Obituaries

-- Adam Bernstein

Carter S. KaufmannCompany Owner

Carter S. Kaufmann, 70, the owner and chief executive of a nationally known broadcast equipment company, died of a pulmonary embolism Sept. 25 while on vacation in Madrid. He lived in Bethesda.

Mr. Kaufmann was a native Washingtonian and a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va.

He left his family's business, Kay Jewelers, to form Professional Products Inc. with his partners, Charles Faulkner and Frederick Burke, in 1965.

It grew into one of the nation's leading broadcast and audiovisual sales companies and specialized in designing and building television studios, conference centers, network operations centers and other audiovisual facilities. Clients have included the Defense Department, the White House, universities throughout the country and all major television stations in the Washington area.

In recent years, Mr. Kaufmann became sole owner of the company and moved the headquarters from Bethesda to Gaithersburg.

He served in the U.S. Army and the Army Reserve.

He served on the Maryland State Bank Board and was a member of Woodmont Country Club and Washington Hebrew Congregation.

Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Gail Kaufmann of Bethesda; two children, Laura Swartz of Royersford, Pa., and Bruce Kaufmann of Laytonsville; and four grandchildren.