Leo Chaloukian

{{Short description|American sound engineer (1927–2024)}}

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| caption = Chaloukian in 1990

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|6|19}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|7|18|1927|6|19}}

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| occupation = Sound engineer

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Leo Chaloukian (June 18, 1927 – July 18, 2024) was an American sound engineer, business owner, and president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from 1989 to 1993.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/people-news/leo-chaloukian-dead-television-academy-president-1236083084/ |title=Leo Chaloukian, Emmy Award-Winning Sound Designer and Former TV Academy President, Dies at 97 |first=Diego |last=Ramos Bechara |date=July 24, 2024 |access-date=September 16, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/leo-chaloukian-dead-sound-designer-1235956700/ |title=Leo Chaloukian, Emmy-Winning Sound Designer, Dies at 97 |first=Etan |last=Vlessing |date=July 24, 2024 |access-date=September 16, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/leo-chaloukian-dead-television-academy-1236019871/ |title=Leo Chaloukian Dies: Emmy- & Oscar-Winning Sound Designer, Ex-Television Academy Chair Was 97 |first=Denise |last=Petski |date=July 24, 2024 |access-date=September 16, 2024}}

Chaloukian began his career in sound engineering at Ryder Sound Service in 1954. He became the owner of the company in 1976. After serving on the board of governors for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, including two terms as a vice-president, he was elected president of the academy in December 1989.{{cite magazine |title=From The Clubhouse |magazine=American Cinematographer |volume=70 |issue=12 |date=December 1989 |page=115 |via=ProQuest |url=https://www.proquest.com/magazines/clubhouse/docview/196316371/se-2}} He sold Ryder to Soundelux in 1997, but continued with the company as a senior vice-president. He retired in 2014.

At the 97th Academy Awards, his name was mentioned in the In Memoriam section.{{Cite web|url=https://aframe.oscars.org/news/in-memoriam|title=In Memoriam|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 2, 2025}}