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Col in 1924, Col. in 1939, active duty 1944)<p><b>Father:</b> Abraham Sarnoff (d. 1911)<br><b>Mother:</b> Leah Privin<br><b>Brother:</b> Lew<br><b>Brother:</b> Morris<br><b>Wife:</b> Lizette Hermant (m. 4-Jul-1917, three sons)<br><b>Son:</b> Robert W. Sarnoff (b. 2-Jul-1918, m. <a href="/people/680/000206062/">Anna Moffo</a>, d. 22-Feb-1997)<br><b>Son:</b> Edward Sarnoff (b. 8-Jan-1921)<br><b>Son:</b> Thomas W. Sarnoff (b. 23-Feb-1927)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/907/000104595/">Pratt Institute, New York City</a><br><p> <a href="/company/748/000054586/">RCA</a> Founder (1919-70)<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/748/000054586/">RCA</a> <br> <a href="/company/708/000042582/">NBC</a> <br> <a href="/org/207/000134802/">Pilgrims Society</a> <br> <a href="/org/456/000041333/">Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society</a> <br> <a href="/honors/883/000161400/">Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame</a> <br> <a href="/honors/481/000032385/">Radio Hall of Fame</a> <br> <a href="/honors/823/000043694/">Silver Buffalo</a> 1965<br> <a href="/event/221/000218564/">Cholecystectomy</a> <br> <a href="/lists/591/000044459/">Russian Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a> <br> <p> <b>Appears on the cover of:</b><br> <i>Time</i>, 15-Jul-1929, <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=-1>DETAILS</font>: Radio's Sarnoff <br><i>Time</i>, 23-Jul-1951, <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=-1>DETAILS</font>: RCA's Sarnoff -- "Who would dare predict the future?"<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=31761"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=31761">David Sarnoff</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=31761" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>