Henry Edward Roys ( Beaver Falls, 1902 – Green Valley, Dec. 6, 1988) was a sound engineer. He graduated from the

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in 1925 with a B. S. degree in electrical engineering. He worked for the most of his professional life for

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, where he made major contributions to the standardization of product in the record industry. Roys, a

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of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), received its Gold Medal Award in 1973.

References

In memoriam, AES Journal
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