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2007 ILDA Career Achievement Award recipient:
William R. Benner, Jr.
Pangolin Laser
Systems, Inc.
The ILDA Career
Achievement Award honors "exceptional individuals with a
distinguished history of achievement in the laser display industry."At the
2008 ILDA
Conference on board the Carnival Imagination, the recipient of the 2007 CAA was
announced:
William R. Benner, Jr. of Pangolin Laser Systems, Inc. The nominating statement,
describing his achievements, is here.
This page contains
remarks prepared by Bill for the Awards Presentation. Owing to time constraints,
he was not able to read the full text as presented below.
It
is indeed an honor and a privilege to receive the Career Achievement
Award - an award which is the highest accolade that ILDA bestows upon
members of the laser display community.
During the course of ILDA's multi-decade history, there have only been
eight other recipients of the Career Achievement Award, and I must admit
that I was a little bit afraid of this award up until now. In the past,
I jokingly referred to this award as the "kiss of death", because the
first six recipients of this award left the laser display industry
shortly after receiving it! As the latest recipient, I can tell you that
I am not planning on leaving the laser display industry any time soon.
Of
course, while individuals are able to accomplish great things, I believe
the greatest accomplishments are always the result of close
relationships and strong collaboration. I wouldn't be receiving such an
award without the never-ending encouragement of my wife Karen, and the
inspiration that my son William gives to me every day. Nor would I have
gotten here without the tremendous support and notable accomplishments
of all the people who make up the great team of Pangolin. And it never
hurts to have great friends, and I have some of the greatest, including
ILDA's safety committee chairman Greg Makhov, and Patrick Murphy and
Doug McCullough, both of whom are not only my closest friends, but are
also ILDA Career Achievement Award winners themselves.
Earlier in my career people often wondered aloud how long we would be
able to sell laser software and hardware, since the potential for growth
in this field seemed so limited. And yet, year after year the laser
display industry somehow manages to grow. I can tell you that I am as
excited as ever for the future - not only of the laser display industry
as a whole, but also about my own role - which I see as continuing to
push the envelope of laser software and hardware while expanding the
number of laser show producers and audience members worldwide.
Thank you!
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