Avery Fisher 928517 219727183 2008-06-16T16:37:45Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other '''Avery Robert Fisher''' ([[March 4]] [[1906]] – [[February 26]], [[1994]]) was an [[sound reproduction|audio]] specialist who made numerous contributions to the field of [[sound reproduction]]. ==Early life== Avery Fisher was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]. He attended [[DeWitt Clinton High School]] and graduated from [[New York University]] in 1929 and subsequently worked two years in the publishing industry. During this time, Fisher, an amateur [[violin]]ist, began experimenting with audio design and [[acoustics]]. By 1937, he established his first company, [[Philharmonic Radio]]. In 1945, Fisher sold the company and began his second audio company, called [[Fisher Electronics|Fisher Radio]], which marketed products of extraordinary quality and performance under the name [[The Fisher]]. ==Later accomplishments== In the 1950s, Fisher invented the [[transistorized]] [[Electronic amplifier|amplifier]] and the first [[stereophonic sound|stereo]] [[radio]]-[[phonograph]]. These breakthroughs brought Fisher both fame and fortune. From 1959 to 1961, his company also made important improvements in [[amplitude modulation|AM]]-[[frequency modulation|FM]] stereo [[Receiver (radio)|tuner]] design. In 1969, Fisher sold his company to the [[Emerson Electric Company]] for US $31 million, which in turn sold the company to [[Sanyo]] of Japan. Fisher was a [[consultant]] for both Emerson and Sanyo. Fisher was a noted [[philanthropist]] during his life, sitting on the boards of the [[New York Philharmonic]] and [[The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center]]. Fisher died at age 87 in [[New York City]] on February 26, 1994 from complications of a stroke. Today, Avery Fisher is best known for the auditorium in the [[Lincoln Center]] cultural complex in upper [[Manhattan]] that bears his name. [[Avery Fisher Hall]] houses the [[New York Philharmonic]], among various other cultural performances and musical ensembles. The hall was named for Fisher in 1973 after he made a US $10.5 million donation to the Philharmonic. ===External links=== *[http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/collection/people.php?taid=&id=1234696&lid=1 Biography] *[http://www.lincolncenter.org Lincoln Center] *[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B03E2DA173AF934A15751C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Obituary] {{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Avery}} [[Category:1906 births]] [[Category:1994 deaths]] [[Category:American engineers]] [[de:Avery Fisher]] [[ru:Фишер, Эвери Роберт]]