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Robert Adler
Robert Adler
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TAYLOR SUBMITTED BY THE NAE HOME SECRETARY DR. ROBERT ADLER, a prolific inventor and renowned physicist, perhaps best known as creator of the ultrasonic wireless remote control for television, died February 15, 2007, at the age of 93.
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Bob was appreciated as a respected colleague and teacher, not just a department head or boss, by everyone who knew and worked with him. Engineering Career Born in Vienna, Austria, on December 4, 1913, to Jenny Herzmark Adler, a physician, and Max Adler, Ph.D, a sociologist, Bob received his doctorate in physics at the University of Vienna in 1937, a year before the Anschluss (Hitler's bloodless coup deposing Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg and annexing Austria)
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He retired as research vice president in 1979 and served as a technical consultant to the company until 1999, when Zenith merged with LG Electronics. Bob's inventions found their way into Zenith products, as well as the products of his post-Zenith clients and, from time to time, the products of competitors.
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Bob pioneered the use of SAW technology for touch screens, which are now widely used in airport kiosks and museums. Accolades, Honors, Emmys, and the Hall of Fame Bob Adler is widely recognized in the consumer electronics field as the inventor of Zenith's wireless "Space Command" ultrasonic remote control for TV sets, which was introduced in 1956 and revolutionized TV viewing worldwide.
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In 1974, Bob received the IEEE Outstanding Technical Paper Award for "An Optical Video Disc Player," a report on his early work on what became the digital video disc, or DVD. IEEE also awarded him the Edison Medal, its principal annual award presented for a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering, or electrical arts.
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Now also a vice president of Zenith's parent company LG Electronics USA, Taylor joined Zenith in 1981. He was named head of public relations in 1987 and vice president in 1993.
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