Editing Tomlinson Holman

{{Short description|American audio engineer}}
'''Tomlinson Miles Holman II'''<ref name="Alumni Award">[http://www.csd99.org/north/school_information/aae.aspx DGNHS Alumni Award of Excellence; accessed 15 July 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621054647/http://www.csd99.org/north/school_information/aae.aspx |date=21 June 2010 }}</ref> (born 1946) is an American [[film]] theorist, audio engineer, and inventor of film technologies, notably the [[Lucasfilm]]'s [[THX]] sound system. He developed the world's first [[10.2 surround sound|10.2]] sound system.<ref name=Softpedia>Truta, Filip Truta (May 5, 2011). [http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apple-Hires-Sound-Systems-Inventor-Tomlinson-Holman-198553.shtml "Apple Hires Sound Systems Inventor Tomlinson Holman"]. [[Softpedia]].</ref>

==Career==
Early in his career, Holman developed what was known as the Holman Preamplifier for the APT Corporation, a former Massachusetts entity founded by Holman.  He holds a [[Bachelor of Science]] from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] (1968).<ref>[http://ee.usc.edu/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/#h "Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering: Full-Time Faculty"]. [[USC Viterbi School of Engineering]]. Retrieved September 11, 2012.</ref>

In 2002 he received the [[Academy Award for Technical Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sci-Tech Awards|url=https://www.oscars.org/sci-tech|website=Oscars.org|accessdate=12 February 2018}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=October 2022}} Specifically, for "the research and system integration resulting in the improvement of motion picture loudspeaker systems".

In 2007 he received the [[IEEE Masaru Ibuka Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/tfas/ibuka.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406063903/http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/tfas/ibuka.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 6, 2010|title=IEEE IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award|website=[[IEEE]]|language=en-us|access-date=2018-02-12}}</ref>

Holman taught film and television sound at the School of Cinematic Arts, [[University of Southern California]] from 1987 to 2011.{{cn|date=October 2022}}

In 2011 - 2021, [[Softpedia]] reported that [[Apple Inc.]] had employed Holman, and speculated that this was to work on audio projects.<ref name=Softpedia/>

==Books==

* ''Sound for Film and Television'' (2001)
* ''Surround Sound: Up and Running'' (2008)

==See also==
*[[James A. Moorer]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tmhlabs.com Holman's current entertainment technology company]
* [[Association for Computing Machinery]] [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1037851.1037867 Video Interviews with Tomlinson Holman]
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[[Category:CAS Career Achievement Award honorees]]
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[[Category:Lucasfilm people]]


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