Joe Wilson and the Creation of Xerox

"Charley Ellis has written a magnificent portrait, capturing theindomitable spirit of Joe Wilson and his instinctive understandingof the need for and commercial usefulness of a transforming imagingtechnology. Joe Wilson and his extraordinary team, which I had thegood fortune to first meet in 1960, epitomized the wonderfulobservation of George Bernard Shaw who said, 'Some look at thingsthat are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were and askwhy not?'
Xerox and xerography are not only a part of our vocabulary, butpart of our everyday life. Charley Ellis gives the reader apoignant understanding of just how this happened through the life,adventures, critical business decisions, and dreams of JosephWilson and a cadre of remarkable individuals.
This book will surely join the library of memorable biographiesthat capture the building of America into a risk-tolerant,technologically sophisticated, idea-oriented society that thrivesby understanding what Charles Darwin really said:
'Survival will be neither to the strongest of the species, norto the most intelligent, but to those most adaptable tochange.'"
--Frederick Frank, Vice Chairman, Lehman Brothers Inc.