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| After retiring at 76, Jeffress went to work at Dynastat, an Austin company specializing in testing and evaluation of voice communication systems that is owned by one of Jeffress' first doctoral students, William D. Voiers.{{sfn|McFadden|Young|McKinney|1986|p=8}} Jeffress had the responsibility of getting the everyday operations of Dynastat computerized.{{sfn|McFadden|Young|McKinney|1986|p=8}} This included developing programs for analyzing speech perception data. He continued to work for Dynastat until 1984.{{sfn|McFadden|Young|McKinney|1986|p=8}} | After retiring at 76, Jeffress went to work at Dynastat, an Austin company specializing in testing and evaluation of voice communication systems that is owned by one of Jeffress' first doctoral students, William D. Voiers.{{sfn|McFadden|Young|McKinney|1986|p=8}} Jeffress had the responsibility of getting the everyday operations of Dynastat computerized.{{sfn|McFadden|Young|McKinney|1986|p=8}} This included developing programs for analyzing speech perception data. He continued to work for Dynastat until 1984.{{sfn|McFadden|Young|McKinney|1986|p=8}} |
| ==Death== | |
| Jeffress died in Austin on April 2, 1986, at the age of 85.{{r|obit1}} After his death, UT established the Lloyd A. Jeffress Memorial Fellowship, the first winner of which was Dr. Beverly Wright, who went on to win the [[Acoustical Society of America]]'s R. Bruce Lindsay Award for the advancement of theoretical or applied acoustics, or both.<ref>{{cite web|title=R. Bruce Lindsay Award: Beverly A. Wright|url=http://acousticalsociety.org/search/site/jeffress|website=Acoustical Society of America|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> | Jeffress died in Austin on April 2, 1986, at the age of 85.{{r|obit1}} After his death, UT established the Lloyd A. Jeffress Memorial Fellowship, the first winner of which was Dr. Beverly Wright, who went on to win the [[Acoustical Society of America]]'s R. Bruce Lindsay Award for the advancement of theoretical or applied acoustics, or both.<ref>{{cite web|title=R. Bruce Lindsay Award: Beverly A. Wright|url=http://acousticalsociety.org/search/site/jeffress|website=Acoustical Society of America|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> |
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