Arnold Neustadter

Arnold Neustadter (25 August 1910 – 17 April 1996) was an

Arnold Neustadter
American inventor and businessman. With Danish engineer
Hildaur Neilson, he invented the Rolodex desktop rotating card Born 25 August 1910
file and other office equipment. Died 17 April 1996
Occupation Engineer
His earlier inventions included the Autodex, a spring-operated
Engineering career
phone directory that automatically opened to the selected letter,
Swivodex, an inkwell that did not spill, Punchodex, a paper hole Projects Rolodex
puncher, and Clipodex, a transcription aid that attached to a
stenographer's knee.[1]

The Rolodex has been called "a triumph of low technology"[2] and "a lasting symbol of the art of
networking".[3]

References
1. History of the Rolodex (http://inventors.about.com/od/rstartinventions/a/Rolodex.htm)
Archived (http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20081107153618/http://inventors.about.com/od/rstart
inventions/a/Rolodex.htm) 2008-11-07 at the Library of Congress Web Archives, about.com
2. Rolodex Card Files: A Triumph of Low Technology (https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/acc
ess/59677235.html?dids=59677235:59677235&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&
date=Nov+17%2C+1988&author=Nathan+Cobb%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+%2
8pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=ROLODEX+CARD+FILES%3A+A+TRIUMPH+OF+LOW+TE
CHNOLOGY&pqatl=google), Boston Globe
3. Arnold Neustadter Dies at 85; Orderly Mind Behind Rolodex (https://www.nytimes.com/199
6/04/19/us/arnold-neustadter-dies-at-85-orderly-mind-behind-rolodex.html), New York
Times

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