Bronx, NY (July 15)--The July issue of top magazine ‘Sound & Vibration’ carried a moving tribute to Martin Hirschorn (b.1921 d. 2010) eminent founder of IAC who died in New York on June 1st aged 89.
The son of impoverished Jewish parents in 1930s Berlin, Hirschorn left Germany for England where he worked to pay his own way through technical education. From here he relocated here to pursue his ‘American Dream’ and went on to start IAC from an office in his aunt’s small apartment. Today IAC is a global leader in noise control, with a turnover of over $120million.
Read Martin Hirschorn’s fascinating story in the editorial by Jack K Mowry at www.sandv.com/home.htm alongside the article “Making the World a Quieter Place: The IAC Story”.
The USA’s ‘Hearing Journal’ and the ‘New York Times’ also carried his obituary.
Bronx, NY (July 15)--The July issue of top magazine ‘Sound & Vibration’ carried a moving tribute to Martin Hirschorn (b.1921 d. 2010) eminent founder of IAC who died in New York on June 1st aged 89.
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