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RESUMÉ of Arch C. Luther

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Summary

Arch C. Luther graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1950 with a BSEE degree. He went to work at RCA Corporation in the Broadcast Systems Department, and was involved in the early development of broadcast equipment for the NTSC color television system including TV cameras and processing equipment, video tape recording, and many other important developments in the broadcast equipment field. He was the manager of the development and design program for the TCR-100 Video Cartridge Recorder, a project which won an Emmy for RCA in 1973.

In 1975, Mr. Luther became Chief Engineer of the RCA Commercial Communications Systems Division, responsible for the technical management for a wide range of businesses, including Avionics Systems, Film Recording, Mobile Communications Systems, and Broadcast Systems. He later became Chief Engineer, and then Vice President of Engineering for the Broadcast Systems Division of RCA.

In late 1983, Mr. Luther moved to the RCA David Sarnoff Research Center at Princeton and joined the group that was beginning the development of DVI Technology at that time. DVI was one of the first audio/video technologies for personal computers. He worked in the DVI group in many roles, including planning, management (he directed the entire project for most of 1986 while the first hardware and software was being designed), and as the designer of the first audio system for DVI. He also wrote a DVI software application for producing presentations and demonstrations; it was used for most of the early DVI demonstrations.

In December 1987, Mr. Luther retired from the David Sarnoff Research Center and formed his own company to pursue his interests in DVI Technology and computer multimedia in general, which include writing, teaching, and software. He has worked as a consultant to the Intel DVI group at Princeton, to IBM, and to other companies who are users of PC multimedia. He is thoroughly familiar with multimedia hardware and software, and consults on either a detailed technical level, a marketing level, or on a planning and management level.

Mr. Luther wrote a book about DVI technology, Digital Video in the PC Environment, published by McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York in December 1988. He is also the author and programmer of MEDIAscript, a multimedia authoring program and has consulted extensively in multimedia authoring and the use of MEDIAscript. He is the architect of MEDIAscript OS/2, a full-featured graphical-interface authoring system, and participated in its programming. In 1992 he completed another book, Designing Interactive Multimedia, published by Bantam--a book about developing multimedia applications. In 1993 he wrote Authoring Interactive Multimedia published by AP Professional, about selecting equipment and software for creating multimedia applications. In 1994 he completed Using Digital Video published by AP Professional, about use and application of digital video. In 1995, he co-authored Video Engineering, 2nd Edition, published by McGraw-Hill in 1996. In 1997, he completed Principles of Digital Audio and Video, p ublished by Artech House, Inc. in May 1997; and Satellite Technology, Second Edition, co-authored with A. F. Inglis and published by Focal Press in July, 1997. Video Camera Technology, was published by Artech House in the first quarter of 1998, and Video Recording Technology was published by Artech House in 1999. Video Engineering, 3rd Edition was published by McGraw-Hill in 1999. Many Threads: The Saga of an Electronics Engineer, Mr. Luther's memoir, was published by Lulu.com in 2008. Mr. Luther was Series Editor of the Digital Audio and Video Book Series for Artech House.

In June, 1999, Mr. Luther and two other partners formed Artisan's World, LLC to build and operate an e-commerce Web site for display and sale of hand-crafted products made by artisans around the world. Mr. Luther programmed the site, which went online in September, 1999, but is no longer online. Mr. Luther has programmed many other web sites.

Mr. Luther holds 34 U.S. Patents; he has won the SMPTE David Sarnoff Gold Medal and the RCA David Sarnoff Gold Medal for Outstanding Technical Achievement. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE (1974) and a Life Fellow of the SMPTE (1969). His hobby interests include digital photography, woodworking (specializing in redwood furniture), gardening, and music.

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