Obituary for Buz Reeves K2GL
OBITUARY | December 31, 1986
Hazard E. Reeves, 80; Popularized Cinerama
<p> Hazard E. Reeves, a communications entrepreneur who
helped popularize the wide-screen Cinerama film system and
magnetic stereophonic recording, died Dec. 23 of a heart attack
at the Duck Cedar Inn in Tuxedo, N.Y. He was 80 years old and
lived in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. Mr. Reeves, a leader in the
electronics field, helped make popular the use of quartz crystals
for radio transmitters, and, in a departure from communications,
helped market the Waring Blendor, one of the first home blenders.
He also helped to develop Realtron, the first company that
offered computerized real-estate listings nationwide, and
Catalogia, said to be the world's first computerized
multi-catalogue shopping system.