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robert h. goddard alumni award otto h. schade award american sri international sarnoff corporation 1945 sri curtis r carlson 2010 cropped.jpg curtis carlson
 curtis r. carlson worcester polytechnic institute rutgers university
curtis carlson

curtis raymond carlson -lrb- born 1945 -rrb- was president and ceo of sri international from 1998 to 2014 and is a prominent technologist .
a physics graduate of worcester polytechnic institute and ph.d. student at in geophysical fluid dynamics from rutgers university , he joined sarnoff corporation after graduation and worked through the ranks .
while at sarnoff , carlson led teams that developed the hdtv standard and designed a system to assess broadcast image quality , both of which were awarded a technology & engineering emmy award .
in 1998 , carlson was named ceo of sri international , a post previously held by william p. sommers .
for his contributions to science , technology , and business , carlson received worcester polytechnic institute 's robert h. goddard alumni award in 2002 .
for his role in advancing the functional performance and image quality of information displays , he received the society for information display 's otto h. schade award in 2006 .
