Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971
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found: Bilby, K. The general, c1986:CIP t.p. (David Sarnoff) auth. note (d. 1971)
found: LC data base, 2-3-86(hdg.: Sarnoff, David, 1891- ; Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971)
found: The entrepreneurs, an American adventure. Part 6, Instant America [VR] 1991, c1986:container (David Sarnoff; founded RCA & NBC)
found: Funk and Wagnalls WWW Home page, Dec. 12, 2000:encyclopedia (David Sarnoff, 1891-1971, Russian-born American broadcasting executive; founded RCA and NBC)
found: Britannica.com, academic edition, October 1, 2014(David Sarnoff, (born February 27, 1891, Minsk, Russia; died December 12, 1971, New York, N.Y., U.S.), American pioneer in the development of both radio and television broadcasting; general manager of the newly formed Radio Corporation of America (RCA); in 1926 he formed the National Broadcasting Company (NBC); he became president of RCA in 1930 and chairman of the board in 1947, retiring in 1970; as a boy in Russia Sarnoff spent several years in preparing for a career as a Jewish scholar of the Talmud; he emigrated with his family in 1900 and settled first in Albany, N.Y., and then in New York City)
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1986-02-06: new
2014-10-02: revised
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