Alan J. Masson recently retired after 35 years of service at Kodak in the UK and US. During his tenure at Kodak, Masson held numerous positions including head of motion picture training in the U.K.; technical coordinator, European Region; and director of engineering, Hollywood Region. He participated in the development of Ektachrome sound tracks and introduction of panchromatic sound recording film for multiformat digital sound tracks. Masson has presented numerous papers and presentations on sound negative film, color negative films, telecine control tools, and cyan dye sound tracks. A Fellow of SMPTE, he has served the Society in many capacities, including Chair of the Rochester and Hollywood Sections; Governor of the Hollywood Region; Editorial Director, Motion Pictures; and Chair of the Motion Picture Laboratory Services Technology (L6 ) and Film Technology (F2) committees. Academy Award of Commendation 2006: For their contributions to the environmentally responsible industry conversion from silver-based to cyan dye analog soundtracks. (w. Ioan R. Allen, J. Wayne Anderson, Mary Ann Anderson, Ted Kostas, Paul R. Goldberg, Shawn Jones, Tom Kuhn, Colin Mossman, Martin Richards, Frank Ricotta and Richard C. Sehlin - Winners presented Special Awards) 1 Scientific/Technical Award