Broadcast Electronics (BE) Remembers Past President and Industry Leader Larry Cervon, who died Saturday at Age 86

July 11, 2008

Source: Broadcast Electronics

Broadcast Electronics (BE) is mourning the passing of its past president Lawrence Cervon, who died on Saturday, July 5, at his home in Laurel, New York. He was 86 and suffered from pulmonary fibrosis.

"Larry was a large presence in this industry. All of us who had the fortune to know him remember him with great fondness," said BE Vice President of RF Systems Tim Bealor, who worked with Cervon until his retirement from BE in 1991.

Cervon is being remembered this week for his leadership role at BE and in the industry as a whole. He was president of BE from 1976 to 1991, taking BE from an upstart company to a corporation that is today the largest radio-only broadcast equipment manufacturer in the world. His service to the industry dates back to his days with RCA International, Westinghouse Electric and Gates Radio Company; Cervon succeeded Parker Gates as Vice President and General Manager of Gates Radio in 1967. In 1991, the National Association of Broadcasters recognized Cervon for his 45 years of vision and leadership in the development of high technology broadcast equipment.

In October 2007, BE employees honored Cervon with a lifetime achievement award during a ceremony at BE's headquarters in Quincy. Cervon did not attend the event because of health reasons, but he participated through teleconferencing from his home in New York. Friends and former colleagues posted testimonials in an online site (www.bdcast.com/larry)at the time of the ceremony. This week, many of these same people as well as others are remembering Cervon for his contribution to the industry and to BE.

"He was the driver behind getting Broadcast Electronics in the RF business," commented Bealor, recalling that Cervon took over the company when it was a small manufacturer of endless loop tape cartridge machines and established BE in the transmission business in the 1980s.

Employees at BE fondly remember him as a caring leader. "He knew all the employees by name, and I think he was one that really cared about the employees and their happiness and welfare," said Kim Winking, Marketing Services Manager for BE who also worked with Cervon at BE.

"He was a broadcast equipment guy. That was his life," commented Bealor.

Friends and former colleagues of Cervon are invited to share anecdotal stories and condolences online at www.bdcast.com/larry.




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