Peter Carl Goldmark
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About
Engineer and Columbia Records employee who developed the initial long-playing disc (LP) design. While working for CBS, he also helped develop the field-sequential technology that made color television possible.
Before Fame
After attending university in Vienna, Austria, he secured a position in the United States with CBS Laboratories.
Trivia
He was the 1977 recipient of the National Medal of Science.
Family Life
He and his wife, Frances Trainer, raised five children, including a son, Peter C. Goldmark, Jr., who became a prominent environmentalist.
Associated With
He and fellow inventor Elmer Ambrose Sperry were both recipients of the prestigious Elliott Cresson Medal.
