Sidney Harman | |
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 Harman in White House Oval Office with U.S. President Jimmy Carter | |
| Born | Sidney Mortimer Harman August 4, 1918 |
| Died | April 12, 2011 (aged 92) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Baruch College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1939) Union Graduate College, (Ph.D., 1973) |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer, business, entrepreneur, philanthropist, publishing |
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Sidney Mortimer Harman (August 4, 1918 – April 12, 2011) was a Canadian-born American polymath whose varied intellectual interests enabled him to flourish during a sixty-year career as an engineer, businessman, manager and philanthropist active in electronics, education, government, industry, and publishing.
Harman made “high-fidelity sound [a] part of American life".[3]
Harman's career highlights include: co-founder, CEO and Chairman Emeritus of Harman/Kardon, Inc. [later Harman International Industries], President of World Friends College, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce, Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, board member of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, Isaias W. Hellman Professor of Polymathy at University of Southern California executive board chairman of Business Executives for National Security, member of the Council on Foreign Relations and CFO-owner of the Newsweek Daily Beast Co.
Harman was active in business until his death at 92 years old. He died one month after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.[2]
- ^ "SIDNEY HARMAN". 24 October 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Sidney Harman, Newsweek chairman and entrepreneur, dies at 92". Jewish Journal. 13 April 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "Sidney Harman, 1918–2011". The Week. 21 April 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2023.