Ray Dolby, the pioneer of Noise Reduction in Audio Recordings died

Ray Dolby, the American Engineer and the pioneer of noise reduction in audio recordings died on 12 September 2013. He was the founder of Dolby Laboratories. The 80 year aged Ray Dolby in his end days suffered from Alzheimer disease. 

His works in noise reduction and surround sound has been appreciated across the world and have won recognitions too. 

About Ray Dolby 

• Ray Dolby was born in Portland, Oregon in 1933 and grew up in San Francisco. 
• He started his career working in Ampex Corporation, when he was a student. He helped in the early development of videotape recording systems
• In 1963, Ray took up a two-year appointment as a United Nations advisor in India
• He returned to England in 1965 to establish Dolby Laboratories in London
• Ray served as chairman of Dolby’s Board of Directors from 1965 until 2009, and retired from the board in 2011. 
• He holds more than 50 US patents, and has written papers on videotape recording, long-wavelength X-ray analysis, and noise reduction.