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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Charles Geschke</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Geschke_photo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Charles_Geschke_photo.png/220px-Charles_Geschke_photo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Charles_Geschke_photo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="301" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1939-09-11</span>)</span>September 11, 1939<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Ohio">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 16, 2021<span style="display:none">(2021-04-16)</span> (aged 81)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Los_Altos,_California" title="Los Altos, California">Los Altos, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Xavier_University" title="Xavier University">Xavier University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">AB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Science" title="Master of Science">MS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_University" title="Carnegie Mellon University">Carnegie Mellon University</a> (<a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adobe_Inc." title="Adobe Inc.">Adobe Inc.</a><br /><a href="/wiki/PostScript" title="PostScript">PostScript</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Packard_Medal_of_Achievement" title="David Packard Medal of Achievement">AeA Medal of Achievement</a> (2006)<sup id="cite_ref-adobe.com_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adobe.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Technology_and_Innovation" title="National Medal of Technology and Innovation">National Medal of Technology and Innovation</a> (2008)<br /><a href="/wiki/Marconi_Prize" title="Marconi Prize">Marconi Prize</a> (2010)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Scientific career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fields</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science">Computer science</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Thesis" title="Thesis">Thesis</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.5555/906269">Global Program Optimizations</a></i> <span style="font-size:97%;">(1972)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Doctoral_advisor" title="Doctoral advisor">Doctoral advisor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Wulf" title="William Wulf">William Wulf</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles Matthew</b> "<b>Chuck</b>" <b>Geschke</b> (September 11, 1939 – April 16, 2021) was an American businessman and <a href="/wiki/Computer_scientist" title="Computer scientist">computer scientist</a> best known for founding the graphics and publishing software company <a href="/wiki/Adobe_Inc." title="Adobe Inc.">Adobe Inc.</a> with <a href="/wiki/John_Warnock" title="John Warnock">John Warnock</a> in 1982, with whom he also co-created the <a href="/wiki/PDF" title="PDF">PDF</a> document format.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Geschke&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Charles Matthew Geschke<b><sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> was born in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Ohio">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, on September 11, 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-willamette.detailed_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-willamette.detailed-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/Saint_Ignatius_High_School_(Cleveland)" title="Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland)">Saint Ignatius High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geschke earned an AB in classics in 1962 and an MS in mathematics in 1963, both from <a href="/wiki/Xavier_University" title="Xavier University">Xavier University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-willamette.detailed_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-willamette.detailed-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He taught mathematics at <a href="/wiki/John_Carroll_University" title="John Carroll University">John Carroll University</a> from 1963 to 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-Willamette_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willamette-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1972, he completed his PhD studies in computer science at <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_University" title="Carnegie Mellon University">Carnegie Mellon University</a> under the advice of <a href="/wiki/William_Wulf" title="William Wulf">William Wulf</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a co-author of Wulf's 1975 book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Design_of_an_Optimizing_Compiler" title="The Design of an Optimizing Compiler">The Design of an Optimizing Compiler</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Geschke&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Geschke started working at <a href="/wiki/Xerox" title="Xerox">Xerox</a>'s <a href="/wiki/PARC_(company)" title="PARC (company)">Palo Alto Research Center</a> (PARC) in October 1972. His first project was to build a <a href="/wiki/Mainframe_computer" title="Mainframe computer">mainframe computer</a>. Afterward, he worked on programming languages and developed tools that were used to build the <a href="/wiki/Xerox_Star" title="Xerox Star">Xerox Star</a> <a href="/wiki/Workstation" title="Workstation">workstation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1978, Geschke started the Imaging Sciences Laboratory at PARC, and conducted research in the areas of graphics, optics, and image processing.<sup id="cite_ref-CH_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He hired <a href="/wiki/John_Warnock" title="John Warnock">John Warnock</a>, and together they developed <a href="/wiki/Interpress" title="Interpress">Interpress</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Page_description_language" title="Page description language">page description language</a> (PDL) that could describe forms as complex as <a href="/wiki/Typeface" title="Typeface">typefaces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CH_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unable to convince Xerox management of the commercial value of Interpress, the two left Xerox to start their own company.<sup id="cite_ref-CH_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geschke’s interviews are often featured in documentary films produced by the Silicon Valley Historical Association, including the PBS <i>Silicon Valley, a One Hundred Year Renaissance,</i> narrated by Walter Cronkite (1998)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adobe">Adobe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Geschke&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adobe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Geschke and Warnock founded <a href="/wiki/Adobe_Inc." title="Adobe Inc.">Adobe</a> in Warnock's garage in 1982, naming the company after the <a href="/wiki/Adobe_Creek_(Santa_Clara_County)" title="Adobe Creek (Santa Clara County)">Adobe Creek</a> that ran behind Warnock's home.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Interpress eventually evolved into <a href="/wiki/PostScript" title="PostScript">PostScript</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its use on <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a> computers resulted in one of the first <a href="/wiki/Desktop_publishing" title="Desktop publishing">desktop publishing</a> (DTP) systems which allowed users to compose documents on a <a href="/wiki/Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">personal computer</a> and see them on screen exactly as they would appear in print, a process known as <a href="/wiki/WYSIWYG" title="WYSIWYG">WYSIWYG</a>, an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. Previously, graphic designers had been forced to view their work in text-only format while they worked, until they printed, or hit "print preview". <sup id="cite_ref-CH_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of the high quality and speed at which printing and composing could be done in WYSIWYG, the innovation "spawned an entire industry" in modern printing and publishing.<sup id="cite_ref-CH_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From December 1986 until July 1994, Geschke was Adobe's Chief Operating Officer, and from April 1989 until April 2000 he was the company's president. Geschke retired as president of Adobe in 2000, shortly before his partner Warnock left as CEO. Geschke had also been Co-Chairman of the Board of Adobe from September 1997 to 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Willamette_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willamette-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SCU_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCU-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-obit.businesswire_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit.businesswire-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Adobe was mentioned in <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a> 400 Best Big Companies</i> in 2009, and was ranked 1,069th on the <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes_Global_2000" title="Forbes Global 2000">Forbes Global 2000</a></i> list in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1992_kidnapping">1992 kidnapping</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Geschke&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1992 kidnapping"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the morning of May 26, 1992, as Geschke was arriving for work in <a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View, California</a>, he was kidnapped at gunpoint from the Adobe parking lot by two men, Mouhannad Albukhari, 26, of San Jose, and Jack Sayeh, 25, of Campbell.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A spokesperson for the FBI reported that the agency had monitored phone calls that the kidnappers had made to Geschke's wife, demanding a ransom.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The spokesperson added that Albukhari had been arrested after he had picked up the $650,000 ransom that Geschke's daughter had left at a drop-off point.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An FBI agent explained that, "[a]fter a gentlemanly discussion", Albukhari had brought them to a <a href="/wiki/Bungalow" title="Bungalow">bungalow</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hollister,_California" title="Hollister, California">Hollister</a>, where Sayeh had been holding Geschke hostage.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geschke was released unhurt after being held for four days, although he stated that he had been chained.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two kidnappers were eventually sentenced to life terms in state prison.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Geschke&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, Geschke was inducted as a fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Association_for_Computing_Machinery" title="Association for Computing Machinery">Association for Computing Machinery</a> (ACM).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, he was made a fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Computer_History_Museum" title="Computer History Museum">Computer History Museum</a> for "his accomplishments in the commercialization of desktop publishing with John Warnock and for innovations in scalable type, computer graphics and printing."<sup id="cite_ref-CH_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2006, Geschke, along with co-founder John Warnock received the annual <a href="/wiki/AeA" title="AeA">AeA</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Packard_Medal_of_Achievement" title="David Packard Medal of Achievement">Medal of Achievement</a>, making them the first software executives to receive this award. In 2008 he received the Computer Entrepreneur Award from the <a href="/wiki/IEEE_Computer_Society" title="IEEE Computer Society">IEEE Computer Society</a>. He also won the 2008 <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Technology_and_Innovation" title="National Medal of Technology and Innovation">National Medal of Technology and Innovation</a>, awarded by President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SCU_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCU-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IEEE_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEEE-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 15, 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Society" title="Marconi Society">Marconi Society</a> co-awarded Geschke and Warnock the <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Prize" title="Marconi Prize">Marconi Prize</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Sunday, May 20, 2012, Geschke delivered the <a href="/wiki/Commencement_speech" title="Commencement speech">commencement speech</a> at John Carroll University in <a href="/wiki/University_Heights,_Ohio" title="University Heights, Ohio">University Heights, Ohio</a>, where he had been a mathematics professor early in his career and was awarded an honorary <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Humane_Letters" title="Doctor of Humane Letters">doctorate of Humane Letters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PlainDealer_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PlainDealer-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Affiliations">Affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Geschke&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Geschke was on the boards of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/National_Leadership_Roundtable_on_Church_Management" title="National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management">National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Club_of_California" title="Commonwealth Club of California">Commonwealth Club of California</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tableau_Software" title="Tableau Software">Tableau Software</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Egan Maritime Foundation,<sup id="cite_ref-SCU_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCU-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Nantucket Boys and Girls Club.<sup id="cite_ref-SCU_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCU-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a member of the computer science advisory board at Carnegie Mellon University.<sup id="cite_ref-CH_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SCU_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCU-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Engineering" title="National Academy of Engineering">National Academy of Engineering</a>. In 2008, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>. In 2010, he completed his term as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_San_Francisco" title="University of San Francisco">University of San Francisco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SCU_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCU-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Geschke&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Geschke was a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and met his wife Nancy "Nan" McDonough at a religious conference on social action in the spring of 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They married in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both were graduates of Catholic institutions. In 2012 they received the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award from the <a href="/wiki/National_Catholic_Educational_Association" title="National Catholic Educational Association">National Catholic Educational Association</a> (NCEA) for their contributions to Catholic education.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geschke's mother was a bankruptcy court paralegal. Both Geschke's father and paternal grandfather worked as <a href="/wiki/Letterpress_printing" title="Letterpress printing">letterpress</a> photo engravers.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geschke's father helped during the early days of Adobe by checking <a href="/wiki/Color_separation" class="mw-redirect" title="Color separation">color separation</a> work with his engraver's <a href="/wiki/Loupe" title="Loupe">loupe</a>. Geschke described his father's acknowledgment of the high quality of the <a href="/wiki/Halftone" title="Halftone">halftone</a> patterns as "a wonderful moment".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Geschke&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Geschke, a longtime resident of <a href="/wiki/Los_Altos,_California" title="Los Altos, California">Los Altos</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> died on April 16, 2021, at the age of 81.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cause of death was <a href="/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is survived by his wife, three children<sup id="cite_ref-obit.businesswire_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit.businesswire-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and seven grandchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Geschke&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-adobe.com-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-adobe.com_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/downloadimages/executives.html">Download images | Adobe leaders</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121018073716/http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/downloadimages/executives.html">Archived</a> October 18, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. 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Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://interestingengineering.com/charles-geschke-co-creator-of-pdf-and-photoshop-dies-at-81">"Charles Geschke, Co-Creator of PDF and Photoshop, Dies At 81"</a>. <i>interestingengineering.com</i>. April 19, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"Chuck" Geschke</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070707232500/http://www.willamette.edu/cla/classics/VIPs/geschke.html">Archived</a> July 7, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <a href="/wiki/Willamette_University" title="Willamette University">Willamette University</a>. Accessed December 31, 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWulf1975" class="citation book cs1">Wulf, William Allan (1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1175890"><i>The design of an optimizing compiler</i></a>. Richard K. Johnsson, Charles B. Weinstock, Steven O. Hobbs, Charles M. Geschke. 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