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'''Richard Lincoln Ropiequet''' (8 May 1920 - 25 April 2011) was a Tektronix engineer. | '''Richard Lincoln Ropiequet''' (8 May 1920 - 25 April 2011) was a Tektronix engineer. | ||
With a background as a Navy electronics technician and a BS in chemical engineering from University of Illinois (1946), “Rope” joined the company in 1949. He was a key figure in early Tek, eventually rising to the position of Executive Vice President of Engineering and CRT Research. He left Tektronix in 1963. | |||
eventually rising to the position of Executive Vice President of Engineering. | |||
He left in | |||
==Tek Products== | ==Tek Products== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* http://www.vintagetek.org/2011/10/richard-lincoln-ropiequet/ | * http://www.vintagetek.org/2011/10/richard-lincoln-ropiequet/ | ||
* [http://www.worldsci.org/php/index.php?tab0=Scientists&tab1=Display&tab2=Display&id=182 World Science database] | |||
[[Category:Tektronix people]] | [[Category:Tektronix people]] | ||
Revision as of 05:50, 30 October 2014
Richard Lincoln Ropiequet (8 May 1920 - 25 April 2011) was a Tektronix engineer.
With a background as a Navy electronics technician and a BS in chemical engineering from University of Illinois (1946), “Rope” joined the company in 1949. He was a key figure in early Tek, eventually rising to the position of Executive Vice President of Engineering and CRT Research. He left Tektronix in 1963.
Tek Products
Ropiequet is credited with creating the precision sweep generator for models 315 and 310 that for the first time permitted time calibration and led to the term “Time-Base” being adopted.