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david c. evans ivan sutherland university of utah mormon salt lake city , utah , united states 260px john warnock computer science 6 october 1940 adobe systems postscript portable document format -lrb- pdf -rrb- software machinery -rrb- ; edwin h. land medal -lrb- 2000 , systems optical society of america -rrb- ; bodley medal -lrb- 2003 award , bodleian library at oxford university -rrb- ; lovelace medal -lrb- -lrb- 2004 , british computer society -rrb- ; medal of 1989 achievement -lrb- 2006 , aea -rrb- ; computer entrepreneur award , -lrb- 2008 , ieee computer society -rrb- ; united states association national medal of technology and innovation -lrb- 2009 -rrb- , for marconi prize -lrb- 2010 -rrb- computing john warnock 2008.jpg john warnock
 john edward warnock university of utah
john warnock

john edward warnock -lrb- born october 6 , 1940 -rrb- is an american computer scientist & businessman best known as the co-founder with charles geschke of adobe systems inc. , the graphics and publishing software company .
dr. warnock was president of adobe for his first two years and chairman and ceo for his remaining sixteen years at the company .
although retired as ceo in 2001 , he still co-chairs the board with geschke .
warnock has pioneered the development of graphics , publishing , web and electronic document technologies that have revolutionized the field of publishing and visual communications .
