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From The Clubhouse
Leonard J. South has been elected to a
second term as president of the ASC.
Victor J. Kemper is first vice

president for 1990. Jack Cooperman and
Charles Wheeler and second and third
vice presidents, respectively. Richard L.

Rawlings is secretary, Harry Wolf is treas¬
urer, and Joseph Westheimer is sergeantat-arms.

Elected to the Board of Gover¬
Howard Anderson, Joseph

nors were

Biroc, Stanley Cortez, Linwood Dunn,

ceives

tors of

picture. Stanley

plaque at the
Annual Gala Affair.

nies, production companies and direc¬

photography.

guests were great. Host Stanley Cortez
presented an award of appreciation to

electrical engineering at Northrop Uni¬
versity at Los Angeles. He was employed

the

ers.

in 1978 atthe Photo Research Division of

Radin is in charge of the entire
North American inventory of Panavision,

Kollmorgen Corp., Burbank, as an engi¬
involved in the repair and recalibra¬
tion of precision light measurement
equipment. Later he became assistant to
the president and photographic equip¬
ment manager with responsibility for
product development and manufacturing
of all photographic equipment.

Walter Matthau and Howard Keel pro¬
vided witty repartee about Koch, cine¬

matographers and show business. Keel,
who hadn't intended to sing, brought the
house down-almost literally-with a
magnificent performance of Jerome
Kern's "Old Man River."
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Three newassociate members
have been added to the ASC roster. They
are Nasir J. Zaidi, Phil Radin and Bill
Herndon.

Herndon, production manager
of the Motion Picture Division, Agfa

Corporation, was born in Arkansas in
1933. He began his photographic career
as a darkroom assistant in 1942, then
worked as a theater projectionist. While
in the U. S. Army he specialized in still

photography and upon returning to civil¬
ian life spent three years as a newspaper

of

including the continental U. S., Mexico
photo¬
graphic needs of cinematographers with
the various departments. In addition, he
oversees and conveys to Panavision re¬
search and development the ideas, sug¬
gestions, requests and needs of the
and Canada. He coordinates the

camera crew, so

Photo

development of

Since 1986 Zaidi has been

president and chief executive officer of
Spectra Cine, Inc., manufacturer of Spec¬
tra Exposure Meters for the cinematog¬
rapher. As such he is responsible for all
product development from conception to
manufacture, including the Cinespot 1degree Spotmeter(for which he received
a Technical Achievement Award from
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and

a super

by Marc Brown

digital analog

exposure meter.
Born in Pakistan, Zaidi studied

neer

☆ ☆ ☆

that the company can

provide newequipmentto make cinema¬
tography a constantly improving art.

the

commemorative

Radin is senior vice president
marketing, Panavision, Inc. He has
been with the company for 13 years,
having started in the shipping and receiv¬
ing department in September 1976. He
moved up to camera rentals and in 1987
was appointed to his present position.
His primary responsibility is the supervi¬
sion of all departments dealing with
cinematographers, directors and produc¬

program's honoree, Howard Koch.
Special guests Karl Malden,

contributions

to the motion

Joining the Motion Picture
Division as sales manager in San Fran¬
cisco in 1969, Herndon became produc¬
tion manager in 1988, shortly after relo¬
cating in Los Angeles. In matters of sup¬
ply, sales and technical problem solving

members of the Board are Richard

☆ ☆ ☆

re¬

ASC ac¬

Cortez presents

he works with film labs, sound compa¬

The ASC Gala Annual Affair at
the Bel Air Country Club January 13 was
the best yet. The food, the music (Manny
Harmon's orchestra), and especially the

an

colade for his
many

United States.

William A. Fraker, Philip Lathrop, Woody
Omens and Lester Shorr. Alternate

Kelley,
Michael Margulies, Richard Glouner,
Vilmos Zsigmond and Brianne Murphy.

Howard Koch

photographer. After receiving his BA in
Photography atthe Rochester Institute of
Technology in 1961, he became techni¬
cal sales representative for Gevaert -
now a part of Agfa - for the Western

In

January, associate member

Daniel Sandberg was elected chairman
of the Board of Directors of TVC Image

Technology ("IMAGE") and its main
operating subsidiary, TVC Film Laborato¬
ries, Inc. ("LABS"). Sandberg has been
with TVC since its inception, 22 years
ago, and served as president and CEO
during the past eight years.
TVC, a full-service motion pic¬
ture lab based in New York City, has
processed film from more than 80 coun¬

Sciences), the Cinemate Digital
Footcandle Meter, and, currently, the

tries.

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