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John Warnock

By SaucyMitts
  • Birth

    Birth

    John saw a sudden burst of light...He was born
  • Warnock Algorithm

    Warnock Algorithm

    In his doctoral thesis warnock invented this algorithm for hidden surface determination in computer graphics
  • Adobe Systems

    Adobe Systems

    Adobe systems was found in December of 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke in Mountain View, California.
  • PostScript

    PostScript

    At Warnock's new company he along with Geschke and Putman, developed PostScript from scratch and brought it to market for Apple's LaserWriter.
  • Software Sytems Award

    Software Sytems Award

    Warnock won the Software Sytems Award from the Association for Computing machinery in 1989
  • Camelot

    Camelot

    In the spring of 1991, Warnock outlined a system called "Camelot" the evolved into modern day PDF
  • Donations of Adobe

    Donations of Adobe

    In 2003 Warnock and his wife donated 200,000 shares of Adobe Systems valued at 5.7 million dollars to the University of Utah.
  • Lovelace Medal

    Lovelace Medal

    Warnock recieved the Lovelace Medal from the British Computer Society in 2004.
  • The American Elcetronics Association's Annual Medal of Achievment Award

    The American Elcetronics Association's Annual Medal of Achievment Award

    Warnock recieved the American Elecronics Association's Annual Medal of Achievment Award in 2006, bein gthe forst software executive to recieve this award.
  • National Medal of Technology and Innovation

    National Medal of Technology and Innovation

    Warnock was chosen to recieve this award which is one of the nation's highest honors bestowed on a scientist, engineers, and inventors.
  • The Marconi Prize

    The Marconi Prize

    Warnock recieved the Marconi Prize, considered the highest honor specifically for contributions to information science and communications.