Charles ginsburg biography
Inventor Charles Paulson Ginsburg, otherwise known as the “father of the video cassette recorder,” was.!
Charles Ginsburg
American engineer
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Charles Paulson Ginsburg (July 27, 1920 – April 9, 1992) was an American engineer and the leader of a research team at Ampex which developed one of the first practical videotape recorders.[1]
Biography
Ginsburg was born on July 27, 1920, in San Francisco, California.
Charles Paulson Ginsburg (July 27, – April 9, ) was an American engineer and the leader of a research team at Ampex which developed one of the.
At the age of two, he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.[2] He attended Lowell High School in San Francisco.[2]
Ginsburg earned a bachelor's degree from San Jose State University in 1948.
He worked as an engineer at AM-radio station KQW (now KCBS). He joined Ampex in 1951, and remained there until his retirement in 1986, holding the title Vice President of Advanced Technology.[3] The engineering team that helped create the videotape recorder while working for Ampex under his direction in early 1956 were Charles Andersen, Ray Dolby, Shelby Henderson, Fred Pfost, and Alex Maxey.