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Article: William Schreiber, ECRM founder, dies.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
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- October 26, 2009
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ECRM noted that William F. Schreiber, ECRM founder and Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died suddenly at his home on Sept. 21 at the age of 84.
Together with Melvin J. Fennell from The Associated Press and fellow M.I.T. Professors and Ph.D.s Samuel J. Mason and Donald E. Troxel, Schreiber developed one of the first commercially successful optical character recognition (OCR) machines in 1969. And on March 28, 1969 founded ECRM.
Though the funeral was private, a commemoration of Dr. Schreiber's life will be held at the M.I.T. Faculty Club at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21.
Dr. Schreiber attended the New York City public ...