Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Joseph Chamberlain Wilson was the founder of the Xerox Corporation, a graduate of the University of Rochester and a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He helped to develop xerography pioneered by Chester Carlson.
As president of Xerox, he made an effort to integrate Xerox during the late 1960s. After the race riots that began in
Detroit had reached Xerox headquarters in Rochester, New York, Wilson wrote in a letter to all Xerox managers that "he wanted a very aggressive program to recruit and hire blacks in this company."
