Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr.
Male, Person
1932 –
Who is Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr.?
Alexander W Dreyfoos, Jr. is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist living in West Palm Beach, Florida. After graduating from the MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1954 and Harvard Business School in 1958, he founded Photo Electronics Corporation, a company specializing in photography and video production photography, in 1963. Over the decades working with the company, Dreyfoos was granted 10 US patents. In 1970, his invention Video Color Negative Analyzer for motion picture was the recipient of an Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Currently, some equipment developed by Photo Electronics Corporation can be seen on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution. He also owned television station WPEC TV-12, the CBS affiliate in West Palm Beach, Florida from 1973 to 1996. In addition, he owned Sailfish Marina Resort which is located in Palm Beach Shores, Florida, between 1977 and 2005 .
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- Born
- 1932
- Also known as
- Alexander Dreyfoos, Jr.
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Harvard Business School
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on July 23, 2013
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