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)