b'Member News March 2024 31ObituariesSimon Blumlein1936-2024 Simon John Lane Blumlein joined the IET as an Associate in 1986 and began his technical career at EMI Research Laboratories before his obligatory period of National Service, when he was posted to the RAF to work on ground radar. After National Service he moved into optics and worked for the London Optical Company on the production of ophthalmic lenses for 30 years. He later ran a classical music shop in Petersfield. Simons connection goes back to the 1930s whenIn 2021, as part of the IETs his father, the electronics150th anniversary celebrations, engineer, Alan Dower Simon John Lane Blumlein Blumlein, inventedSimon, assisted by his son, stereo and worked onCharles, recorded a presentation pioneering electronics and radar research.on the achievements of Alan Alan Blumlein died inBlumlein at Solent University. a plane crash whileThis was followed by a live Q&A testing airborne radar in 1942, when Simonsession hosted by the IET Solent was only six years old. Network. Simon had previously Simon was an activeserved as Chair of the Solent contributor to theRetired Members Section.history of radar through his membership of the Defence Electronics History Society, andYou can hear Simons in 2015 he unveiled ainterview with EMI commemorative plaqueArchives on his fathers to his father at Abbeylife and work at SoundRoad Studios. In 2017, heof the Hound, recordedaccepted a posthumousin 2021.technical Grammy ontheiet.org/librarybehalf of Alan Blumlein.Alan Dower Blumlein'