Jerome Swartz

American physicist

Jerome "Jerry" Swartz (born 1940) is a physicist who developed early optical strategies for barcode scanning technologies in the United States and co-founded the corporation, Symbol Technologies on Long Island, New York, with physicist partner, Dr. Shelley A. Harrison in 1973.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Jerome Swartz (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1940.1

About

Swartz was President, becoming the Chairman and Chief Scientist in 1982. In 2006 Symbol Technologies became a wholly owned subsidiary of the multinational telecommunications manufacturer, Motorola Corporation.

Swartz received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from The City College of New York and a Ph.D. also in electrical engineering from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, receiving fellowships from the National Science Foundation and Ford Foundation along the way.

In 1999, he led Symbol to the National Medal of Technology, the U. S.'s highest honor for technology innovation. The award was presented to Swartz by President Clinton at the White House on March 14, 2000.

He is credited with more than 180 US patents and is the author of more than 30 published papers. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the IEEE. https://patents.justia.com/inventor/jerome-c-swartz

From Wikipedia’s article on Jerome Swartz, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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Early life and education

  • Date not recordedNew York University Tandon School of Engineering3

Career

Occupation: physicist.6

  • Date not recordedWorked at New York University Tandon School of Engineering4
  • Date not recordedFounded Symbol Technologies5

Awards

  • Date not recordedIEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition7

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