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John H. Dessauer
John H. Dessauer
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In 1946, as part of an investigation into new technologies, he came across a description of Chester Carlson's electrophotographic process in the April 1945 issue of Kodak's Monthly Abstract Bulletin. From this brief twenty-five line abstract, Dessauer immediately sensed the potential for document copying.
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During his long and constructive career, Dessauer received honorary degrees from Le Moyne College, CIarkson University, and For~ham University, where he also served as a trustee. He was honored by the Industrial Research Institute, which named him its 1968 medalist, and in 1973 he was awarded the Frederik Philips Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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One can only hope that they will meet it with a sense of high responsibility not only to themselves but to all mankind. As new scientific discoveries and new technologies become available at an even faster pace, finding ways of applying them for the welfare of society will be the greatest opportunity that awaits man in the future." We can only agree and give thanks that the world was privileged to benefit from John Dessauer's fine mind and good heart.
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