BJ Losmandy
Bela John "BJ" Losmandy (born October 17, 1925 , † April 19, 2008 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American electrical engineer and film technology pioneer who received an Oscar for technical merit at the 1971 Academy Awards .
Life
After attending school, Losmandy studied electrical engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). He then worked as an engineer for 17 years at various aviation companies such as Hughes Aircraft , Northrop Corporation , Micro-Gee Products Inc and Radioplane Co., before founding his own company Opamp Labs in 1965 and developing several hundred inventions and technical improvements. In 1965 he earned a Master of Science (MS Electrical Engineering) with a master's thesis on Microelectronic Differential DC Operational Amplifier Applications .
In 1971 Losmandy received an Oscar for technical merit, the so-called Technical Achievement Award , "for the conception, design and application of micro-miniature solid-state amplifier modules in devices used in the recording of moving images".
Web links
- http://www.opamplabs.com ( Memento from January 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Academy Awards 1971 in Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- BJ Losmandy in: The Official Academy Awards® Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ BJ Losmandy in US death directory of Social Insurance (SSDI), accessed on August 2, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Losmandy, BJ |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Losmandy, Bela John (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film technology pioneer and electrical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1925 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 2008 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |