Frank M. Freimann (1909–1968) was an American

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who was the head of

Magnavox Magnavox (Latin for "great voice", stylized as MAGNAVOX) is an American electronics company that since 1974 has been a subsidiary of the Dutch electronics corporation Philips. The predecessor to Magnavox was founded in 1911 by Edwin Pridham and ...

from 1950 until his death in 1968.

Biography

Born in

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

in 1909, Freimann migrated to

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at a young age, where he studied at Crane High School. In 1930, he founded Electro Acoustics Products Company (EAP). Later, in 1934, the company was acquired by Magnavox and formally merged in 1938. Freimann died in 1967 in

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Awards and recognition

* Fellow of the

Institute of Radio Engineers The Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) was a professional organization which existed from 1912 until December 31, 1962. On January 1, 1963, it merged with the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) to form the Institute of Electrical a ...

* Freimann Square in

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is named after him.

References

1909 births 1968 deaths Hungarian emigrants to the United States Businesspeople from Chicago Businesspeople in electronics American manufacturing businesspeople {{US-business-bio-1900s-stub