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Line 1: {{Short description\|American computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman (1940–2023)}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=August 2023}}▼ {{for\|the Northern Irish politician\|Edmond Warnock}} ▲{{Use mdy dates\|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox scientist \| name = John Warnock Line 19: \| alma_mater = [[University of Utah]] ([[Bachelor of Science\|BS]], [[Master of Science\|MS]], [[Doctor of Philosophy\|PhD]]) \| doctoral_advisor = {{plainlist\| * [[David C. Evans]]<ref name="Evans student Warnock"/> * [[Ivan Sutherland]] }} Line 47: == Early life and education == Warnock was born on October 6, 1940, and raised in [[Salt Lake City]], Utah.<ref name="WaPoObit">{{cite news \|last1=Rosenwald \|first1=Michael S. \|title=John Warnock, Adobe CEO who led desktop publishing revolution, dies at 82 \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/08/22/john-warnock-adobe-ceo-who-led-desktop-publishing-revolution-dies/ \|access-date=August 24, 2023 \|newspaper=Washington Post \|date=August 22, 2023}}</ref> He failed mathematics in ninth grade before graduating from [[Olympus High School]] in 1958,;<ref name=Innovator/> however, Warnock went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and philosophy, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in electrical engineering ([[computer science]]), and an honorary degree in science, all from the [[University of Utah]].<ref name="Evans student Warnock">{{cite web \|last1=Lerner \|first1=Evan \|title=Remembering John Warnock \|url=https://www.price.utah.edu/2023/08/21/remembering-john-warnock \|website=The John and Marcia Price College of Engineering at the University of Utah \|access-date=August 22, 2023 \|date=August 21, 2023}}</ref> At the University of Utah he was a member of the Gamma Beta Chapter of the [[Beta Theta Pi]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Famous Betas – Gamma Theta Chapter \|url=https://www.wsubeta.org/famous-betas \|website=www.wsubeta.org \|access-date=August 22, 2023}}</ref> He also received an honorary degree from the [[American Film Institute]].<ref name="Biancuzzi; Warden 2009"/> He lived in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] with his wife Marva M. Warnock, marrying in 1965. Marva is a former partner and [[graphic designer]] at Marsh Design in [[Palo Alto, California]], and is known not only for creating the iconic Adobe logo, but also as a designer for nonprofit organizations.<ref name=MoranEye>{{cite magazine \|title=Finding Solutions: John and Marva Warnock Supporting Moran Research to Cure Blinding Diseases \|magazine=Moran Eye Center News \|date=March 6, 2019 \|publisher=University of Utah Health \|accessdate=August 24, 2023 \|url=https://healthcare.utah.edu/moran/news/2019/03/finding-solutions-john-and-marva-warnock-supporting-moran-research-cure-blinding }}</ref> They have three children.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Harrington \|first1=Jim \|title=Adobe co-founder John Warnock, a giant in the tech world, dies at 82 \|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/08/20/adobe-co-founder-john-warnock-a-giant-in-the-tech-world-dies-at-82/ \|access-date=August 22, 2023 \|work=[[The Mercury News]] \|date=August 20, 2023}}</ref> == Career == Line 60: \| series = American Mathematical Society, Colloquium Publications, vol. 37 \| title = Structure of rings \| year = 1956~~}}.</ref>~~\| hdl = 2027/uc1.b4062890 \| hdl-access = free }}.</ref> In his 1969 doctoral thesis, Warnock invented the [[Warnock algorithm]] for [[hidden surface determination]] in [[computer graphics]].<ref>{{cite thesis Line 79 ⟶ 81: In the spring of 1991, Warnock outlined a system called "Camelot", inventing the [[Portable Document Format]] (PDF) file-format.<ref name=NYT/> The goal of Camelot was to "effectively capture documents from any application, send electronic versions of these documents anywhere, and view and print these documents on any machines [sic]". Warnock's document contemplated:<ref>{{cite web \|last=Warnock \|first=John \|year=1991 \|title=The Camelot Project \|url=http://www.planetpdf.com/planetpdf/pdfs/warnock_camelot.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304134754/http://www.planetpdf.com/planetpdf/pdfs/warnock_camelot.pdf \|archive-date=March 4, 2009 \|publisher=PlanetPDF \|quote=This document describes the base technology and ideas behind the project named 'Camelot.' This project's goal is to solve a fundamental problem [...] there is no universal way to communicate and view ... printed information electronically.}}</ref> {{~~Quote~~Blockquote\|text=Imagine if the IPS (Interchange PostScript) viewer is also equipped with text searching capabilities. In this case the user could find all documents that contain a certain word or phrase, and then view that word or phrase in context within the document. Entire libraries could be archived in electronic form...}} The new PDF format, though, was slow to gain industry traction and Warnock noted that "the industry 'did not get it{{'"}}.<ref name="Eve">{{cite journal \|last1=Eve \|first1=Martin Paul \|date=2022 \|title="New Leaves: Riffling the History of Digital Pagination" \|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/872063 \|journal=Book History \|volume=25 \|issue=2 \|pages=491 \|doi=10.1353/bh.2022.0017 \|s2cid=254221430 \|access-date=August 25, 2023}}</ref> One of Adobe's popular [[typeface]]s, [[Warnock (typeface)\|Warnock]], is named after him.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Warnock ~~{{!}} Adobe Fonts~~ \|url=https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/warnock#about-section \|publisher=~~fonts.adobe.com~~Adobe Fonts \|access-date=August 22, 2023}}</ref> Warnock held twenty patents.<ref name=NYT/><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Lovos \|first1=Milagros \|title=John Warnock \|url=https://www.computer.org/profiles/john-warnock \|publisher=IEEE Computer Society \|access-date=August 22, 2023 \|date=April 4, 2018}}</ref> In addition to Adobe Systems, he ~~served~~was or had ~~served~~been on the board of directors at [[ebrary]],<ref>{{cite news \|title=Publishing start-up captures Adobe veteran \|date=January 2, 2002 \|newspaper=CNET \|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/publishing-start-up-captures-adobe-veteran/ \|accessdate=September 7, 2023}}</ref> Hiball,<ref>{{cite magazine \|title=Your Valentine's Day Hotel Might Have This Buzzy AI Bed \|author=Martine Paris \|date=February 12, 2021 \|magazine=Forbes \|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/martineparis/2021/02/12/valentines-day-your-hotel-might-have-this-ai-bed-funded-by-adobe-founder-john-warnock/?sh=626ac550467b \|accessdate=September 7, 2023}}</ref> [[Knight-Ridder]], [[Octavo (disambiguation)\|Octavo Corporation]], [[Netscape Communications]], and [[Salon Media Group]].<ref name="Biancuzzi; Warden 2009">{{cite book \|last1=Biancuzzi \|first1=Federico \|last2=Warden \|first2=Shane \|title=Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages \|date=March 28, 2009 \|publisher=O'Reilly Media \|isbn=978-0-596-51517-1 \|page=456 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mrGDmAEACAAJ \|access-date=August 22, 2023 \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Encyclo>{{cite web \|title=Encyclopedia.com \|publisher=[[Cengage\|Cengage Group]] \|location=Boston, Massachusetts \|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/economics-magazines/warnock-john-edward \|accessdate=August 29, 2023}}</ref> Warnock was a past chairman of the [[Tech Museum of Innovation]] in San Jose.<ref name="Biancuzzi; Warden 2009"/> He ~~also served~~was on the board of trustees of the [[American Film Institute]], the [[Sundance Institute]] and the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]].<ref name="Biancuzzi; Warden 2009"/><ref name=Encyclo/> His hobbies included photography, [[skiing]], [[web development]], painting, [[hiking]], [[curator\|curation]] of rare scientific books, and historical [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas\|Native American]] objects.<ref>{{cite book \|vauthors=Nagy C, etal \|editor=Warnock J and Warnock M \|title=The Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art \|year=2009\|publisher= University of Utah Press \|location= Salt Lake City \|isbn= 978-0874809602 \|oclc= 294998662 \|page=223 }}</ref> Line 100 ⟶ 102: \|access-date=March 21, 2009 \|quote=The stock currently valued at over $5.7M is the cornerstone gift of a $13M capital campaign to construct a new engineering building dedicated to undergraduate instruction and emerging areas of research.}}</ref> to the University of Utah as the main gift for a new engineering building.<ref>{{cite web\|title=U Receives Cornerstone Gift for New Engineering Building: President J. Bernard Machen Announces Plans for the John E. and Marva M. Warnock Engineering Building \|url=http://web.utah.edu/news/releases/03/mar/warnock.html \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716160845/http://web.utah.edu/news/releases/03/mar/warnock.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=July 16, 2012 \|publisher=[[University of Utah]] \|year=2003 \|access-date=March 21, 2009}}</ref> The John E. and Marva M. Warnock Engineering Building was completed in 2007 and houses the [[Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=SCI Starts New Phase in the Warnock Engineering Building \|url=https://www.sci.utah.edu/software/138-news/general-news/310-sci-web.html \|website=sci.utah.edu \|publisher=[[Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute]] \|access-date=August 22, 2023}}</ref> and the Dean of the [[University of Utah College of Engineering]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=John E. and Marva M. Warnock Engineering Building Opens New Era of Exploration and Discovery – UNews Archive \|url=https://archive.unews.utah.edu/news_releases/john-e-and-marva-m-warnock-engineering-building-opens-new-era-of-exploration-and-discovery/ \|access-date=August 22, 2023 \|work=archive.unews.utah.edu \|publisher=[[The University of Utah]] \|date=February 8, 2007}}</ref> John and Marva have also personally assisted with cataract surgeries led by [[Geoffrey Tabin]] on missions to reverse blindness in [[least developed countries]].<ref name=MoranEye/> They endowed a chair at the [[Moran Eye Center]], which supports work to treat preventable blindness in Utah and around the world.<ref name=Obit/> John was also the Founding Chairman of the [[The Tech Interactive\|Tech Museum of Innovation]] from 1995 to 1999.<ref name=Obit/> Warnock, the commencement speaker for the University of Utah Class of 2020, advised: "The rest of your life is not a spectator sport. Your job in life is to be an active player, to make the world a better place.”<ref>{{cite magazine \|title=Remembering John Warnock, 1941-1923 \|magazine=Synthesis, A College of Science Publication \|publisher=University of Utah \|date=October 1, 2024 \|url=https://science.utah.edu/alumni/john-warnock/ \|accessdate=October 11, 2024}}</ref> ==Death== Line 147 ⟶ 151: ==See also== * [[Warnock algorithm]]▼ * [[Rare Book Room]], digitized first editions of great scientific books, formerly [[Octavo (disambiguation)\|Octavo Corporation]] ▲* [[Warnock algorithm]] ==References== Line 155 ⟶ 159: ==Further reading== * {{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/technology/john-warnock-dead.html\|title=John Warnock, Inventor of the PDF, Dies at 82\|last=Risen\|first=Clay\|date=August 24, 2023\|access-date=August 24, 2023\|newspaper=The New York Times}} * {{Cite news \|last=Rosenwald \|first=Michael S. \|date=2023-08-22 \|title=John Warnock, Adobe CEO who led desktop publishing revolution, dies at 82 \|language=en-US \|newspaper=The Washington Post \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/08/22/john-warnock-adobe-ceo-who-led-desktop-publishing-revolution-dies/ \|access-date=2023-08-25 \|issn=0190-8286}}~~</ref>~~ * [https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-memoriam-john-warnock/ [[Computer History Museum]] interviews with and oral history videos of Dr. Warnock] ==External links== * Oral History of John Warnock [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB6UvJLKkWI Part 1] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNhzjz3PhK4 Part 2] \|by the Computer History Museum (April 26, 2018) on [[YouTube]] * {{C-SPAN\|49443}} * [http://www.splendidheritage.com/ Splendid Heritage, a museum of Native American objects and art] {{Adobe Systems}} {{Authority control}} Line 172 ⟶ 175: [[Category:Adobe Inc. people]] [[Category:American computer programmers]] [[Category:American technology company founders]]▼ [[Category:Businesspeople from Salt Lake City]]▼ [[Category:Computer graphics professionals]] [[Category:Computer graphics researchers]] [[Category:Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery]]▼ [[Category:University of Utah alumni]]▼ [[Category:National Medal of Technology recipients]]▼ ▲[[Category:Businesspeople from Salt Lake City]] [[Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering]]▼ [[Category:Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] ▲[[Category:~~Fellows~~1999 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery]] [[Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society]] ▲[[Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering]] ▲[[Category:American technology company founders]] ▲[[Category:National Medal of Technology recipients]] [[Category:Scientists at PARC (company)]] ▲[[Category:University of Utah alumni]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer in California]]