Noise reduction and surround sound technology pioneer, and founder of the audio company sharing his name Ray Dolby, passed away age 80 following long struggle with Alzheimer's Disease and leukemia.
"Today we lost a friend, mentor and true visionary," Dolby Laboratories president Kevin Yeaman says. "Ray Dolby founded the company based on a commitment to creating value through innovation and an impassioned belief that if you invested in people and gave them the tools for success they would create great things. Ray's ideals will continue to be a source of inspiration and motivation for us all."
Born in 1933, Dolby was 16-years when he was working on videotape recording systems at Ampex. He then headed at Stanford and got a degree in electrical engineering before getting a PhD from Cambridge University in 1961.