Gary Starkweather Explained

Gary Starkweather
Birth Date:9 January 1938
Birth Place:Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Death Place:Orlando, Florida, U.S.
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Discipline:Engineering
Institutions:Xerox Webster Research Center
Practice Name:Xerox PARC
Employer:Xerox, Apple Computer, Lucasfilm, Pixar, Microsoft
Significant Projects:Invention of the laser printer and color management
Significant Awards:David Richardson Medal

Gary Keith Starkweather (January 9, 1938 – December 26, 2019)[1] was an American engineer who invented the laser printer and color management.

Starkweather received a B.S. in physics from Michigan State University in 1960 and an M.S. in optics from the University of Rochester in 1966. In 1969, Starkweather invented the laser printer at the Xerox Webster Research Center. He collaborated on the first fully functional laser-printing system at Xerox PARC in 1971.[2] [3] [4]

At Apple Computer in the 1990s, Starkweather invented color management technology[5] and led the development of Colorsync 1.0. In 1991, he was awarded the David Richardson Medal.[6] Starkweather joined Microsoft Research in 1997, where he worked on display technology.[7]

Starkweather also made major contributions to digital matte film techniques. He was a consultant on the digital effects team for Star Wars (1977). He won a technical Academy Award in 1994 for his pioneering work with Lucasfilm (and later, Pixar) in the field of color film scanning. [8]

In 2004, he was elected to the United States National Academy of Engineering.[9] He retired in 2005. Starkweather died on December 26, 2019, at the age of 81.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Metz. Cade. Gary Starkweather, Inventor of the Laser Printer, Dies at 81. 2020-01-15. The New York Times. 2020-03-05. en-US. 0362-4331.
  2. Book: Milestones in Computer Science and Information Technology . Edwin D. Reilly . Greenwood Press . 2003 . 1-57356-521-0 . registration . 152 . starkweather laser-printer. .
  3. Book: A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology . Roy A. Allan . Allan Publishing . 2001 . 0-9689108-0-7 . starkweather laser-printer 1971 parc. .
  4. Gladwell. Malcolm. Creation Myth - Xerox PARC, Apple, and the truth about innovation. The New Yorker. May 16, 2011. 31 August 2011.
  5. Gary K. Starkweather, "Method and apparatus for calibrating and adjusting a color imaging system," U.S. Patent 5694227, Dec. 2, 1997
  6. Web site: David Richardson Medal . OSA.org . The Optical Society. 2013 . December 18, 2013.
  7. Web site: O'Hanlon . Charlene . Gary Starkweather - Laser Printer Inventor . https://archive.today/20130120080738/http://www.crn.com/it-channel/18838549;jsessionid=LJN3FG3SST1IPQE1GHPSKH4ATMY32JVN . dead . January 20, 2013 . Nov 13, 2002 . IT Channel News by CRN . CRN . 13 August 2009 .
  8. Web site: UIST 2005 Keynote . Biography . 2020-01-15.
  9. Web site: Mr. Gary K. Starkweather . National Academy of Engineering Membership Website . 2007-09-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061214193040/http://www.nae.edu/nae/naepub.nsf/Members+By+UNID/D4581984B3592D5B85256E39004FC685?opendocument . 2006-12-14 . dead .
  10. Web site: Gary K. Starkweather . Inductees . National Inventors Hall of Fame . 9 January 2020.

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