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Sasson, Steven J. was born in 1950 in Brooklyn.
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Steven J. Sasson, American electrical engineer. Achievements include patents for the electronic still camera; invention of the digital camera. Named to Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame; recipient Eastman award, Eastman Kodak Company, 2001, Visionary award, Photographic Manufacturers and Distributors Association, 2007, Innovation award, The Economist magazine, 2009, National Medal Technology and Innovation, The White House, 2010.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Doctorate (honorary), University Rochester, New York, 2009.
Career
Draftsman for consulting engineer, Little Falls, New Jersey. Joined as an electrical engineer in the applied research laboratory in the apparatus division Kodak Eastman Company, Rochester, New York, 1973, joined the corporation commercial affairs group as the project manager intellectual property transactions group, 2004, retired, 2009.
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Named to Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. Recipient Eastman award, Eastman Kodak Company, 2001, Visionary award, Photographic Manufacturers and Distributors Association, 2007, Innovation award, The Economist magazine, 2009, National Medal Technology and Innovation, The White House, 2010.Named to Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. Recipient Eastman award, Eastman Kodak Company, 2001, Visionary award, Photographic Manufacturers and Distributors Association, 2007, Innovation award, The Economist magazine, 2009, National Medal Technology and Innovation, The White House, 2010.