xvi Contributors
George Alexandrovich
George Alexandrovich, born in Yugoslavia, attended schools in Yugoslavia,
Hungary, and Germany. After coming to the United States, he studied at the RCA
Institute and at Brooklyn Polytech, earning a B.S.E.E. At Telectro Industries Corp.,
he was involved in the design and development of the first tape recorders and
specialized military electronic test and communications equipment.
After service in the Korean war, he ran Sherman Fairchild’s private research lab.
While with Fairchild Recording Equipment Corp., he designed and manufactured
turntables, tonearms, pickups, mixing consoles and amplifiers, equalizers, reverber-
ation chambers, the first light-activated compander, Autoten, Lumiten compressors,
limiters, and a line of remote-controlled audio components. He also designed the
first professional multichannel portable console, a disk-cutting lathe, and stereo
cutters.
As vice president and general manager his responsibilities included designing and
manufacturing the Voice of America recording facilities, NBC-TV studio consoles for Johnny Carson, Huntley-Brin-
kley Newsroom, KNX, KCBS, and other radio stations. When Fairchild Recording Equipment Corp. merged with
Robins Corp., George also became involved in manufacturing magnetic tape along with a full line of consumer
accessories in the hi-fi market.
At Stanton Magnetics, Inc., as vice president of field engineering and the professional products manager for
phonograph cartridge research, he traveled extensively, holding seminars, giving lectures, and conducting conferences.
George was the author of the monthly column “Audio Engineer’s Handbook” for dB Magazine and of over
eighty articles and papers in American and foreign trade journals. He has also presented a number of technical papers
at the Audio Engineering Society (AES) conventions and is a fellow and a past governor of the AES. He holds eigh-
teen patents in the audio field and is past chairman of the Electronics Industry Association (EIA) P8.2 Standards
Committee.
At the present time George is retired after spending 11 years as principal engineer at ESD/Parker Hannifin Corp.
where he conducted R&D in the field of avionics transducers. He is now president and owner of Island Audio Engi-
neering, manufacturing and consulting firm.
Glen Ballou
Glen Ballou graduated from General Motors Institute in 1958 with a bachelor’s
degree in Industrial Engineering and joined the Plant Engineering Department of
the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of United Technologies Corporation. There
he designed special circuits for the newly developed tape control machine tools
and was responsible for the design, installation, and operation of the 5,000,000 ft^2
plant public address and two-way communication system.
In 1970, Glen transferred to the Technical Presentations and Orientation section
of United Technologies’ corporate office, where he was responsible for the design
and installation of electronics, audio-visual, sound, and acoustics for corporate
and division conference rooms and auditoriums. He was also responsible for
audio-visual and special effects required for the corporation’s exhibit program.
Glen transferred to the Sikorsky Aircraft division of United Technologies as
manager of Marketing Communications in 1980, where his responsibilities
included the Sikorsky exhibit and special events program, plus operation and design of all conference rooms.
After his retirement from Sikorsky, Glen and his wife, Debra, opened Innovative Communications, a company
specializing in sound system design and installation, and technical writing.
Glen is the editor/author of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th editions of the Handbook for Sound Engineers. He also was a
contributing author for The Electrical Engineering Handbook (CRC Press). Glen has written many article for Sound
and Video Contractor and Church Production magazines.