Ray Dolby
American engineer and inventor
Ray Milton Dolby Hon OBE, HonFREng was an American engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR. He helped develop the video tape recorder while at Ampex and was the founder of Dolby Laboratories. Wikipedia
Born: January 18, 1933, Portland, OR
Died: September 12, 2013 (age 80 years), San Francisco, CA
Education: Pembroke College (1961), University of Cambridge (1961), Stanford University (1957), and more
Spouse: Dagmar Dolby (m. 1966–2013)
Children: Tom Dolby
Significant design: Surround sound