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For Immediate Release
Contact: Michael Morgenthal
Phone: (212) 460-8090 ext 206
Fax: (212) 460-5460
E-mail: press@sid.org
Plasma TV Pioneer Dr. Larry Weber Becomes
25th President of the Society for Information Display (SID)
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 6 - Dr.
Larry F. Weber, one of the pioneers of plasma television
technology, became the 25th president of the Society for
Information Display (SID) this morning, taking the helm of
the world's premier professional organization dedicated to the
science of electronic information displays. Dr. Weber was
inaugurated during the SID 2006 International Symposium,
Seminar and Exhibition, which is taking place June 4-9,
2006 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, USA.
He replaces Dr. Shigeo Mikoshiba, who had served as
president of SID since 2004, and now assumes the position of
Past President.
Dr. Weber received BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees
in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, where he began his research on plasma
display panels (PDPs) in 1969. In 1987, he co-founded Plasmaco
Inc. in Highland, N.Y., serving as vice president and chief
technology officer until 1993, when he became the company's
president. In 1996, under the leadership of Dr. Weber,
Plasmaco became a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese
electronics giant Matsushita. From 1996 until his retirement
in 2004, Dr. Weber served as president and CEO of Plasmaco.
Although he is currently retired, Dr. Weber
still works as a private consultant. He has published more
than 40 technical papers and holds 15 patents in the field of
plasma displays, including the patents for the energy-recovery
sustain circuit and the ramp set-up waveform used in color
plasma display TVs. Prior to his inauguration as President of
the SID, Dr. Weber served as Secretary, Treasurer and
President-Elect of the Society.
SID announced three other changes to its
Board of Directors.
Paul S. Drzaic, the former Treasurer
of SID, will now serve as President-Elect and will become
President when Weber completes his term in 2008. Drzaic is
currently vice president for advanced development at Alien
Technology Corp., and also serves as a consultant in the
display community. His professional career has focused mainly
on the development of novel display technologies. He holds 35
U.S. patents and is the author of the 1995 book Liquid
Crystal Dispersions, a comprehensive review of
polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal technology.
Dr. Munisamy Anandan, who spent the
past year serving as Secretary of SID, has become its
Treasurer. Anandan has a Ph.D. in coplanar plasma display and
has more than 30 years' experience in liquid-crystal displays
(LCDs), cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays, PDPs, LCD
backlighting, field-emission displays (FEDs), vacuum
fluorescent displays and organic light-emitting diode (OLED)
displays. He is the author of 21 research papers and holds 20
U.S. patents.
The newest addition to SID's Board of
Directors is Brian Berkeley, who will serve as
Secretary of the Society. Berkeley is the vice president for
advanced technology for Samsung's LCD business. His display
innovations include the first use of in-line gun CRTs in a
monitor application, putting color into the Apple Macintosh
computer platform, development of the world's first
high-volume LCD monitor, and the first implementation of
wide-format notebook and desktop LCDs.
NOTE: Photographs of SID President Larry
Weber are available upon request.
ABOUT SID
The Society for Information Display (SID) is the premier
international professional society exclusively devoted to the
advancement of electronic-display technology, manufacturing,
and applications. Its international headquarters are located
at 610 South Second Street, San Jose, CA 95112, U.S.A. Visit
SID online at www.sid.org.
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