Acopian and Workman met while attending Lafayette College in Easton, PA. Acopian received a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Workman received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. Acopian had immigrated to the United States from Iran in the 1940s and served in the US Army. He founded Acopian Technical Co. in Phillipsburg, NJ in 1957 and then relocated to Easton, PA. The company started with 5 employees at a small plant in the Parkside neighborhood of Easton, PA. (lots more detail https://www.acopian.com/SA.html)
Inventors: Sarkis Acopian, Thomas A. Workman (Acopian Technical Co., Easton PA USA)
Boxed Radios Photographed from the Bill Burkett collection
