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3/10/2008 Dan Taylor Awarded Inter-Society’s Highest Honor at ShoWest

The year was 1983. Seated around a small conference table at Bally’s were representatives of five trade organizations and four corporations. They had gathered to discuss how their collective efforts might improve cinema presentation. Seated at the head of the table was the new president: Dan Taylor, representing Kintek. Next read more »

10/9/2007 John Pytlak 1948 - 2007

It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of our former President, John Pytlak. John was afflicted with terminal intestinal cancer. He is survived by his wife, Betsy, two daughters, and a grandson. He spent his entire career with the Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, NY. The Inter-Society read more »

2/27/2007 JOHN PYTLAK HONORED AT SHOWEST

John Pytlak has enjoyed 37 years with Kodak, beginning his career with the company in 1970 as a photographic engineer. Since the beginning of his career, his heart has been in theatrical presentation: to provide the finest movie magic possible—and to endear himself to every projectionist and booth operator who read more »

3/22/2006 Walt Ordway Honored with 2006 Ken Mason Award

Walt Ordway, Chief Technology Officer of DCI, has been named the recipient of the Ken Mason Award given annually by the Inter-Society for meritorious service to both the organization itself and also to the business of the motion picture industry. Ken Mason, then a VP with the Eastman Kodak Company, read more »

4/29/2005 NATO moves against movie theft

The theft of the creative and intellectual property of our industry has reached epidemic proportions. When NATO officers John Fithian and MaryAnn Anderson spend countless hours and resources to help enact legislation making the recording and dissemination of a motion picture a crime...When the MPA releases a chart with the read more »

3/31/2005 John Mason receives 2005 Ken Mason Award

The Inter-Society’s 2005 Ken Mason Award recipient holds a unique position: He is Ken's son, John Mason. John has spent more than twenty years with Kodak. After a number of years in sales management and chairing the company’s Marketing Education Center in Rochester, he currently functions as Director of Kodak’s read more »

3/30/2004 Mary Ann Anderson receives 2004 Ken Mason Award

NATO Executive Director and Vice President Mary Ann Anderson is the 2004 recipient of the Inter-Society’s Ken Mason Award. Named for the founder of the Inter-Society, this is the 11th year the award has been presented, intended to honor an individual whose career has been devoted to exceptional service, both read more »

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