FCC Chmn. Powell on Tues. night praised ability of Deputy Office ...
FCC Chmn. Powell on Tues. night praised ability of Deputy Office of Engineering & Technology Chief Julius Knapp to “translate difficult and esoteric concepts into terms even a commissioner could understand.” Knapp received Eugene Bowler Award, which honors public…
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service commitments, at PCIA Foundation dinner. Other recipient this year was Richard Beaird, acting U.S. coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy at State Dept. PCIA also gave global achievement award to ITU Secy.-Gen. Yoshio Utsumi. “It is Julie who explained to me that Bluetooth is not a gum disease,” quipped Powell, who praised Knapp for his 27-year tenure at Commission. Comrs. Tristani, Ness and Furchtgott-Roth also lauded Knapp. Asst. Secy. of State Anthony Wayne said Beaird had “labored often in fields where even in his own department” his complicated work hadn’t been fully appreciated. Before joining State Dept. in 1988, Beaird had been at NTIA, where he was assoc. administrator for international affairs. He’s founder and still chmn. of working group on telecom in APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation). Kitchen also announced formation of Amy Zoslov Memorial Scholarship Fund. Zoslov had been chief of Auction & Industry Analysis Div. from 1998 until her death from breast cancer last Aug. Scholarship fund has been established at her alma mater, Case Western Reserve U. School of Law.