Background
Kurzweil, Raymond C. was born on February 12, 1948 in New York City. Son of Fredric and Hannah Kurzweil.
entrepreneur computer scientist
Kurzweil, Raymond C. was born on February 12, 1948 in New York City. Son of Fredric and Hannah Kurzweil.
Bachelor of Science in Computer science and Literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hofstra University, 1982. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Misericordia College, 1989.
Doctor of Music (honorary), Berklee College Music, 1987. Doctor of Science (honorary), Renssalaer Polytech. Institute, 1988; Doctor of Science (honorary), Northeastern University, 1988.
Doctor of Science (honorary), New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1990. Doctor of Science (honorary), Queens College, City University of New York, 1991. Doctor of Science (honorary), Dominican College, 1993.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Merrimack College, 1989. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Misericordia College, 1989.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lnadmark College, 2002. Doctor in Science and Humanities (honorary), Michigan State University, 2000.
Founder, former Chief Executive Officer Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc. (now Xeroc Imaging Systems), Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974—1980. Chairman, former Chief Executive Officer (sold to Young Chang) Kurzweil Music Systems, Inc., Waltham, 1982—1990.
Founder, former Chief Executive Officer Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Inc. (acquired by Lernout & Hauspie), 1982—1997. Founder, chairman, Chief Executive Officer Kurzweil Technologies Inc., since 1995.
Founder, former Chief Executive Officer Kurzweil Educational Systems Inc. (acquired by Lernout & Hauspie), 1996—1998. Founder, president, Chief Executive Officer Medical Learning Company Inc. and FamilyPractice.com, since 1997.
Founder, chairman, Chief Executive Officer FAT KAT Inc., since 1999, Kurzweil Cyber Art Technolgies, Inc., 2000. Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and editor-in-chief KurzweilAI.net, 2001. Co-founder, chairman, co-Chief Executive Officer Ray & Terry's Longevity Products, Inc., 2003.
Chairman exhibition board Age of Intelligent Machines Exhibition Museum of Science, Boston, since 1985. Board directors Medical Manager Corporation, since 1997, LifeF/X, Inc., since 2000, United Therapeutics Corporation, since 2002, NaturalNano, Inc., since 2006. Lecturer in field.
Former member technical advisory committee National Center Adult Literacy University Pennsylvania. Chairman, founder The Kurzweil Foundation. Trustee Beth Israel Hospital.
Overseer New. England Conservatory of Music. Incorporator Boston Museum of Science. Member visiting committee Massachusetts Institute of Technology School Music and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
School Humanities; overseer, board overseers New England Conservatory Music. Former director Boston Computer Society. Chairman Robots and Beyond: The Age of Intelligent Machines Exhibition.
Fellow: Boston Computer Society (former board directors), Association Computing Machinery (Grace Murray Hopper Outstanding Young Computer Scientist of Year 1978).
Married Sonya Rosenwald, August 3, 1975. 2 children.