Back in the late 1970's and early 1980's, I worked with a man who had also been a radioman in WWII and knew Howard Vollum. After the war, Morey Hanen had a TV repair shop in Hillsboro and said that Howard used to stop in and visit once in a while.
Morey said that Howard had no idea that Tektronix was going to become the company that it did. At one time, the height of Mr. Vollum's ambitions were summed up when he told Morey: "There are 52 TV stations in the United States, and I think I can sell one of my oscilloscopes to every one of them". Wayne Galen Seitz wrote: > Sorry for the last minute notice, but this might be of interest to some. > > tonight on OPB > > Oregon Experience > The Spirit of Tek > May 03, 2010, 9:00 PM > > In 1946 the field of electronics was exploding. Radiomen Howard Vollum > and Jack Murdock were home from the War and decided to start their own > business. The company was Tektronix. The product? An indispensable > piece of test equipment that engineers couldn't work without. In The > Spirit of Tek you'll meet some of the people who built a unique > company that changed the world. > > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
