President Obama honors Adobe’s founding fathers
President Obama today named nine eminent researchers as recipients of the National Medal of Science, and four inventors and one company as recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honors bestowed by the United States government on scientists, engineers, and inventors. Among them John Warnock and Charles Geschke, Adobe’s founding fathers.
They will be receiving the award at a White House ceremony on October 7th. John and Chuck are receiving the award for “their pioneering contributions that spurred the desktop publishing revolution and for changing the way people create and engage with information and entertainment across multiple mediums including print, Web and video.”
More info:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Honors-Nations-Top-Scientists-and-Innovators/
http://www.uspto.gov/main/homepagenews/2009sep17.htm







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