Bernard J. Lechner

Bernard J. Lechner
Bernard J. Lechner in 2011
Born	Bernard J. Lechner (1932-01-25)January 25, 1932 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	April 11, 2014(2014-04-11) (aged 82) Trenton, New Jersey
Education	New Rochelle High School Columbia University (B.S.E.E.)
Awards	SID Frances Rice Darne Award Beatrice Winner Award David Sarnoff Medal Progress Medal
Scientific career
Fields	electronics engineering
Institutions	RCA Laboratories Princeton University Harvard School of Business IEEE SID SMPTE honor societies Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu and Sigma Xi
Thesis	"Testing HDTV terrestrial broadcasting systems" "Scanning the issue-Special issue on consumer electronics" "The ATSC Transport Layer, Including Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP)" "It's a High-Definition World", "History Crystallized: A First-Person Account of the Development of Matrix-Addressed LCDs for Television at RCA in the 1960s"

Bernard J. Lechner (25 January 1932 – 11 April 2014) was an electronics engineer and formerly vice president, RCA Laboratories, where he worked for 30 years covering various aspects of television and information display technologies.