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John E. Volkmann(1905 inChicago– July 9, 1980 inPrinceton, New Jersey) was a sound engineer and architect.
Volkmann received a BS degree in 1927 and an MS in 1928. He worked his entire professional career atRCA,working onacoustics,large scaleloudspeakersandstereophony,writing numerous technical papers and receiving several patents.
He was the architect of historicalRCA Studio Alocated onMusic RowinNashville, Tennessee.The building was designed specifically to incorporate the musical techniques of theNashville Sound.It also is the last remaining gym sized facility of three that he was a principal architect on.[1]
He is cited as receiving an additional professional degree from theUniversity of Illinoisin 1940.[2]
He transferred to RCA Laboratories in 1964 and retired from there in 1970. He was, amongst others, responsible for the development and design of the sound systems for the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
He was aFellowof theSociety of Motion Picture and Television Engineers(SMPTE), the Acoustical Society of America(ASA), and theAudio Engineering Society(AES). He received the AES Gold Medal in 1966.
References
edit- ^Gold, Adam (February 8, 2018)."Three Years After Being Saved, Studio A Still Makes an Impact".Nashville Scene.RetrievedAugust 5,2024.
- ^Obituary in the AES Journal, Oct. 1980