significant_projects significant_awards death_date death_place birth_place article_title significant_design name field birth_date employer education birth_name
radar , push-button car radio , video disks technology ieee consumer electronics award -lrb- 2009 -rrb- & engineering emmy award -lrb- 1997 -rrb- ; may 20 , 2012 -lrb- aged 96 -rrb- downers grove , illinois chicago , illinois , usa eugene polley
 wireless remote control for televisions eugene polley engineering november 29 , 1915 zenith electronics 1935 - 1982 city colleges of chicago , armour institute of technology eugene j. polley
eugene polley

eugene polley -lrb- november 29 , 1915 -- may 20 , 2012 -rrb- was an engineer and engineering manager for zenith electronics and most widely known for inventing the first wireless remote control for television .
