Whatever course you have chosen for yourself, it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving, if your sights are set far above the merely secure and mediocre.
- David Sarnoff, 1891-1971, Founder of NBC and longtime chief executive officer of RCA
David Sarnoff by Yousuf Karsh
Image Source: David Sarnoff Library
David Sarnoff, (1891-19??)
by Seymour “Sy” Brody
Jewish Virtual Library
David Sarnoff, Part One - PBS
In November 1916, E.J. Nally, vice president of the American division of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, received an unusual memo from one of his young assistants. The memo depicted a future in which music, news, sports, and even lectures could be broadcast over the airwaves, with Marconi reaping millions of dollars in profits from the sale of "radio music boxes."
Nally quickly rejected the idea. Marconi sold radios for naval communication; the idea of entertainment radio seemed wrongheaded, if not completely fantastic. ...
Who's Who in RCA - Who's Who in VideoDisc
On January 7, 1970, the Board of Directors of RCA Corporation
elected David Sarnoff the first Honorary Chairman in the company's
history. The Board accepted with deepest regret General Sarnoff's
resignation, effective December 31, 1969, as Chairman and a director
and his retirement as an employee of RCA.
The Board adopted the following resolution of appreciation for General Sarnoff's services:
"More than any other man, David Sarnoff was the architect of RCA's rise
to world leadership in electronics. He gave RCA many of its enduring
characteristics - its constant probing for new ways to bring
electronics to the public service, its unique ability to turn the
concepts of science to the products of commerce. He placed an
imprimatur of quality on everything RCA undertook - whether the
recording of a great musical performance or the design of an orbiting
spacecraft."
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