The Society of Broadcast Engineers has elevated Roswell Clark, Steve Keeler and Thomas McNicholl to the membership rank of Fellow.
The Fellow honor is the highest membership level in the SBE. Members must have made significant contributions to the broadcast engineering field or the SBE. Candidates are nominated by their peers.
Roz Clark, CPBE, CBNT, is executive director of radio engineering for Cox Media Group. He joined the SBE in 1990 and served two terms on its national board. He is a past recipient of the Robert W. Flanders SBE Engineer of the Year Award and Radio World Excellence in Engineering Award. He has served SBE Chapter 39 as treasurer since 2013 and is involved in its annual Technical Symposium.
Clark’s engineering career began in the 1980s, working for stations in the Tampa and Orlando areas; he joined Cox Media Group in 1993, receiving his current job title in 2023. He is involved with the National Radio Systems Committee, the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers, and has served on the NAB’s Radio Technology Committee.
Steven Keeler is a distinguished service professor emeritus at Cayuga Community College (SUNY). He is a member of SBE Chapter 22 Central New York and joined the SBE in 1989. He began working for the school in 1987. He is the board vice-president of Auburn Regional Media Access, and executive committee member of the SUNY Distinguished Academy, a founding board member of the Auburn Public Theater, vice president of the Cayuga Community College Faculty Association, the executive producer of the SBE 22 Student Career Seminar LIVE Stream, former chair of the National Education Association/NY State Technology Committee, and a member of MENSA. He is a two-time recipient of the James C. Wulliman SBE Educator of the Year Award.
Thomas McNicholl, CBTE, began his broadcast career 50 years ago at WKTV in Utica, N.Y., where he has been chief engineer since 2003. He is the chair of SBE Chapter 22. In 2003 he took over as chair of the annual SBE Technology Expo. He worked with local colleges and universities to invite young technical talent to the event, to increase their awareness of technical careers within media, acquaint themselves with some of the latest equipment available, and attend some of the technical papers/presentations.
A list of SBE Fellows is on the SBE website at sbe.org/fellows.
