Matthews, Gordon

Matthews, Gordon
▪ 2003

      American inventor and businessman (b. July 26, 1936, Tulsa, Okla.—d. Feb. 23, 2002, Dallas, Texas), was the inventor in the 1970s of voice mail, the electronic telephone system for recording and accessing spoken messages; the invention revolutionized business communications. His patent was approved in 1983, and although initial sales were sluggish, by the early 1990s voice mail had been widely adopted by companies. At the time of his death, Matthews held more than 35 patents in the U.S. and abroad.

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