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26 W I N T E R 2 0 1 8 C A S Q U A R T E R L Y A trip to Boston resulted in an interview and job with Advent in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The founder, Henry Kloss, was occupied making tubes and screens for the first widely sold projection television, so he left the audio design part of the business to Tom, with Henry's mentorship. After Henry left Advent, Tom left to start Apt Corporation, making a little higher end product, preamps, and power amps. One of his proudest moments was to get a letter from Stefan Kudelski thanking him for the preamp Tom had given him since the Nagra inspired non-conventional thinking in circuits. While in Cambridge, Tom and Fritz Koenig began personal and business partnerships that continue to this day. When George Lucas sought a rethink of film systems, Tom's chops as inventor of audio and video systems landed him a position as Chief Engineer of Post Production at Lucasfilm in Marin County, California. While the Computer Division was tasked with digitizing everything, Tom was challenged to work on the ends of the chain that would be needed no matter whether it was an analog or digital workflow. For over 30 years, theater sound system technology had stagnated even as many improvements in loudspeaker theory and design had occurred. Tom evaluated those improvements, invented some new technology, and then combined them into a system so impressive that George Lucas named the system THX after Tom's initials and the critical cross(X)over electronics Tom invented. With a companion Theater Alignment Program, THX standards included room acoustics and even projection standards which created a standard presentation platform deployed on a massive scale worldwide upon which cinema audio professionals could rely. After seven years full time at Lucasfilm, Tom started teaching at USC Cinema, while commuting to Skywalker Ranch weekly and working principally on THX and its spinoffs. In 1995, he left Lucasfilm to co-found TMH Corporation with Koenig, made products, edited a magazine, produced books, and consulted, mostly on the Hollywood transition in television to 5.1. He also continued teaching and researching at USC. In 2011, Tom joined Apple. Tom's acceptance of the Edward J. Greene Award for the Advancement of Sound commemorates not only Tom's great technological achievements and the advancements he has gifted to our craft but commemorates an award in the name or our great friend, innovator, and peer, Ed Greene. The CAS is honored to have the opportunity to recognize the contributions of both of these individuals to our world. • www.lmcsound.com LAV MIC MOUNTING SOLUTIONS AS SHOWN: DPA D:SCREET TM 4060 SERIES VAMPIRE CLIP D������, I��. 25209 Avenue Tibbitts Valencia, CA 91355 Phone (661) 607‐0206 Fax (661) 257‐2236 www.denecke.com Email: info@denecke.com D������, I��. Makers of the original SyncBox ® Introduces the SB‐4! More features and higher stability than before.