American computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman (1940–2023)
For the Northern Irish politician, see Edmond Warnock.
John Warnock
Warnock in 2008
Born
John Edward Warnock
(1940-10-06)October 6, 1940
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Died
August 19, 2023(2023-08-19) (aged 82)
Los Altos, California, U.S.
Alma mater
University of Utah (BS, MS, PhD)
Known for
Adobe Systems
PostScript
Portable Document Format (PDF)
Awards
Software Systems Award (1989, Association for Computing Machinery)
Edwin H. Land Medal (2000, Optical Society of America)
Bodley Medal (2003, Bodleian Library at Oxford University)
Lovelace Medal (2004, British Computer Society)
Medal of Achievement (2006, AeA)
Computer Entrepreneur Award (2008, IEEE Computer Society)
United States National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2009)
Marconi Prize (2010)
Scientific career
Fields
Computer science
Institutions
University of Utah
Doctoral advisor
David C. Evans[1]
Ivan Sutherland
John Edward Warnock (October 6, 1940 – August 19, 2023) was an American computer scientist, inventor, technology businessman, and philanthropist best known for co-founding Adobe Systems Inc., the graphics and publishing software company, with Charles Geschke in 1982.[2] Warnock was President of Adobe for his first two years and chairman and CEO for his remaining sixteen years at the company. Although he retired as CEO in 2001, he continued to co-chair the Adobe Board of Directors with Geschke until 2017. Warnock pioneered the development of graphics, publishing, web and electronic document technologies that have revolutionized the field of publishing and visual communications.
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^"John Warnock Obituary". Salt Lake City, Utah: The Salt Lake Tribune. August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
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