Adobe Co-Founder and Kahlert School of Computing Alum John Warnock Passes Away

John Warnock, U alum (Ph.D. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering ’69,) and computer scientist pioneer, died on Saturday, August 19. He co-founded Adobe in 1982 with the late Dr. Charles Geschke, and together, built Adobe from a small start-up into one of the largest, most recognized software brands in the world. Warnock, along with Geschke, was the recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, one of the nation’s highest honors bestowed on scientists, engineers and inventors. The John E. Warnock & Marva M. Warnock Engineering Building, which opened on the University of Utah campus in 2007, was named after Dr. Warnock and his wife.

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