Last week’s NAB Show in Las Vegas was attended by more than 92,000 people. Among them were quite a few members of the SBE, and several of those were recognized for their contributions to the industry or the SBE.
During their meeting on April 7, the SBE Board of Directors elevated three members to the membership grade of SBE Fellow. Elected were Lawrence V. Behr, CSBE, of Chapter 93, Raleigh, N. Car., James B. Schoedler, CBNT, of Chapter 48, Denver, Colo. and Larry J. Wilkins, CPBE, AMD, CBNT, Chapter 118 of Montgomery, Ala.
SBE president, Ralph Hogan (l) poses with the winners of the 2013 NAB Engineering Achievement Awards, Leonard Charles, Jay Adrick and Frank Foti at the reception preceding the NAB Technology Luncheon on April 10. 
The NAB recognized three engineers, all members of the SBE, with their Engineering Achievement Awards at the NAB Technology Luncheon, held on April 10. Jay Adrick, Vice President, Broadcast Technology in the CTO Group of Harris Corp., was awarded the 2013 NAB Television Engineering Achievement Award. Frank Foti, CEO of the Telos Alliance, received the 2013 NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award. The awards to Adrick and Foti recognize significant contributions to the state of the art in broadcast engineering.
A special award, the 2013 NAB Service to Broadcast Engineering Award, recognizing extraordinary service to the industry, was presented to Leonard Charles, CPBE, Director of Engineering, Midwest, at Morgan Murphy Media.
