Originally Posted by
Harvey Gerst
... by the total disregard for the contributions to JBL by Bill Burton, the designer that Ed May replaced. Bill was a colorful character and he designed the D123 and the 075 when we on Fletcher Drive. He left to start Transducers Inc., another JBL subsidiary, and Ed came in to take his place after we moved to Casitas.
This is no way diminished Ed May's well-earned place in the history of JBL, but the total disregard of Bill Burton's contributions, or even any mention of him anywhere in the JBL history is a deep disappointment to me.
He deseves better.