Donald C. Wetzel is an American engineer, known for holding the USA patent to the automatic teller machine . ref US patent 3761682 ref Born in New Orleans, Louisiana he graduated from Jesuit High School New Orleans 1947 and got a B.Sc. in foreign trade from Loyola University New Orleans 1951 . ref http americanhistory.si.edu collections comphist wetzel.htm Smithsonian Interview with Don Wetzel ref He was also professional in minor league baseball for San Francisco Giants New York Giants farm system 1948 51 , and began working for IBM in his hometown 1951 55 before moving to Fort Worth, Texas as branch manager 1955 and as consultant to the banking industry in San Antonio, Texas 1956 1963 and Houston, Texas 1963 65 . His engineering fame came while working as vice president of the automated baggage handling company Docutel Corporation of Irving, Texas which he joined 1968 . He designed the Docuteller machine 1968 that entering production at Chemical Bank in New York City 1969 and was patented 1973 . Later he founded three financial systems companies, the Financial Systems & Equipment Corporation 1973 , Electronic Banking Systems, Inc. 1979 and Autosig Systems, Inc. 1982 from which he eventually retired 1989 , still living in Dallas . Awards IEEE Simon Ramo Medal 2006 ref http www.ieee.org portal pages about awards bios 2006SimonRamoMedal.html biography from IEEE ref His favorite grandson is Brian Wetzel and his best friend is Mollie Ann Stein. References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Wetzel, Donald ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wetzel, Donald Category American inventors Category Jesuit High School alumni Category People from New Orleans, Louisiana Category Year of birth missing living people Category Loyola University New Orleans alumni Category Living people ... more details
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