Background
Colledge, Charles Hopson was born on June 3, 1911 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Arthur and Mary (Hopson) Colledge.
Colledge, Charles Hopson was born on June 3, 1911 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Arthur and Mary (Hopson) Colledge.
Student, Newark College Engineering. Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Student, Columbia University.
Engineer, NBC, 1933-1943; supervisor television operations, NBC, Washington, 1947-1949; director color operations, Radio Corporation of America laboratories, 1949-1950; chief engineer, NBC, Washington, 1950-1952; director special events, news operations, NBC-television network, 1952-1953; director operations and engineering, NBC-television network (NBC owned stations), 1953-1956; vice president operations, NBC-television network (NBC owned stations), 1956-1959; general manager broadcasting and television equipment division, Radio Corporation of America, 1959-1960; vice president, general manager, broadcast and television equipment division, Radio Corporation of America, 1960-1961; vice president, general manager, Radio Corporation of America (Broadcast & Communications Products division), 1961-1968; management and engineering consultant, 1968-1993.
Served from lieutenant (junior grade) to Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1947. Member National Society Professional Engineers, television Pioneers, Quarter Century Wireless Association, Elks. Clubs: Radio Amateur Old Old Timers.
Talbot Country (Easton, Maryland). Poplar Island Yacht; Seven Rivers Country (Crystal River, Florida). Lodges: Masons, Elks.
Married Margaret Whittaker, September 2, 1931. Children: Charles Edmund, William Arthur.