12 Facts About John Warnock

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John Warnock has pioneered the development of graphics, publishing, Web and electronic document technologies that have revolutionized the field of publishing and visual communications.

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John Warnock was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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John Warnock has an honorary degree from the American Film Institute.

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One of Adobe's popular typefaces, John Warnock, is named after him.

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John Warnock is a past Chairman of the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose.

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John Warnock serves on the board of trustees of the American Film Institute and the Sundance Institute.

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John Warnock's hobbies include photography, skiing, Web development, painting, hiking, curation of rare scientific books and historical Native American objects.

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The recipient of numerous scientific and technical awards, John Warnock won the Software Systems Award from the Association for Computing Machinery in 1989.

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In 1995 John Warnock received the University of Utah Distinguished Alumnus Award and in 1999 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.

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In 2004, John Warnock received the Lovelace Medal from the British Computer Society in London.

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John Warnock is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society, the latter being America's oldest learned society.

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John Warnock has received honorary degrees from the University of Utah, the American Film Institute, and The University of Nottingham in the UK.