J. Christopher Jaffe

J. Christopher Jaffe (October 4, 1927 – May 23, 2013) was recognized for leadership in architectural-acoustic design.

[2][3] During the course of his work he has consulted on over 250 performance halls, including:[2] In 1958, Jaffe and Paul Kleinman founded Stagecraft Corporation, which later became JaffeHolden Acoustics.

The light-weight demountable shells designed by him were the first engineered to use selective transmission of energy into the stage house and stage-house coupling to enhance on-stage and audience-area acoustics.

[4] Jaffe has taught acoustics at the Juilliard School, City University of New York, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he is founder of the master’s program in architectural acoustics and remained for many years a Visiting Distinguished Professor.

[2] In 2011 he received the Wallace Clement Sabine Medal from the Acoustical Society of America.