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[[File:Ropiequet_1959.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Dick Ropiequet, 1959]]
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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.
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 US3355620: 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)
* [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==
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