen. Walter E. Lotz, Jr.
1950 Walker P. Inman
1990 John D. Goeken
1950 Paul F. Godley
1989 William E. Endres
1950 Minton Cronkhite
1988 Mal Gurian
1983 Edwin P. Felch 1981 Arthur V. Loughren 1980 Leonard R. Kahn 1978 Murray G. Crosby 1977 Arthur A. Collins 1976 Capt. William G. H. Finch 1975 Henri G. Busignies, D. Sc., Ph.D., D. Eng
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PAST AWARD RECIPIENTS Henri Busignies Memorial Award
1984 William G. H. Finch
2005 Gordon B. Bishop
2016 Dr. Mischa Schwartz
1983 D.E. Replogle
2003 Skitch Henderson
2015 Raymond L. Collins 2011 Paul Gierow 2003 Leonard R. Kahn 2000 Stephen M. Meer 1998 Reed E. Fisher 1997 Leslie A. Geddes 1994 Eric D. Stoll, Ph.D., P.E. 1992 Stuart F. Meyer 1991 Raymond E. Lafferty 1990 William G. Donaldson 1989 Avery G. Richardson 1988 Francis T. Cassidy 1987 Renville H. McMann, Jr. 1986 Frank A. Gunther 1985 Jerry B. Minter 1984 Frank P. Barnes 1983 David Talley 1982 James O. Weldon 1981 William H. Forster
Lee de Forest Award 2019 Fred Baumgartner 2018 Chip Cohen 2015 Elizabeth Maxfield, Esq. 2013 John Powell 2008 Joe Vestal 2006 Sean Maloney 2001 Leslie A. Geddes, Ph.D 1999 Joe Franklin 1995 Edward Dervishian, P.E 1992 Louise Ramsey Moreau 199
Louis Rabinowitz
1990 Marguerite E. Warshaw 1989 Fred Shunaman 1988 Fred M. Link 1987 William Storm Halstead 1986 Maurice Zouary 1985 Austin G. Cooley
Fred M. Link Award
2000 John R. Gambling 1997 Charles A. Higginbotham
2019 George Stoll
1995 Carl E. Smith P.E
2018 Joseph Yurman
1994 Capt. John B. Knight
2017 Peter J. Madsen
1993 Robert L. Everett, Ph.D
2016 Dan Clark, W9VV
1992 George Jacobs, P.E.
2014 Raymond Schulenberg & Olin G. Shuler
1991 Frank L. Marx
2013 Curtis Quinter 2011 Carl “Bernie” Olson 2009 Terry G. Daniels
1990 Robert M. Morris 1989 Leonard R. Kahn
2008 Michael W. Hunter
Barry Goldwater Amateur Radio Award
2006 Sir Angus Tait
2020 Bob Bruninga
2005 William F. Lieske Sr.
2019 Martin Jue
2003 Arthur E. McDole
2017 Michael Kalter
2002 James W. Campbell.
2016 Stanley Reubenstein, WA6RNU
2001 Peter Mailandt, Ph.D.
2014 Norman “Doug” Grant
2000 Manuel A. Alvarez
2012 William A. Tyman
1999 Roger R. Block
2011 Bruce S. Marcus
1998 Henry B. Kreer
2010 Timothy J. Duffy
1997 John E. Brennan
2009 Ralph A. Haller
1996 Martin Cooper
2006 Anthony J.F. Clement
1994 Robert L. Mattingly
2000 Jim C. Hirchman, M.D
1993 Jerry S. Stover, P.E.
1998 Joseph J. Fairclough
1992 Al Gross
1996 Carole J. Perry
1991 Gaetano Amoscato
1995 Archibald C. Doty
1990 Raymond C. Trott, P.E.
1994 Stuart F. Meyer*
1989 Mal Gurian 1988 Stuart F. Meyer
Alfred H. Grebe Award
1987 Frank A. Gunther
2019 Dr. Bob Heil
1986 Fred M. Link
2015 Dr. Nathan Cohen
The Jack Poppele Award
2012 Charles J. Soulliard 2009 Larry Conlee
2020 John Schadler
2007 Louis J. Meyer P.E.
2017 Robert Hobday
2005 Jerry B. Minter
2012 Andrew Conte
2002 Gilbert R. Houck
2011 John E. Dettra, Jr.
2001 Amar G. Bose, Sc D
2009 George Woodard
1994 Frank A. Gunther
2008 Barry M. Farber
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PAST AWARD RECIPIENTS Frank A. Gunther Award
RCA Young Achiever Award
2006 Raymond C. Trott P.E.
2019 Robert Strickland
2021 Audrey McElroy
2005 Eric D. Stoll, Ph.D., P.E.
2016 Robert A. Rude, K0RAR
2018 Abbie Heim
2004 Patrick E. Buller
2011 Nicolas Mora Parra
2018 Tucker Dunham
2001 Mercy S. Contreras
2011 Felix Vega
2017 Carissa Ferguson
1999 Vivian A. Carr
2002 Kenneth A. Hoagland
2016 Divyam Mishra, KD0OOE
1998 Richard G. Somers
2001 Paul M. Gruber
2015 Galen Asphaug, KK6NNP
1997 Steven L. Aldinger
1999 Thomas H. Traynor, P.E.
2014 Rohan Agrawal, KJ6LXV
1996 Fred M. Link
1998 Seymour Krevsky, P.E.
2013 Chris Blackwood, KD2CXC and Devlin Murray, KC2PIX
1995 Gilbert R. Houck
2012 Erin King, AK4JG
1994 Frank A. Gunther
2011 Austin Schaller, KD0FAA
1994 Francis H. Shepard, Jr.
1996 Frank A. Gunther
Jerry B. Minter Award 2021 Donald Hume 2014 Albert D. Helfrick, Ph.D.
Vivian A. Carr Award
1996 Jerry B. Minter
2021 Ellen O’Hara 2020 Emily Calandrelli
Richard DeMello Award
2019 Margaret Lyons
2021 James Goldstein
2017 Dr. Mary Ann Weitnauer
2019 Chief Barry Luke
2016 Mercy S. Contreras
2018 Susan Swenson
1994 Jerry B. Minter
1993 Don Bishop 1992 June Poppele 1991 Connie M. Conte 1990 Joseph W. Morrisey, P.E. 1989 Joseph E. Sims 1988 David Talley 1987 Gaetano (Tom) Amoscato 1986 Archibald C. Doty, Jr.
2017 Kevin McGinnis
Lifetime Achievement Award
2016 Paul Patrick
2019 Dr. Henry Richter
2015 Tom Sorley
2017 Dr. Ulrich Rohde
2014 David Boyd, Ph.D.
2016 Dr. Joseph H. Taylor, K1JT
2013 Douglas M. Aiken
2015 Professor Frank Drake, Ph.D.
2012 David Buchanan
2010 Martin Cooper
2011 Marilyn Ward
President’s Award
1978 Joseph L. Stanley
2021 Alan Spindel / Timothy Duffy
1975 Ernest V. Amy
2020 Ron Jakubowski
1974 George W.Bailey, Pd.D
2010 Alan C. Caldwell 2009 Donald E. Root Jr. 2008 Charles L. Werner 2007 John Powell 2006 Harlin McEwen
2019 Chester Scholl 2016 John E. Dettra, Jr. 2015 Timothy J. Duffy 2014 John A. Facella, P.E., C. Engineer 2013 Elaine Walsh 2012 Carole J. Perry 2011 Verle G. “VG” Duvall, Jr. 2010 Stephen M. Meer 2009 Carole J. Perry 2008 Ronald J. Jakubowski
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1985 Fred Shunaman 1984 Joseph F. Walker, Sr. 1983 Stuart F. Meyer 1982 Vivian A. Carr 1981 Jerry B. Minter 1980 Jack Poppele
Special Services Award 2020 Ernie Blair 2019 David Bart 2017 Charles Kirmuss 2014 World War II Veterans/ RCA Members 2013 Stan Reubenstein 2012 Gordon V. West 2011 Roger D. Madden 2010 Paulla A. Nelson-Shira
PAST AWARD RECIPIENTS 2009- Richard P. Biby, P.E.
1985 George C. Connor
1980 Edward G. Raser
2009 Carroll L. Hollingsworth
1984 Harold A. Weeler
1979 Robert W. Merriman
2006 Richard J. Reichler
1983 F.X. Rettenmeyer
1978 Bruce L. Kelley
2004 Debra Baker Wayne
1982 J. Keith Henney
1977 John F. Rider
2003 Andrew A. Conte
1981 James J. Lamb
1976 Morgan E. McMahon
2002 Karen J. Clark
1980 Frank King
2001 Loren R. McQueen
1979 Clair L. Farrand
RCA Centenarian Award
1999 June Poppele
1978 Lewis M. Clement
2012 Leo Meyerson
1998 Maxine Carter-Lome
1977 William E.D. Stokes, Jr.
2012 Charles Davison
1997 Stanley Reubenstein
1976 Harold H. Beverage, D.Sc.
2007 Harry J. Mills
1996 Mercy S. Contreras
1975 Richard W. Konter
1989 Hugo Cohen
1993 Raymond C. Trott, P.E
Ralph Batcher Memorial Award
Special Recognition Award
1992 Joseph S. Rosenbloom, Esq
2021 Robert Hobday
2019 PMC Associates
1991 Maurice H. Zouary
2020 Eric Wenaas
2018 Harlin McEwen
1990 Jay R. Huckabee
2018 June Poppele
2016 Robert B. Famiglio
1989 Eric D. Stoll, Ph.D., P.E.
2017 Thomas F. Peterson Jr.
2015 Glenn Bischoff
1988 Jerry S. Stover, P.E.
2016 Marc F. Ellis, N9EWJ
2013 Karen Clark
1987 John W.Morrisey, P.E.
2015 David P. Bart
2012 Sandra L. Black
1986 Mal Gurian
2013 Bruce D. Roloson
2011 Robert H. Schwaninger
1982 Connie M. Conte
2012 Michael H. Adams
2010 Richard G. Somers
1976 David Talley
2009 Bart Whitehouse
2008 Gilbert R. Houck
1975 William H. Offenhauser, Jr.
2008 Jerry B. Minter
2008 Eric D. Stoll, Ph. D
1975 Ernest V. Amy
2006 Ronald E. Frisbie
2005 – Emmett B. “Jay” Kitchen Jr.
2001 Paul M. Gruber
2003 Maurice H. Zouary
Edgar F. Johnson Pioneer Citation
2000 Raymond Minichiello
2000 Jerry B. Minter
2018 Mark Allen
1999 Maurice H. Zouary
2016 John S. Oblak
1995 Max C. de Henseler, Ph.D
Jay Kitchen Leadership Award
2015 Gerald L. Agliata
1993 Hugh G.J. Aitken, Ph.D
2014 John S. Belrose, Ph.D
1992 Thomas S. W. Lewis, Ph.D
1998 John E. Balint
1991 Ralph O. Williams
1997 Norman L. Chalfin
1990 Brother J. Patrick Dowd, F.S.C.
1994 Chandos A. Rypinski
1989 James E. Brittain, Ph.D
1992 George J. Apfel
1987 John D. Ryder, Ph.D
1991 William G. Russell
1986 Donald K. deNeuf
1990 Alexander A. McKenzie
1985 Donald G. Fink
1989 Capt. W.G.H. Finch
1984 William A. Breniman
1988 Francis H. Shepard, Jr.
1983 Joseph R. Pavek
1987 Edward Sieminski
1982 Louise Ramsey Moreau
1986 O. James Morelock
1981 Ernest A. DeCoste
1995 David E. Weisman, Esq
2021 Dale Hatfield 2020 Michael Fitch 2019 Jay Kitchen posthumously 2018 Mark E. Crosby
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PAST FELLOW INDUCTEES FELLOW
STATE CALL SIGN INDUCTED
FELLOW
STATE CALL SIGN INDUCTED
Charles Adams
TX
N5UN
2005
John Black
WA
W7HIL
1982
Gerald Agliata
NC
W2GLA
1990
James Blair
AL
WA4BPS
2011
Steven Ahmed
NY
K2MOT
2018
Ralph Blount
IL
K4DTU
2005
Douglas Aiken
NH
K1WPM
2000
Kenneth Bosland
NJ
N2OEX
2001
Steven Aldinger
AZ
1987
Charles Bostian
VA
W4KEP
1992
Mark Allen
IL
W6PC
2001
Aldo Bottani
NJ
1989
Hadley Allhands
WA
K7MLR
2002
Kenneth Bourne
CA
W6HK
1981
Michael Altschul
VA
2004
Darell Brehm
OK
WA3OPY
2001
Manuel Alvarez
FL
WA4RZL
1997
John Brennan
NJ
1988
Roy Anderson
NY
W2VXD
1986
Louis Brown
TX
W5NSF
1972
Donald Appleby
FL
W3MW
2002
Charles Brown
NE
W0ADI
1995
Japan
JA3AER
1984
Bernard Brownson
CO
2004
Taizo Arakawa Alan Armitage
CO
1977
Jane Bryant
VA
1991
John Armstrong
MD
2007
Jim Bugel
DC
2020
Donald Backys
TN
K9UQN
2005
Frank Butler
FL
W4RH
1990
Clifford Bade
FL
W8CJB
1992
Robert Buus
NJ
W2OD
2002
Bentley Baker
PA
1994
David Byrum
FL
KA4EBX
2014
William Baker
CT
W1BKR
2007
Alan Caldwell
VA
2011
Robert Balais
FL
KK4EHO
2014
Bernard Campbell
CA
L6ZPE
1978
Gregory Ballentine
TX
2005
Marion Campbell
TX
W5VFG
1994
Joe Banos
UT
WA5PHO
1982
John Capone
CO
WA0ADV
1996
Edward Bardfield
MA
W1RES
2004
William Carrow
DE
2002
Mark Barettella
FL
N2MD
1993
Dale Carter
TX
1998
Robert Barnhill
FL
K3JKV
2001
Willis Carter
LA
2008
Leopoldo Barrios
CO
WN0B
2005
Martha Carter
2018
David Bart
IL
KB9YPD
2017
Philip Casciano
NJ
1998
Frederick Baumgartner
CO
K0FMB
2007
Bryan Casciano
2018
Charles Bautsch
TX
W5AM
1997
Robert Chapin
CO
2000
Jeffrey Beals
FL
WA4AW
2013
Joseph Chislow
NJ
1979
Marvin Beasley
TX
N0DZZ
2004
William Chriss
NJ
1980
Steven Beeferman
GA
K2VWI
1991
Donald Christiansen
NY
1987
Lawrence Behr
NC
K4JRZ
2002
Karen Clark
CO
2004
John Belrose
ON
VE2CV
2001
Thomas Clark
MD
K3IO
2011
Charles Benn
FL
WB2SNN
2009
Michael Clarson
NJ
WV2ZOW
2006
Emil Beran
FL
1986
Anthony Clement
CA
W6KPC
1984
Rich Berliner
NJ
2003
Nathan Cohen
2017
Richard Biby
VA
2000
William Cole
NY
1982
Glenn Bischoff
IL
2012
Forrest Collier
MS
1997
Robert Black
TX
1976
Norman Coltri
NJ
1985
N3UW
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WB5QVX WA2UUP
PAST FELLOW INDUCTEES FELLOW
STATE CALL SIGN INDUCTED
FELLOW
STATE CALL SIGN INDUCTED
Connie Conte
NJ
1988
Louis T. Fiore
Andrew Conte
NJ
2000
Chris Fischer
WA
2009
Mercy Contreras
CO
1989
Reed Fisher
GA
1983
Martin Cooper
CA
1981
Michael Fitch
CA
1987
David Corbin
CO
1989
Linda Ford
NC
1992
Robert Corwin
AR
1986
Henry Fowler
NJ
1990
Andre Cote
VA
1982
Don Fox
FL
1986
Donald Cox
NE
1993
Russell Fox
DC
2007
Tony Crady
SC
1999
Royden Freeland
OK
W5EMH
1997
Kay Craigie
VA
1991
Frederick Freer
OH
W8FSF
2003
Mark Crosby
VA
1987
Randall Friedberg
TX
WB8KSR
1992
J.R. Cruz
OK
1999
Ronald Frisbie
PA
1995
Harold Curry
KS
1997
Francis Fuson
NV
1984
John Daly
FL
1977
Edward Gable
NY
K2MP
2009
Terry Daniels
BC
2003
Lawrence Gabriel
FL
K4BZY
1993
Harry Dannals
VA
1974
Rafael Garcia
FL
WA4PHG
1995
Harold Davis
NC
1991
Harry Gartsman
CA
W6ATC
1975
John DeHart
GA
K1VBM
2004
John Gay
TX
1995
John Dettra
VA
WB4NBF
1980
Paul Gilbert
TX
KE5ZW
2012
Nicholas Diamond
TX
1990
Norman Ginsberg
FL
W4YFD
1995
Robert DiBella
CT
1998
Scott Goldman
CA
1988
David Diggs
VA
2008
Stanley Goldman
NJ
1995
Alex Dolgosh
OH
1991
Arthur Goldsmith
VA
1980
James Dombrouski
MD
1999
Edward Gordon
MN
1993
Alan Douglas
MA
1990
Gary David Gray
CA
W6DOE
1977
Timothy Duffy
PA
2010
Sol Grazi
CO
WA0MJX
1999
Verle Duvall
TX
2002
Cheryl Greathouse
GA
2017
John Ehret
CA
W6SUI
1998
Alfred Grebe
VA
1959
William Elder
VA
W4POQ
1980
Millard Gregg
FL
W4PIT
1997
Andrew Ely
NJ
K2AWE
1992
Raymond Grimes
CA
N8RG
2020
Charles English
NC
1985
Marvin Grossman
OH
W8AZO
1985
Robert Everett
NM
AE5LX
1987
Robert Gunther
FL
1995
John Facella
ME
K9FJ
2009
Mal Gurian
FL
1976
Joseph Fairclough
NY
WB2JKJ
1990
Robert Gurss
UT
2009
Robert Famiglio
PA
K3RF
2005
Manny Gutsche
CA
2009
Theodore Faust
GA
1989
Terry Hall
VA
2013
Arthur Feller
VA
1995
Ralph Haller
FL
N4RH
1988
Robert Fenton
OH
1987
C. Hallmark
TX
W5ZWM
1995
Brent Finster
2017
Frederick Hamer
MN
W0REL N3KN
K0EWX
W2HD
K8EUR
K3LR
W4ART
W2LTF W2CQH
W2FQF
2019
1985
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PAST FELLOW INDUCTEES FELLOW
STATE CALL SIGN INDUCTED
Dana Hanford
WA
Joseph Hanna
KC7SDD
FELLOW
STATE CALL SIGN INDUCTED
2019
Antoinette Kaiser
NY
1988
TX
2000
Joel Kandel
1989
Ronnie Haraseth
MT
2008
John Kanode
VA
1991
Arlene Harris
CA
1987
Edmund Kardauskas
NJ
James Harris
CO
2007
Barry Kaufman
NJ
John Hart
NY
K2TTY
1996
E. Kaywork
FL
2002
James Hart
CO
W0NFD
2007
Bernhard Keiser
VA
1982
Robert Hartmann
MA
2008
Roman Kikta
TX
2000
Robert Harvey
VA
KD4DKX
2006
Charles Kirmuss
CO
2018
Norman Hawkins
ON
VE3BU
1988
Samuel Klein
NY
2009
James Healy
NY
1998
Julius Knapp
MD
1994
George Heinrichs
CO
2008
Jeffrey Knight
MA
2021
Albert Helfrick
FL
K2BLA
1989
Carl Kolenda
MI
KQ8G
1996
James Hendershot
OR
WA6VQP
2001
Raymond Krause
GA
KE4SE
2001
Russell Henderson
MO
2004
James Kreuzer
NY
N2GHD
2016
John Higgins
NY
2008
Glenn Kurzenknabe
PA
K3SWZ
2004
Tracey Hilburn
LA
2020
Walter La Fleur
NM
K5LWN
1996
Robert Hobday
NY
N2EVG
2016
Robert LaRose
CA
W6ACU
2016
George Hoeltje
MO
K9GWH
2007
William Lee
NV
2016
Jack Hofeld
1990
Alan Leffler
TX
N7WYE
2002
Carroll Hollingsworth
TX
K5CTT
1999
Robert Leo
MT
W7LR
1975
Arnold Hooper
TN
K4AHH
2015
Samuel Leslie
VA
W4PK
1992
Gilbert Houck
PA
W3BXO
1990
Robert Levy
OH
K8ZPY
2003
Robert Howell
FL
1989
Thomas Lewis
ME
1992
David Hoxworth
OH
AA8KJ
1995
William Lieske
AZ
2010
Bobby Hudson
CA
N7DCZ
1994
Ronald Lile
IN
1996
William Hunt
TX
1988
Mats Ljunggren
1984
Michael Hunter
NJ
1992
Marcus Lockard
TX
1992
Charlie Jackson
TX
2004
Theodore Lovell
NJ
1999
George Jackson
TX
2012
Charles Lynk
TX
1987
George Jacobs
MD
W3ASK
1977
Margaret Lyons
NJ
2003
Ronald Jakubowski
FL
K2RJ
1993
Roger Madden
FL
1979
Sean Johnson
OH
2017
Louis Manno
NY
2010
John Johnston
MD
1986
Jack Manon
WA
W7KHB
1998
Harold Jones
AZ
1973
Bruce Marcus
CT
N1XG
2000
Richard Jones
GA
2005
William Margiotta
CA
1997
Craig Jorgensen
UT
1984
Denis Marin
CA
K6OLU
2021
Dorothy Jubon
GA
1991
C. Marshall
MD
W3HPS
1977
Keith Kaczmarek
FL
2011
Edward Mathieu
FL
W3ITN
1979
N7SKJ
W2MHZ
W3BE K4MSP N2DLJ
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N4MM KB2AG W4SW
W2INC
K0RL
AJ4GF
1991
PAST FELLOW INDUCTEES FELLOW
STATE CALL SIGN INDUCTED
FELLOW
STATE CALL SIGN INDUCTED
Carl Mathis
NC
2001
Philip Petersen
IA
Elizabeth Maxfield
TX
2000
George Petrutsas
MD
1981
Andrew Maxymillian
PA
2016
Donald Pfohl
OR
2007
Paul Mayer
OH
2014
Thomas Poor
CA
1990
Harry Mayo
NJ
WB2EDS
1983
June Poppele
NJ
1989
Michael McCabe
IL
N9QY
1992
John Powell
NV
1993
Stephanie McCall
CO
2016
Michael Powell
AZ
Wanda McCarley
TX
2006
Walter Prang
David McCartney
VA
2006
Steven Proctor
UT
1995
Nathan McClure
VA
1979
Richard Quintal
NH
W1YFU
2001
Harlin McEwen
NY
2005
Frederick Raab
IA
W1FR
2009
H. McFarland
TX
2010
Steve Rahn
NC
W4LMR
2006
Bruce McIntyre
FL
1998
Theodore Rappaport
NY
N9NB
1991
James McLeod
WA
AD7LD
1974
Richard Reichler
CA
1997
Renville McMann
CT
W2PCD
1952
John W. Reiser
VA
WQ4L
1989
Joseph McNeil
MA
K1HFD
1998
Stanley Reubenstein
CO
WA6RNU
1989
Scott McQueen
CA
W6SMQ
1986
Henry Richter
CA
W6VZA
1999
Stephen Meer
CO
K0SCC
1999
Dennis Riise
TX
K5AVT
2002
Robert Merriam
RI
W1NTE
1973
Lloyd Roach
PA
K3QNT
2003
Richard Meyer
MD
1984
James Roden
GA
Louis Meyer
TX
1994
Francis Rodriguez
Paul Mills
CA
2002
Bruce Roloson
2017
Peter Moncure
FL
2006
Donald (Don) Root
K6CDO
2019
Ross Morris
WA
1996
Frank Rose
W3RO
1978
Thomas Morrow
FL
2016
William Roselle
W7SFE
2007
Margie Moulin
OR
2021
Ron Ross
K6CWB
1994
Ladimer Nagurney
MA
WA3EEC
2012
Anthony Russo
1992
Glen Nash
CA
K6GSN
2002
Chris Ryg
GA
2006
Donald Nelsch
OH
K8EIW
1982
Patti Ryg
GA
2018
Paulla Nelson-Shira
CO
1994
Jorge Saad
TX
2021
David Nicol
KS
2004
Anthony Sabino
NJ
1997
Ray Novak
WA
2015
Elizabeth Sachs
VA
2007
Richard Nowakowski
IL
2011
Michael Sage
AZ
2013
Morgan O’Brien
MD
2007
David Savolainen
MI
2005
Edward O’Connor
NY
2016
John Schaaf
MN
WA0YXD
1995
Carl Olson
CA
W6CBO
2004
Joseph Schaap
MD
K4IWF
1990
Richard Ostrowski
ME
N2NA
1999
Eric Schimmel
MD
1984
Mark Pallans
NV
W4MDP
1996
George Schindler
MO
2004
Carole Perry
NY
WB2MGP
1995
Michael Schmidt
FL
N8TE W5WD
KF7D
N9JA
MD
W9BW W7LPA
K6UCB KZ5WP
KB2VCZ
HE2JAS
WB0IIS
1999
2006 2001
2017 2004
2015
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PAST FELLOW INDUCTEES FELLOW
STATE CALL SIGN INDUCTED
FELLOW
STATE CALL SIGN INDUCTED
Robert Schwaninger
VA
2001
Raymond Trott
TX
1978
Michael Schwartz
FL
1987
Malcolm Turdo
NJ
WB2ANM
1994
Paul Scutieri
NC
2020
Donald Turney
NE
WB2EDR
1995
Carolyn Servidio
1996
William Tynan
TX
W3XO
1997
Andrew Seybold
AZ
W6AMS
2000
Matthew Tyszka
CT
WA1HRE
2002
John Shafer
CO
W0KWR
1975
Jay Underdown
MO
W0PS
1987
Robert Shapiro
TX
2009
Donald Vaughan
NJ
2013
Alan Shark
VA
2003
Emil Vogel
SC
2001
Douglas Sharp
CO
2008
Robert Walker
TX
2013
Robert Simmonds
ON
2001
Elaine Walsh
AZ
1990
Eugene Smar
MD
1993
Robert Walsh
MI
1995
Georggina Smith
UT
2014
Marilyn Ward
SC
1997
Nancy Smith
TX
2017
Lee A. Ward
MO
K0LW
2019
Raphael Soifer
AZ
W2RS
1991
William Waugaman
FL
WA3OJG
2015
Richard Somers
CA
W6NSV
1991
Holly Wayt
OH
2019
Charles Soulliard
TX
K7JTJ
2002
John Webb
CA
1989
Alan Spindel
TN
AG4WK
2019
Larry Weber
CA
2010
James Stafford
GA
W4QO
1996
Frank Weed
CO
2002
George Starace
1986
Edward Weingart
NC
1984
B. Starling
LA
2001
David Weisman
FL
1986
Walter Stewart
TX
2009
Robert Welsh
PA
2001
Vincent Stile
NY
N2VCI
2004
CO
2016
Walton Stinson
CO
W0CP
2016
Sandra Wendelken Stephenson
Houston Stokes
IL
1985
Donald Werner
CA
WA6KKR
1997
Eric Stoll
NJ
K2TO
1987
Gordon West
CA
WB6NOA
1987
George Stoll
CO
WA0KBT
2004
Lewis Wetzel
ME
W1LI
1994
Gregory Stone
VA
WB9PHA
1985
Robert White
PA
2006
Jim Stratt
ON
2002
C. Whitehouse
CO
WA0HWP
2002
Thomas Stroup
VA
1990
Donald Whitney
IL
K9DRW
2021
John Sullivan
CA
2010
Larry Will
PA
W3LW
1995
David Sumner
CT
1991
Roger Williams
MN
W0WUG
1991
C. Sutterfield
GA
1996
William Wilson
WA
KG7CK
2003
Edward Talley
NY
1987
Jane Winter
WI
2021
W. Thornton
TX
2002
David Witkowski
CA
2020
Alan Tilles
MD
2020
John Wright
CA
N6RPD
2015
Tom Tolman
2008
Anthony Yellen
NY
W2EDA
1985
Michael Trahos
VA
KB4PGC
1995
David Zumwalt
FL
Thomas Traynor
NY
AC2PN
1998
Anthony Tricoci
AZ
WA9ZYZ
2013
K2AD AD3F
K5MGA
K1ZZ W2IVA
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W7GE
WA2DFN N3RW
1998
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STANDING COMMITTEES & CHAIRPERSONS We encourage all RCA members to get involved in the Club by joining a committee. 1921 Transatlantic Test Centennial:** Tim Duffy Awards & Fellows: Bruce McIntyre Banquet: Margaret Lyons / Paul Scutieri Constitution & By-Laws: Chester “Barney” Scholl, Jr. Education: Julio Urbina Finance: Phil Casciano / Ron Jakubowski Fundraising:** Jane Winter Historical/Museums & Archives:** Carroll Hollingsworth Interview & Networking Series:** Tim Duffy Keeping RCA Vibrant:** Margaret J. Lyons, PE, PMP Marketing, Endowment Policy & Onboarding:** Open Membership: Open Nominations & Elections: Robert Balais Operations Handbook:** Bruce McIntyre
Publications: David P. Bart RCA Radio Amateur Club License:** Chip Cohen RCA Regional Conferences: Ernie Blair Rocky Mountain Section:** Charles Kirmuss Scholarship Fund: Alan Spindel Sponsors:** Jane Winter / Jon Paul Beauchamp Strategic Planning:** David Bart / Chip Cohen Technical Symposium:** Jim Breakall Website:** John A. Facella, PE, C.Eng. Youth Activities: Carole Perry *Executive Committee Member **Ad Hoc Committee
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Phillip M. Casciano Mercy S. Contreras Timothy Duffy Mal Gurian Carroll Hollingsworth*
Bruce R. McIntyre Stan Reubenstein Anthony “Tony” Sabino, Jr. Raymond C. Trott, P.E.
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Edward Ryan Vice President / Co-Counsel
Ronald J. Jakubowski Treasurer
Margaret J. Lyons, PE, PMP Secretary
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Robert Balais
Rich Berliner
James “Ernie” Blair
James Breakall, Ph.D.
Charles Kirmuss
Bruce McIntyre
Carole J. Perry
Don Root
Paul Scutieri
Julio Urbina, Ph.D.
William R. Waugaman
Jane Winter
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