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News Release
TERRY DANIELS RECEIVES RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA AWARD. Victoria, B.C. Canada – November 21, 2009 – Daniels Electronics Ltd is pleased to announce that its Chairman of the Board, Terry G. Daniels is this year's recipient of the Radio Club of America's www.radioclubofamerica.org Fred M. Link Award, "For his substantial contribution to the advancement and development of Land Mobile Radio and Communications." Terry will receive the award at the Radio Club of America's Centennial Awards Banquet in Washington D.C. today. "Terry has been a driving force behind Daniels Electronics for the past 50 years and as a result, Daniels Electronics is a pioneering leader in radio communications in Canada and internationally" says Robert Small, President and Chief Operating Officer for Daniels Electronics. I and all the staff at Daniels extend our congratulations to Terry on this prestigious award. Terry Daniels joined the family business in 1959. In 1963, in partnership with his brother, Ronald, they moved the family business to Victoria's James Bay area, near its present location. The two brothers established a full marine electronics marketing outlet and radiotelephone manufacturing operation. The company originally produced a product line, mainly for the commercial fishing industry. In 1981, with the decline of the fishing industry, Terry pursued and won a contract from the B.C. government to manufacture a radio repeater system for a province-wide mountain top communications network. Terry, encouraged by this success, was convinced that this was on an exciting new direction in which the company should focus its resources. Today the company is an international leader in the design, manufacture and service of specialized radio communications equipment. Terry Daniels has represented the company in the following professional associations: Past Chairman of the Technical Advisory Board at Camosun CollegeAdvisory Board at the University of Victoria (School of Business)Past Director of Electronics Manufacturers' Association of B.C.Past Director, Treasurer & Editor of the Victoria Chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)Member, Radio Club of AmericaIn 2003, Terry Daniels was honoured by the Board of Directors of The Radio Club of America by being elected to the grade of Fellow in the club. The Radio Club of America www.radioclubofamerica.org is the world's first radio-communications society, founded in 1909 in New York City to promote cooperation among those interested in the advancement and scientific study of radio communications. Formed by a small group of dedicated radio amateurs and experimenters a century ago, the Radio Club of America counts among its founding membership the best in the radio-communications industry. The Radio Club of America's Fred M Link award acknowledges "substantial contribution to the advancement and development of Land Mobile Radio and Communications". Fred M. Link was born on Oct. 11, 1904, in York, Pennsylvania. His bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and his avocation as a radio amateur led to a job with New York Telephone. From 1931 to 1950, Link Radio Corporation, manufactured two-way radio communications equipment that was used extensively by police departments throughout the United States and in many foreign countries. During the war, Link Radio employed more than 800 people. Not long after he sold Link Radio in 1950, his work in radio communications resumed, and from 1954 to 1959, he was the director of the mobile radio division at the Allen B. DuMont Laboratories. From 1959 to 1965, he was a consultant to the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). For 30 years, one of Link's passions was his leadership in the Radio Club of America, where he served as Radio Club president from 1968 to 1992. Contact: |
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