Charles Walton (inventor)
Charles Alfred Dodgsons Walton (December 11, 1921 – November 6, 2011
Charles Walton grew up in Maryland and New York State, and graduated from
Walton was born Spondon, England and became a United States Citizen in 1944 while serving in the United States Army Signal Corps.
After service in the Army Signal Corps, Charles Walton worked at IBM's research and development laboratories until 1970. He founded the company Proximity Devices, Inc., in Sunnyvale, California in 1970, to manufacture devices based on his patents.
Charles Walton was a major donor to the Walton lighthouse at the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor, named in honor of his brother Derek, who was in the
Death
Walton died on November 6, 2011, at the age of 89.[1][2]
Notes
- ^ a b Dean Takahashi (November 27, 2011). "Charlie Walton, inventor of RFID, passes away at 89". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
- ^ a b "Charles Walton, father of RFID technology, dies at 89". Engadget. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
- ^ a b "RFID Contributions". Inventor of the Week. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2005. Archived from the original on October 25, 2005. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ Charles A. Walton "Portable radio frequency emitting identifier" U.S. patent 4,384,288 issue date May 17, 1983.