Charles paulson ginsburg biography for kids

American engineer

For the American pediatrician, see Charles M. Ginsburg.

Charles Paulson Ginsburg (July 27, – April 9, ) was an American engineer and the leader of a research team at Ampex which developed one of the first practical videotape recorders.^[1]

Biography

Ginsburg was born on July 27, , in San Francisco, California.

At the age of two, he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.^[2] He attended Lowell High School in San Francisco.^[2]

Ginsburg earned a bachelor's degree from San Jose State University in He worked as an engineer at AM-radio station KQW (now KCBS).

He joined Ampex in , and remained there until his retirement in , holding the title Vice President of Advanced Technology.^[3] The engineering team that helped create the videotape recorder while working for Ampex under his direction in early were Charles Andersen, Ray Dolby, Shelby Henderson, Fred Pfost, and Alex Maxey.

Ginsburg was elected a member o