Joseph Flaherty Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at International Electronic Cinema Festival
2000
Mentioned:
Joseph Flaherty, François Mitterand
Summary
CBS Senior Vice President Joseph Flaherty received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Electronic Cinema Festival in Portland, Oregon, on May 19. The honor recognized his decades of contributions to electronic news, electronic cinematography, and high-definition television.
Source documentcirca 2000preserved as-is
FIEE. FRTS, Senior Vice
President, CBS Corporation
On May 12, Dr. Flaherty was notified that
the International Electronic Cinema
Festival, which took place this year in Portland, OR,
has awarded him the Festival's highest award,
"The Lifetime Achievement Award" for his
contributions to electronic news, electronic
cinematography,and high-definition television.
The award was presented
at its award ceremony luncheon
in Portland on Friday, May 19.
Joseph Flaherty is senior vice president of technology at CBS. In this position, he advises CBS management on issues and strategies related to broadcast technology, and represents CBS nationally and internationally with major manufacturers and on government and industry committees and organizations. Flaherty joined CBS in 1957, and has directed the Engineering and Development Department since 1967first as general manager, then, since 1977, as vice president and general manager. During his career, he has received many prestigious broadcast industry awards, including several Emmys for technical achievement; the David Sarnoff Gold Medal for progress in television engineering; the NAB Engineering Award; the Progress Medal of the SMPTE; and the International Montreux Achievement Gold Medal. Flaherty also received Frances Chevalier de lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres, and in 1985 was awarded Frances highest decoration, the Chevalier de lOrdre National de la Legion dHonneur, by French President François Mitterand. He is a Fellow of the British Institution of Electrical Engineers; the British Royal Television Society; and SMPTE. Flaherty holds a degree in physics and an honorary doctorate of science from Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Missouri.
