Thomas Toliver Goldsmith Jr.
Pioneer and WTTG-TV Founder Dies
Thursday, 12 Mar 2009
- By Eric O Brien
LACEY, WA – Courtesy:PBRTV
Thomas Toliver Goldsmith, Jr. passed away at his home in Lacey, Washington on March 5. Among his many accomplishments, Goldsmith was the Director of Resarch at the Allen B. DuMont Laboratories from 1936-1966 and founder of Washington, D.C. station WTTG-TV (5) in 1945.
The station was a DuMont Network-owned station (as was Pittsburgh’s WDTV-TV (3) -later KDKA-TV (2) ) and dubbed with Goldsmith’s initials. WTTG still exists today.
Goldsmith was 99 and is survived by his wife of 70 years, Helen, three children, six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
તુલસીદલ 
Our Older Brother Dr.Jtendra Mulshanker Trivedi, Who came to New York in 1964 was received by Mom Helen and Dad Tom.( Thomas Goldsmith, Jr)
Today we are still connected.
Trivedi Parivar
We had a telephone this evening from Ms.Beekman Virginia Goldsmth Jr.
AKA “Ginney Goldsmith Jr”.
who is our loving sister from WASINGSTONSt STATE.She is a grand mother of three boys…
She was wishing us and family Happy Easter.
Taking us in the past….
When Dad left early morning of March 5th 2009 and Mom left us in 2011 at age 100 years and seven months.
Last,i saw Mom in March 2011 at her home with sister Ginney’.
Later we visited the family mom’s parents Farm “Wilcox Farm”.
we are keeping MOM and DAD “TTG” as always in our heart.
Rajendra and Trivedi Parivar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_T._Goldsmith,_Jr.
Dhavalrajgeera and Trivedi Parivar
‘Thomas Toliver Goldsmith, Jr. passed away at his home in Lacey, Washington on March 5. Among his many accomplishments, Goldsmith was the Director of Resarch at the Allen B. DuMont Laboratories from 1936-1966 and founder of Washington, D.C. station WTTG-TV (5) in 1945.
The station was a DuMont Network-owned station (as was Pittsburgh’s WDTV-TV (3) -later KDKA-TV (2) ) and dubbed with Goldsmith’s initials. WTTG still exists today.
Goldsmith was 99 and is survived by his wife of 70 years, Helen, three children, six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren’
May the blessings of love be upon you, May its peace abide with you, May its essence illuminate your heart, Now and forever more….
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1910
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January
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Thomas Toliver Goldsmith, Jr. was an early television pioneer, the inventor of the first video game, and a professor of physics at Furman University.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_T._Goldsmith_Jr.
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