director professor electrical engineer
William F. Schreiber attended high school in New York City. In 1953, he earned a Doctor of Philosophy in applied physics at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, where he was selected as a Gordon McKay and Charles Coffin fellowship
Schreiber had served on the advisory committee of Federal Communications Commission. In March 1969, he founded the imaging systems supplier ECRM (Electronic Character Machinery). The company was responsible for the design of computer-based color printing system and an optical character recognition machine.
As a child, he developed an interest in photography.
He later went on to study at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, where he received a Bachelor of Science and Mississippi in electrical engineering. After schooling, Schreiber began working at Sylvania Electronics in 1947 at Technicolor Corporation in Hollywood, California in 1953.
From 1959 to 1990, Schreiber was a faculty member at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Department of Electrical Engineering. He was also Director of the Advanced Television Research Program, a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Kanpur) from 1964 to 1966, and a visiting scholar at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1990.
As part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty, Schreiber helped to develop advancement in imaging processing systems such as in television and printing.
He worked in graphic arts, including color printing, color correction, and laser scanning. His research in television included works on digital television and high-definition television While at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Schreiber continued his consulting practice, serving as an expert in patent litigations.
William Schreiber received numerous distinctions for his contribution to electrical engineering and information technology.
He is a fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. He had also been a four-time recipient of the SMPTE Journal Award.
He is a member of the Technical Association for the Graphic Arts and International Society for Optical Engineering. Schreiber was a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
