Background
Pritchard, Dalton Harold was born on September 1, 1921 in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, United States. Son of Cecil Harold and Marvie Prudence (Lofton) Pritchard.
Pritchard, Dalton Harold was born on September 1, 1921 in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, United States. Son of Cecil Harold and Marvie Prudence (Lofton) Pritchard.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1943; postgraduate, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radar School, 1943-1944.
Dalton Pritchard earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree in Electronics from Mississippi State University in 1943. He received specialized radar training at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology when he entered the United States. Army Signal Corps, then served as captain in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World World War World War II
In 1950 he transferred to Radio Corporation of America laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey. There his research involved many aspects of color television systems development, receivers, color kinescopes, transmitting encoders, cameras, and magnetic recording of television This work included the planning and testing of systems and circuits proposed for adoption by the National Television System Committee (NTSC). Between 1960 and 1970 Mr.
Pritchard worked developing video processing circuitry for color television receivers, colorimetry and decoder matrix methods, information display techniques, and analog techniques employing charge-coupled devices for television applications.
He also worked on Selectavision VideoDisk development. Mr. Pritchard holds 54 United States. patents.
Pritchard was an Amateur Radio Operator First Class. Pritchard died April 18, 2010 at Hilton Head Hospital Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]
In 1946 Mr. Pritchard joined Radio Corporation of America Laboratories as a Member of the Technical Staff at Riverhead, New York, where he was engaged in communications research. As a member of the Television Research Laboratory, Mr.
Pritchard was involved in research related to high-definition television (HDTV) systems that include applications of digital signal processing techniques.
Married Caroline Ann Hnatuk, April 27, 1947. 1 child, Mary Ann Pritchard Poole (deceased).