[78-L] Goodbye, Dolby

[David Lennick]

Oops, forgot it was a Pathe..I'll reverse the phase.

dl

On 9/13/2013 4:43 PM, Koen Kamphuijs & Gusta Harderwijk wrote:
> There's nothing but the hiss of a worn piece of shellac.
>
>
> At 22:32 13-9-2013, you wrote:
>> There will be a minute of hiss-free silence in Ray's honor.
>> dl
>>
>>>
>>>    Ray Dolby, sound pioneer and Dolby Laboratories founder, dies
>>>
>>> The man responsible for groundbreaking work in noise reduction
>> and inventing
>>> surround sound has passed away at age 80.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sound visionary and founder of Dolby Laboratories Ray Dolby died
>> Thursday at
>>> his home in San Francisco. He was 80.
>>>
>>> The company said that Dolby had been living with Alzheimer's
>> disease in recent
>>> years and was diagnosed with acute leukemia in July.
>>>
>>> Dolby is credited with revolutionizing how people experience sound with his
>>> multitude of audio technology inventions. Besides his pioneering
>> work in noise
>>> reduction, Dolby also invented surround sound. He held more than
>> 50 US patents.
>>>
>>> "Today we lost a friend, mentor and true visionary," Dolby Laboratories
>>> President and CEO Kevin Yeaman said in a statement
>>    "Ray Dolby founded the company based on a commitment to creating
>> value through
>>> innovation and an impassioned belief that if you invested in
>> people and gave
>>> them the tools for success they would create great things. Ray's
>> ideals will
>>> continue to be a source of inspiration and motivation for us all."
>>>
>>> Dolby founded Dolby Laboratories
>>> in 1965 after working as a United Nations adviser in India. He is
>> originally
>>> from Portland, Ore. In his early years, he attended both Stanford
>> University
>>> and Cambridge University and worked at Ampex as the chief designer of all
>>> electronic aspects of the first videotape recording system.
>>>
>>> At Dolby Laboratories, Dolby fostered an environment where
>> engineers worked to
>>> advance the science of sound and come up with new ideas to make
>> acoustics more
>>> engaging. Today, thousands of films and billions of devices use Dolby
>>> technology to enhance sound. Recording artists and filmmakers
>> also use Dolby
>>> Laboratories' inventions and tools to enliven their creations.
>>>
>>> "Though he was an engineer at heart, my father's achievements in technology
>>> grew out of a love of music and the arts," said Dolby's son Tom
>> Dolby, who is a
>>> filmmaker and novelist. "He brought his appreciation of the
>> artistic process to
>>> all of his work in film and audio recording."
>>>
>>> Over the course of his lifetime, Dolby was awarded the National Medal of
>>> Technology from President Bill Clinton, the Order of Officer of the British
>>> Empire by Queen Elizabeth II, several Oscar, Emmy, and film
>> festival awards,
>>> and more. He was also inducted into the National Inventors Hall
>> of Fame in the
>>> US and the Royal Academy of Engineers in the UK in 2004. Since
>> its inception,
>>> Dolby Laboratories has also been awarded 10 Academy Awards and 13
>> Emmy Awards.
>>>
>>> Despite his achievements, Dolby was not a boastful man. He was
>> once quoted as
>>> saying, "I was never a gold-digger, or an Oscar-digger, or
>> anything like that.
>>> I just had an instinct about the right sort of things that should
>> be done in my
>>> business. So all these things just fell into place."
>>>
>>> Dolby is survived by his wife, Dagmar, his sons, Tom and David,
>> their spouses,
>>> and four grandchildren.
>>>
>>> "My father was a thoughtful, patient and loving man, determined
>> to always do
>>> the right thing in business, philanthropy, and as a husband and father,"
>>> Dolby's son David Dolby, who is member of Dolby Laboratories' Board of
>>> Directors, said. "Our family is very proud of his achievements
>> and leadership.
>>> He will be sorely missed, but his legacy of innovation will live on."
>>>
>>>
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