Robert Gundlach
Robert W. Gundlach (born September 7, 1926 in Buffalo (New York) , † August 18, 2010 in Rochester (New York) ) was an American physicist and inventor, known for his contributions to the development of the modern photocopier .
Gundlach earned his bachelor's degree in physics from the University at Buffalo in 1949 and then went into industry, but had problems because as a pacifist he did not want to work for the military. From 1952 he worked for what was then a small company for photographic equipment and photographic paper, the Haloid Company, which was called Xerox after it went public in 1961 . There he initially worked for Chester Carlson and made significant contributions to the development of photocopier technology in the mid-1950s, which resulted in the Xerox 914 copier launched in 1960, the first modern automatic photocopier. It became an instant hit. Gundlach became a Senior Scientist at Xerox in 1963, a Research Fellow in 1966 and a Senior Research Fellow in 1978. In 1995 he retired.
In 2005 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame . He held 155 patents for Xerox.
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| SURNAME | Gundlach, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gundlach, Robert W. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buffalo (New York) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 2010 |
| Place of death | Rochester (New York) |