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Beranek, Leo Leroy was born on September 15, 1914 in Solon, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward Fred and Beatrice (Stahle) Beranek.
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This volume provides detailed guidance for those who have no special training in acoustics but who are concerned with the engineering of quiet into buildings, transportation, products, factories, power plants, air-conditioning systems, farm, and road equipment and the like.
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This illustrated guide to 100 of the world's most important concert halls and opera houses examines their architecture and engineering and discusses their acoustical quality as judged by conductors and music critics. The descriptions and photographs will serve as a valuable guide for today's peripatetic performers and music lovers. With technical discussions relegated to appendices, the book can be read with pleasure by anyone interested in musical performance. The photographs (specially commissioned for this book) and architectural drawings (all to the same scale) together with modern acoustical data on each of the halls provide a rich and unmatched resource on the design of halls for presenting musical performances. Together with the technical appendices, the data and drawings will serve as an invaluable reference for architects and engineers involved in the design of spaces for the performance of music.
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Classic book of fundamentals of noise control and noise reduction for the general engineer. Elementary beginnings leading to the advanced aspects of noise reduction for offices, residences, auditoriums and transportation vehicles. Case histories and abundant references.
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Leo Beranek, an Iowa farm boy who became a Renaissance man--scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, musician, television executive, philanthropist, and author--has lived life in constant motion. His seventy-year career, through the most tumultuous and transformative years of the last century, has always been propelled by the sheer exhilaration of trying something new. In Riding The Waves, Leo Beranek tells his story. Beranek's life changed direction on a summer day in 1935 when he stopped to help a motorist with a flat tire. The driver just happened to be a former Harvard professor of engineering, who guided the young Beranek toward a full scholarship at Harvard's graduate school of engineering. Beranek went on to be one of the world's leading experts on acoustics. He became Director of Harvard's Electro-Acoustic Laboratory, where he invented the Hush-A-Phone--a telephone accessory that began the chain of regulatory challenges and lawsuits that led ultimately to the breakup of the Bell Telephone monopoly in the 1980s. Beranek moved to MIT to be a professor and Technical Director of its Acoustics Laboratory, then left academia to found the acoustical consulting firm Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Known for his work in noise control and concert acoustics, Beranek devised the world's largest muffler to quiet jet noise and served as acoustical consultant for concert halls around the world (including the Tanglewood Music Shed, the storied summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra). As president of BBN, he assembled the software group that invented both the ARPANET, the forerunner of the Internet, and e-mail. In the 1970s, Beranek risked his life savings to secure the license to operate a television station; he turned Channel 5 in Boston into one of the country's best, then sold it to Metromedia in 1982 for the highest price ever paid up to that time for a broadcast station. "One central lesson I've learned is the value of risk-taking and of moving on when risks turn into busts or odds look better elsewhere," Beranek writes. Riding The Waves is a testament to the boldness, diligence, and intelligence behind Beranek's lifetime of extraordinary achievement. Leo Beranek is a pioneer in acoustical research, known for his work in noise control and the acoustics of concert halls, and the author of twelve books on these topics. The many awards he has received include the Presidential National Medal of Science, presented in 2003.
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consultant acoustical engineer
Beranek, Leo Leroy was born on September 15, 1914 in Solon, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward Fred and Beatrice (Stahle) Beranek.
AB, Cornell College, 1936. Honorary Doctor of Science, Cornell College, 1946. Master of Science, Harvard University, 1937.
Doctor of Science, Harvard University, 1940. Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1971. D.Comml. Science (honorary), Suffolk University, 1979.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Emerson College, 1982. Doctor Public Service (honorary), Northeastern University, 1984.
Instructor physics, Harvard University, 1940-1941;
assistant professor, Harvard University, 1941-1943;
director, Electro-Acoustics and Systems Research laboratories, 1941-1946;
associate professor communications engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1958;
lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958-1981;
technical director, Acoustics Laboratory, 1947-1953;
president, director, chief Executive officer, Bolt Beranek & Newman, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953-1969;
chief scientist, Bolt Beranek & Newman, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1971;
director, Bolt Beranek & Newman, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953-1984;
president, chief Executive officer, director, Boston Broadcasters, Inc., 1963-1979;
Chairman of the Board, Boston Broadcasters, Inc., 1980-1983;
president, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, 1989-1994;
chair development committee, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, since 1995. Part-owner WCVB-television, Boston, 1972-1982. Chairman of the Board Mueller-BBM GmbH, Munich, 1962-1986.
Board directors Technology Integration Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, since 1987.
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Charter member board overseers Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1968-1980, chairman, 1977-1980, trustee, 1977-1987, chairman board trustees, 1983-1986, honorary chairman, 1987, life trustee since 1994. Member board overseers Harvard University, 1984-1990. Member council for arts Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1972.
Life trustee Cornell College, since 1998. Fellow National Academy of Engineering (board dir, marine board, committee public engineering policy, aerospace and space engineering board), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman professional group audio 1950-1951), American Physical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences (Scholar-Patriot Distinguished Service award 2000), Audio Engineering Society (president 1967-1968, Gold medal 1971, governor 1966-1971), Acoustical Society of America (member council 1944-1947, vice president 1949-1950, president 1954-1955, Bienniel award 1944, Sabine award 1961, Gold medal 1975, Honorary member 1994). Member Institute Noise Control Engineering (charter president 1971-1973, director 1973-1975, 1st Distinguished Noise Control Engineer 1997), International Institute Acoustics (honorary fellow 2000), American Institute Architects (honorary), Academy Distinguished Bostonians, Greater Boston City of C. (director 1973-1979, vice president 1976-1979, Distinguished Community Service award 1980, 83), Acoustical Society Spain (Caracole award 2007), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu (eminent member 2000, Vladimir Karapetolf award 2008), Australian Acoustical Society(honorary).
Married Phyllis Knight, September 6, 1941 (deceased November 1982). Children: James Knight, Thomas Haynes. Married Gabriella Sohn, August 10, 1985.