Editing Ken Batcher (section)

==Background==
Kenneth Edward Batcher was born on December 27, 1935 in [[Queens, New York]], to Lois and Ralph Batcher. His parents met at Iowa State University and later relocated to New York City after graduation. His father, Ralph R. Batcher, was the Chief Engineer of The [[Alfred H. Grebe|A. H. Grebe]] Radio Company until its bankruptcy in 1932.<ref>[http://www.earlytelevision.org/batcher_articles.html/ Early Electronic Television, Early TV In New York City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102001540/http://earlytelevision.org/batcher_articles.html |date=2017-01-02 }} Retrieved on 5 Mar 2018</ref>

Batcher graduated from [[Brooklyn Technical High School]],<ref name="kent"/> and then from [[Iowa State University]] with [[Bachelor of Engineering|B.E.]] degree in 1957. In 1964, Batcher received his Ph.D. in [[electrical engineering]] from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]].

Batcher died in [[Stow, Ohio]] on August 22, 2019, at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenneth E. Batcher |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/ohio/name/kenneth-batcher-obituary?id=11701396 |website=Legacy |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref>