Eliot Bliss ’44

Eliot Bliss ’44, of Tarzana, Calif.; Apr. 29. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he joined CBS in 1951. He began his career in New York and in 1952 was offered the opportunity to move to California to open CBS Television City. During his 60-year career with CBS he supervised crews, helped with CBS’s transition to videotape, and later supervised dubbing, scoring, and production and post-production sound operations at CBS Studio Center, completing his career supervising post-production of CBS movies and long-form television. He was a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which honored him with an Academy Award nomination for his groundbreaking work on live remote broadcasting. In 1970, with the purchase of a second home in Colorado, he enjoyed skiing in the winters and the music festival in the summers. He was an avid scuba diver. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, a son and daughter-in-law, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.