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The Levenson Lecture Series was established to provide undergraduates majoring in engineering with insight to the technology utilized in the cable industry. The first Levenson lecture was held in 1989 and covered the then-progressive topic of “Fiber Optics and High Definition Television.” Since that time, the series has been headlined by CEOs and CTOs—as well as those who would soon rise to these positions—and has addressed critical technological topics.
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1919-1979
Donald W. Levenson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1919. He was a graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (later Carnegie Mellon) with a degree in electrical engineering, and began his career with RCA Corporation in their instrumentation department, where he stayed until 1947. While there, Levenson invented one of their signal generators and received a presidential citation for a piece of radar equipment called “Tail End Charlie,” which helped distinguish between German and American airplanes. After leaving RCA, Levenson and his family went to Wheeling, West Virginia to help out in his father’s furniture store. It was there that he began the Wheeling Antenna Company (WACO), a cable company. The company was incorporated in 1952, and at the time of Levenson’s death in 1978 he was both president and chief engineer. Levenson was known for his inventions, including the “Sweepmaster,” which was bought by Jerrold. He received the National Cable Television Association’s first Engineering Award in 1973.
The Levenson Lecture Series was made possible by a gift from the family of Donald W. Levenson. |
