Here are the election results for the Detroit section:

• Chair: Chuck Reti, CBS-TV
• Secretary-Treasurer: Bob Zeichner, Roscor Michigan
• Managers: Mark Anzicek, ZenTechnologies; Gerry Matthews, RingSide Creative; Dave Wertheimer, The Art Institute of Michigan

Congratulations to our newly elected and re-elected officers. If you are interested in serving as a Detroit Section officer, elections are held annually and the next nomination period opens after January 1. Self-nomination is encouraged.

We are saddened to report that we have lost a good friend and respected colleague.

Hal Miller passed away Wednesday morning, November 25. He was 84.

Hal had been a member of SMPTE since 1960. His career in the still and moving image business began during World War II:

• U.S. Navy Photographer 1942-1946
• On staff staff of Admiral Nimitz in the Pacific theater, 1943-46
• Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Medical Photographer 1946-1960
• Bell & Howell 1960-1986:
  • Test lab engineer 1960-1967
  • Chief Engineer of Product Test Lab 1967-1980
  • Manager, Quality Assurance, Video Duplication 1980-1986
• CBS-FOX/Technicolor:
  • Manager, Quality Assurance, Video Duplication 1986-1992
  • Technicolor: Video Consultant 1992-2001
• Harold Miller Associates Video Consultants 2001+

Hal served the Detroit Section in all elective and appointed offices, including Test Materials advisor. For his many services to SMPTE and the Detroit Section, Hal was nominated for and presented the Citation for Outstanding Service to The Society one year ago. He also volunteered at the Detroit Institute of Arts, assisting in efforts to archive and preserve visual and audio recorded materials.

Hal's knowledge and sharp sense of humor will be missed by all of his friends in the industry.

The family requests that memorial contributions can be made to Hal's passion in retirement, the Detroit Institute of Arts Film Theater, so that the work resulting from his efforts may continue.

The Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB) has presented its most prestigious engineering award to a pair of Michigan broadcasters, who combined have served in the industry for nearly eight decades. The Carl Lee Broadcast Engineering Excellence Awards were presented during the Engineering Luncheon at the MAB's annual Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference and Expo which was held the Lansing Center, March 3 in Lansing.

The Carl E. Lee Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award winners are:

Radio Winner: Ed Trombley, Field Engineer/RF Expert, Munn-Reese, Inc., Coldwater, Michigan

Ed Trombley is the Field Engineer and RF Expert Extraordinaire at Munn-Reese, Inc. He began his broadcasting career as a student at Lake Superior State College in the Electronic Engineering Technology program. Upon graduating, Ed worked as a contract engineer for several years at numerous stations across Lower Michigan. In 1984 Ed took on the position of Chief Engineer and Technical Director of Telecommunications at WSAE/KTGG at Spring Arbor College. After a decade of service at Spring Arbor College, Ed made to the move to Munn-Reese, Inc. in Coldwater, MI to work as a field engineer conquering the most complex of radio engineering issues. Since his move to Munn-Reese, Ed has become quite the engineering celebrity throughout the state known for his problem solving and uncanny way of communicating with the finickiest of machinery.

In addition to his professional work, Ed is known for his garage full of old broadcast parts and equipment supplying the local theatre with period props not to mention the numerous engineers who have been helped in a pinch because of his garage full of goodies. Ed is married to his lovely wife Mary and the couple has four children.

Television Winner: John Grover, Chief Engineer, WADL-TV, Mount Clemens/Detroit, Michigan

John Grover is the Chief Engineer for Adell Broadcasting Corporation's WADL-TV. He has over 46 years of experience in broadcast engineering, 33 of which has been as a television station chief engineer. John began his broadcasting career in 1963 at WJIM as a staff engineer before a brief two-year stint as an engineer for World Wide Sports in Williamston, MI. He then became the Chief Engineer for WGPR, a radio and television licensee, in 1977 where he assemble a U-Matic auto logging sequencer for interstitial and program playback.

In 1988, John joined the Sinclair Broadcast Group in Flint as Chief Engineer at WSMH starting a local news operation. In addition, in 1992 John took on the extra duties of Chief Engineer at WADL-TV where he managed the operations and staffing of Master Control. In 2006, John opted to lighten his heavy work load retiring from WSMH-TV. John is still Chief Engineer at WADL-TV and is known for his positive, can-do sprit and outstanding work ethic.

Now is a great time to become a SMPTE Member. A new Associate Membership level is now available at an annual rate of $35. This membership type is only available to new members (and current Student Members upon graduation). Get info at the next section meeting or at the SMPTE website.

Section meetings are normally the second Tuesday of each month, September through June. A Managers' Dinner precedes each meeting at 5:30 PM and all are welcome to attend. Members and other professionals in the Detroit area are invited to suggest meeting topics. Please contact any of the officers or managers.

If you have any topics of interest to suggest or that you would like to see offered, please contact any of the managers or officers using the Contact link above.

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The Detroit Section is one of 28 local sections of the Society. Local sections conduct technical programs tailored to the interests of the section membership. This allows members to have hands-on input in the affairs of the Society on a local level.

Our membership is composed of film and video professionals in the Detroit area, throughout Michigan and Southwestern Ontario. Each month, September through June, we meet at a different location around the area and present a technical topic of interest to the film and television industry.

The strength of the Society is in its membership and their interests and talents. Membership in SMPTE is an important benchmark in your professional career. It is only with support from its members that the Society can perform the important work in standards-setting and technical education that moves our industries forward. Members in our area (Lower Michigan and Southwest Ontario) are assigned to the Detroit Section.

As the Detroit Section is locally run and managed, it takes the dedication of many imaging professionals volunteering their time to make the Section successful. We are always looking for interested members who wish to help guide and direct the Detroit Section's technical program and manage its affairs. The Board of Managers consists of a Chair, Secretary/Treasurer, and six Managers, who together with the past Chair, Regional Governor and appointed officers, plan and conduct the Section technical program. Each year in the spring, Section members elect the Chair and Secretary/Treasurer, who serve one-year terms, and three Managers, who serve two-year terms. Any Section member can run for office and those interested are encouraged to nominate themselves by contacting the Chair, Past Chair or Secretary/Treasurer.

Non-members are welcome to attend meetings. We do encourage membership if you have an ongoing interest in the Society. There is usually no admission charge to attend meetings.