Bernard Joseph Lechner

Background

Lechner, Bernard Joseph was born on January 25, 1932 in New York City. Son of Barnard Joseph and Lillian Veronica (Stevens) Lechner.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 1957; postgraduate, Princeton University, 1957-1960.

Career

Member technical staff, Radio Corporation of America laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey, 1957-1962; project leader, Radio Corporation of America laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey, 1962-1967; group head, Radio Corporation of America laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey, 1967-1977; laboratory director, Radio Corporation of America laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey, 1977-1983; staff vice president, Radio Corporation of America laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey, 1983-1987; consultant,, Princeton, since 1987. Consultant expert on television matters including high definition television and flat-panel displays. Board directors Palisades Institute, New York City.

Chairman advisory commission Mercer County College, Trenton, New Jersey, 1968-1985.

Achievements

• Bernard Joseph Lechner has been listed as a noteworthy consulting electrical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Reader Recording for the Blind, Princeton, 1967-1972. Served to corporal United States Army, 1953-1955. Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chapter chairman 1964-1966, Best Paper award Solid State Circus Conference 1966), Society Motion Picture and television Engineers (David Sarnoff Gold Medal award 1996, Progress Medal award 2001), Society for Information Display (president 1978-1980, Frances Rice Darne award 1971, Beatrice Winner award 1983).

Member: American Relay Radio League, Princeton Sqs. (president 1981-1987), Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Amateur radio, square dancing, stamp collecting/philately, sailing, swimming.

Connections

Married Joan Camp Mathewson, November 21, 1953.

Father:

Barnard Joseph Lechner

Mother:

Lillian Veronica (Stevens) Lechner

Spouse:

Joan Camp Mathewson