ivan sutherland

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Ivan Sutherland

   Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering
   contributions.  His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, {Sketchpad}, opened
   the field of computer graphics.  His 1966 work, with Sproull,
   on a head-mounted display anticipated today's {virtual
   reality} by 25 years.  He co-founded {Evans and Sutherland},
   which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators
   now in use.  As head of Computer Science Department of
   {Caltech} he helped make {integrated circuit} design an
   acceptable field of academic study.  Dr. Sutherland is on the
   boards of several small companies and is a member of the
   National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of
   Sciences, the {ACM} and {IEEE}.  He received the {ACM}'s
   {Turing Award} in 1988.  He is now Vice President and Fellow
   of {Sun Microsystems} Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.

   (1994-11-16)