Good day Gentlemen,

A sad day, i learned today via French Forum RadioFil the passing away of retired Westinghouse TV Engineer Stan Lebar on Dec 23rd 2009:

http://retro-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=232387

A sad event, for me and probably for many of you who were fortunate enough to witness his presentation at this year's ETF Convention in April.

Stan Lebar headed the Westinghouse Space TV Camera group during the essential Apollo program decade, 1960-1970. Thanks to his pioneering engineering, billions of viewers lived the lunar landings live all over the planet.

Still photos of his ETF April presentation can be viewed on the ETF site:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/2009_convention_photos-presentations2.html

Steve, will you perhaps release the film (YouTube,...) of his presentation which was streamed on the Internet during the Convention. 8 months before Stan's departure, this is now a historical document, retracing his entire career at Westinghouse and involvment with the NASA Apollo program.

Goodbye Stan, kudos! Hats off and Hail! to a great engineer, team leader and kind person who gave the world the great privilege of living the Space Race right in your own living room, we will miss you...

Best Regards

jhalphen
Paris/France

Very sad to hear of Stan's passing. I attended the ETF in April and enjoyed Stan's presentation very much. I was sorry that it ran a bit long and he was unable to get to the portion that included the color telecasts from the lunar surface. Very pleasant man and easy to chat with. RIP Stan.

-Steve .

I too saw part of that presentation and it was good. I hope you went to a better place Stan, RIP.

I'm sorry to hear of Stan's passing. He was quite an engineer and a real gentleman. He gave me some encouraging words and ideas at the ETF convention last year. RIP Stan.

It's hard to lose these pioneers. I remember Stan's presentation at the last convention as one of the most interesting. His presentation revealed so many interesting problems that needed to be solved in order to be able to bring live pictures from the moon. He will be remembered as one of the real poineers of the industry. Sad to hear of his passing.


For those interested here are two links to articles honoring Stan's life.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bal-md.ob.lebar30dec30,0,6967709.story

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/nbh/2009/12/26-17/Stan-Lebar-engineer-synagogue-founder-dies.html

It was very interesting to hear the technical details of the challenges Stan and his team overcame. It was a very interesting talk. Stan seems to have lived a full and rewarding life.

John

I'm sure where Stan is now he's probably recovered the lost NASA 14-inch tape reels buried among an estimated 350,000 that were recycled in the 1970s and 1980s showing the high-resolution images of the Apollo 11 first moon walk. RIP Stan.

vale stan...

The video of Stan's tour of the Early Television Museum, along with a short tribute by a colleague of his, can be found here:

www.earlytelevision.org/stan_lebar.html

I remember how nice it was talking with Stan Lebar, after the 2009 ETF banquet. Stan enjoyed talking to us about his role in televising the first footstep on the moon.
I can remember watching that footstep in 1969. I will always remember seeing that footstep and talking about it with Stan, some forty years later.
I am especially thankful that my son, Adam, got to meet and chat with Stan.

Aloha Stan