Forrest Parry

Updated: 11/16/2019 by Computer Hope
Forrest Parry

Name: Forrest Corry Parry

Born: July 4, 1921

Death: December 31, 2005 (Age: 84)

Computer-related contributions

  • An IBM engineer who invented the Magnetic stripe card used for credit cards and identification badges.
  • While at IBM, helped develop several systems to digitally organize, categorize, sort, and track postal mail. These systems include OCR (Optical Character Readers), UPC (Universal Product Code), checkout systems, and the AOCR (Advanced Optical Character Reader).

Significant publications

  • F. C. Parry, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin (1960).