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LOS ANGELES & WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—There will be a dozen new industry professionals joining the ranks of SMPTE’s Fellows, according to a press release from the organization. Fellow status is awarded to individuals who have “attained an outstanding rank among members of the Society.”

The 12 new Fellows are listed here:

Daniel G. Baker, chief engineer, Tektronix
David George Brooks, senior of director of technology strategy in the office of the CTO, Dolby Laboratories
Jean-Pierre Evain, principal project manager at the European Broadcasting Union
David Leitner, director, product and cinematographer, Leitner Studio
David Long, associate professor, Rochester Institute of Technology
Charles S. Meyer, chief technology officer, Grass Valley
Arjun Ramamurthy, senior vice president of technology, Twentieth Century Fox
Bill Redmann, director of standards and immersive media technologies, Technicolor
Edward Reuss, consulting engineer
Peter Storer Jr., executive vice president, MediAnswers.TV
Peter Weitzel
Leigh Alvin Myles Whitcomb, architect, Imagine Communications

The new Fellows will be officially elevated during the Fellows Luncheon on Oct. 24 as part of the SMPTE 2017 Technical Conference and Exhibition in Los Angeles. They will also be recognized during the SMPTE Annual Awards Gala.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has announced that it will grant 15 current industry leaders the status of SMPTE Fellow. Individuals are granted Fellow status after attaining an outstanding rank among members of the Society through their proficiency and contributions to the industry.

The 2015 Class of SMPTE Fellows are:

• Annie Chang, vice president of post-production technology at The Walt Disney Studios
• Paul R. Chapman, senior vice president of technology at FotoKem
• Peter Fasciano, executive director at Franklin TV and WFPR-FM
• Simon Fell, director of technology and innovation at European Broadcasting Union
• William T. Hayes, director of engineering and technology at Iowa Public Television
• Larry J. Hornbeck, TI Fellow Emeritus at Texas Instruments
• Jim Houston, principal at Starwatcher Digital
• Toshiaki Kojima, senior standard manager at Sony Corporation
• Sara J. Kudrle, product marketing manager at Grass Valley
• Karl Joseph Kuhn, senior video applications engineer at Tektronix
• Kenneth Michel, vice president of content systems engineering at Disney/ABC (retired)
• Delbert R. Parks III, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Sinclair Television Group
• Michael Strein, director of technology and workflow at ABC-TV
• Giles Wilson, head of TV compression business at Ericsson
• Peter A. Wilson, founder and managing director at High Definition & Digital Cinema Ltd.

The new members will be officially elevated during the Fellow Luncheon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, held in conjunction with the SMPTE 2015 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition in Los Angeles.

For more information, visit www.smpte2015.org.