Editing PARC (company) (section)

==History==
[[File:Xerox PARC in 1977.jpg|thumb|Xerox PARC in 1977]]
[[File:XeroxPARC.png|thumb|Xerox PARC old logo]]
In 1969, Goldman talked with [[George Pake]], a [[physicist]] specializing in [[nuclear magnetic resonance]] and [[Provost (education)|provost]] of [[Washington University in St. Louis]], about starting a second research center for Xerox.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=McMillan |first=Robert |title=Jack Goldman, Founder of Xerox PARC, Dies |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/12/goldma/ |access-date=March 30, 2023 |issn=1059-1028}}</ref>

On July 1, 1970, the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center opened.<ref name=":1"/> Its 3,000-mile distance from Xerox headquarters in [[Rochester, New York]], afforded scientists at the new lab great freedom in their work, but it increased the difficulty of persuading management of the promise of some of their greatest achievements.

In its early years, PARC's West Coast location helped it hire many employees of the nearby [[SRI International|SRI]] [[Augmentation Research Center]] (ARC) as that facility's funding from [[DARPA]], [[NASA]], and the [[U.S. Air Force]] began to be reduced. By leasing land at [[Stanford Research Park]], it encouraged [[Stanford University]] graduate students to be involved in PARC research projects and PARC scientists to collaborate with academic seminars and projects.

Much of PARC's early success in the computer field was under the leadership of its Computer Science Laboratory manager [[Robert Taylor (computer scientist)|Bob Taylor]], who guided the lab as associate manager from 1970 to 1977, and as manager from 1977 to 1983.

Work at PARC since the early 1980s includes advances in [[ubiquitous computing]], [[aspect-oriented programming]], and [[IPv6]].{{Ref RFC|1883}}

After three decades as a division of Xerox, PARC was transformed in 2002<ref name="X2002" /> into an independent, wholly owned subsidiary company dedicated to developing and maturing advances in science and business concepts.

Xerox announced that it would donate the lab and its related assets to [[SRI International]] in April 2023. As part of the deal, Xerox would keep most of the patent rights inside PARC, and benefit from a preferred research agreement with SRI/PARC.<ref name=donation /> On January 18, 2024, SRI announced the research group from the PARC will become its Future Concepts division.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SRI announces its new Future Concepts division — and a renewed focus for the PARC campus that draws on its heritage |url=https://www.sri.com/future-concepts-division/sri-announces-its-newest-division-the-future-concepts-division-and-a-renewed-focus-for-the-parc-campus-that-draws-on-its-heritage/ |work=SRI International |date=January 18, 2024 |access-date=February 2, 2024}}</ref>