Last Updated: 20050914, mei
An Afternoon with Ray Dolby
Co-moderators:
Barry Fox, Freelance Journalist
Paul Gallo, PAMA
Abstract:
Ray Dolby, Founder and Chairman of Dolby Laboratories, Inc., has had a long and varied career, which includes working on various audio, instrumentation,, and video-tape recording projects at Ampex Corporation, being a consultant to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, and a United Nations advisor in India.
He established Dolby Laboratories in London in 1965 and in 1976 he moved to San Francisco, where his company established further offices, laboratories, and manufacturing facilities. He holds more than 50 U.S. patents and has written papers on video tape recording, long wavelength X-ray analysis, and noise reduction.
Ray Dolby is a fellow and past president of the Audio Engineering Society and a recipient of its Silver and Gold Medal Awards. He has received numerous other awards.
Barry Fox and Paul Gallo will talk to him about his life, his views, and his interests. It promises to be a fascinating afternoon.
