John Kenneth Hilliard
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John Kenneth Hilliard (October 1901 – March 21, 1989) was an American acoustical and electrical engineer who pioneered a number of important loudspeaker concepts and designs. He helped develop the practical use of recording sound for film, and won an Academy Award in 1935. He designed movie theater sound systems, and he worked on radar as well as submarine detection equipment during World War II. Hilliard collaborated with James B. "Jim" Lansing in creating the long-lived Altec Voice of the Theatre speaker system. Hilliard researched high-intensity acoustics, vibration, miniaturization and long-line communications for NASA and the Air Force.[1] Near the end of his career, he standardized noise-control criteria for home construction in California, a pattern since applied to new homes throughout the U.S.
John Kenneth Hilliard | |
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Born | October 1901 Wyndmere, North Dakota, U.S. |
Died | March 21, 1989 (1989-03-22) (aged 87) |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, designer, researcher, consultant |
Employer(s) | United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Altec Lansing, LTV, J.K.Hilliard and Associates |
Spouse | Jessamine Hilliard |