Harold Seymour "Hal" Goldberg

Harold Seymour “Hal” Goldberg, 98, of St. Louis, MO, and formerly of Lantana, Florida, Boynton Beach, Florida, Bedford, MA and Lexington, MA, passed away on July 17, 2023 surrounded by his loving family.

Hal was born in Brooklyn, New York, the second son of Rose (Maslow) Goldberg and David Goldberg. He had one brother, the late Robert I. Goldberg, who predeceased him. He was married to Florence (Meyerson) Goldberg until her death in April, 1998. He leaves his wife, Rose Goldberg of St. Louis, MO, whom he married on March 27, 2004, a son, Lawrence B. Goldberg, a daughter, Irene M. Dale (Charles), Grandchildren Elizabeth Coyle (Timothy), Rebecca Dale, Joshua Dale (Chrystal), and a great grandson, Jonathan Charles Dale as well as cousins and countless friends.

Hal was born on January 22, 1925, in New York. According to Who’s Who, he was a graduate of Cooper Union (BEE) and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (MEE), Hal began his career as a design engineer, developing both military and commercial instrumentation. He then directed engineering groups at Dumont Laboratories and at Emerson Radio. He was chief engineer of Consolidated Avionics in New York and at EPSCO in Cambridge, Massachusetts and co-founding vice president of Lexington Instruments, Waltham, Massachusetts, developing medical monitoring instrumentation. At the Avco Research Laboratories, he designed the electronics of the Cardiac Assist Balloon Pumping System. Mr. Goldberg managed Orion Research for several years and then co-founded Data Precision Corporation in 1971, serving as its president until 1982. In 1978, it merged with Analogic Corp. In 1984, Mr. Goldberg left a post as Vice-President of Analogic to help found Acrosystems Corporation, leading the company as president until 1988. In 1988, he was Associate Dean of the Gordon Institute of Tufts University until his retirement.

Mr. Goldberg started volunteering for the IEEE at the Section level in 1962, becoming Boston Section Chairman in 1971. Elected Region 1 Director in 1972, he became the first chairman of the U.S. Activities Committee (USAC, now USAB) in 1975, and the first Vice President for Professional Activities. Mr. Goldberg remained active in the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, elected President in 1986. In 1989, he was elected to the IEEE Board again, as Director for Division II. In 1991, he was Treasurer of the Technical Activities Board. He also spent 13 years on the ELECTRO Board of Directors, elected Chairman in 1984. He has been on the Conference Board, Employee Committee, Congressional Fellows Committee, a Foundation Trustee, Audit Committee Chairman, Vice Chairman of both TAB and USAB, and a member of RAB and of the Standards Board. Among his IEEE accomplishments, Mr. Goldberg directed the establishment of CNEC and the initiation of the ELECTRO and IMTC conferences. He was the first Chairman of USAB and has devoted many years to the editorship of the Boston Section Newsletter. A Life Fellow of the IEEE, Mr. Goldberg was the 1989 recipient of the John Fluke Memorial Pioneer Award for his lifetime achievements. He received the 1988 Distinguished Service Award from the I&M Society, the 1978 Citation of Honor from USAB, the Centennial Medal, and the 1980 Award of Distinction from the Polytechnic Institute of New York. In 1993, he was awarded the Allen Ploss Award from ELECTRO. A Professional Engineer, he is listed in Who's Who in America.

After his retirement, Hal remained active teaching at the Gordon Institute and consulting. He founded a Science and Technology Club at his condominium community in Florida. He also furthered an interest in astronomy and conducted a series of presentations in his living communities in Florida and St. Louis, to growing popularity until heath concerns forced him to stop.

A graveside service will be held at Westview Cemetery, 520 Bedford St., Lexington, Massachusetts at 11:00 a.m. on July 20, 2023.

Donations in his honor can be made to the Harold Cooper Endowment Prize Fund at The Cooper Union or the American Heart Association.