Imagination versus Knowledge
Mr. Gary K. Starkweather
Monday, January 22, 2007
2:00PM ~ 3:00PM ENGR3-125
Abstract
Short Bio
Gary K. Starkweather received his B.S. in Physics from Michigan State University in 1960. He subsequently moved to Rochester, New York and began his graduate studies in Optics at the University of Rochester. He graduated from the University of Rochester in 1966 with a Masters Degree in Optics.
He has spent over 43 years in the imaging sciences and holds over 44 patents in the fields of imaging, color and hardcopy devices. From 1962 to 1964, he worked for Bausch & Lomb Inc. in Rochester, NY. From 1964 until 1988 he was employed by Xerox Corporation where he became a Senior Research Fellow. In 1971 he transferred to the newly formed Xerox research center in Palo Alto, California. While at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center or PARC, he invented the laser printer. He has received a number of awards for this work. In 1977, Xerox presented him with the Xerox President's Achievement Award. In 1987, he received the Johann Gutenberg Prize from the Society for Information Display and in 1991 he received the David Richardson medal from the Optical Society of America and in 1992, he received the Engineering Excellence Award also from the optical society of America. From March of 1988 until May of 1997, he was employed by Apple Computer as an Apple Fellow involved in Publishing and Color Imaging products and research. In May of 1997 he joined Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington and became an Architect in Microsoft Research working on novel information hardware such as large displays, high resolution displays. While at Microsoft he authored several papers on displays and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems or MEMS technology. He also worked on optical security technology with other technology groups a Microsoft.
In March of 1994 he received a Technical Academy Award for his consulting work with Lucasfilm and Pixar on color film scanning. In November of 2002, he was inducted into the Technology Hall of Fame at COMDEX. He has published many papers and has written a book chapter entitled "High Speed Laser Printers" for Academic Press. He has served on several technical committees involved in display and color related imaging issues and has lectured at both Stanford University and UCLA. He is a Fellow of the IS&T as well an Honorary Member and is also a fellow of the Society for Information Display. Most recently, in October of 2004, he became a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
He has now retired from Microsoft, and has moved with his wife Joyce to DeBary, Florida. His hobbies are astronomy, golf, music and model railroading.
