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[[File:Ropiequet_1959.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Dick Ropiequet, 1959]] | [[File:Ropiequet_1959.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Dick Ropiequet, 1959]] | ||
[[File:1958_Dick_Ropiequet.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Dick Ropiequet, 1958]] | [[File:1958_Dick_Ropiequet.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Dick Ropiequet, 1958]] | ||
'''Richard Lincoln Ropiequet''' (8 May 1920 | '''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. | 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. | ||
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==Patents== | ==Patents== | ||
* [http://www.google.com/patents/US3355620 | * [http://www.google.com/patents/US3355620 US Patent 3355620 Pulse counter tube employing voltage feedback from target to beam deflection electrodes isolated from any d. c. reference voltage] (Filed 2 Dec 1963, granted 28 Nov 1967) | ||
==Links== | ==Links== |