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/ 02.09.2012 06:44PM
Harvey Caplan Dies at 82
STARKVILLE, MISS.: Television engineering pioneer Harvey Caplan passed away
earlier this week, following a battle with cancer.
The television engineering pioneer started as a design
engineer and design group manager in the aerospace industry before beginning
his career in television. He joined CBS Laboratories in 1960 and is credited
with design work for the Lunar Orbitor Program, the DRIPS Program, the Linotron
System, the Vidifont and other projects. Other notable employers include Thomson
Broadcast, Ikegami, Chyron and J.A. Taylor & Associates.
Caplan is survived by his wife, Twanna, and two children.
A golf enthusiast, Caplan spent his last years managing The
Links at Starkville.
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