The ID History museum

In the summer of 2006 several people who had participated in the growth of electronic retail checkout systems met in Raleigh, NC to investigate creating a knowledge store and presentation of how these systems came into existance. Over time a North Carolina Non-profit corporation was formed with a Board of Trustees. The current Trustees include:

  • Bill Selmeier,       CEO Previously with IBM Store Systems Marketing in the Raleigh, NC Market Support Center
  • George Laurer,     Creator of the U.P.C. Symbol Barcode and previously with IBM Store Systems Engineering
  • Jim Sanderson,     Previously with IBM Store Systems Marketing
  • Barry Franz,       Member of the U.P.C. Symbol Selection Committee and previously with Procter & Gamble.
  • Henry Steele,     Initially Managed IBM Projects to demonstrate the value of Grocery detail checkout information
    and then was IBM Grocery Distribution Industry Consultant from 1984 untill 1991.
Other advisors include:
  • Fran Beck,       Previously with RCA
  • Lee Dickson,   Previously Scanner Designer with IBM Store Systems Engineering

Collections of artifacts are underway and they are being secured.

Please visit the museum at: www.idhistory.com.
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December 2010

George J. Laurer

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