Ivan Edward Sutherland

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(b.) May 16, 1938

Description

Pioneer of computer graphics and inventor of Sketchpad, Sutherland received the Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery in 1988 for that invention, which became an early predecessor to the sort of graphical user interface that has become ubiquitous in personal computers.

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Noted For: For his pioneering and visionary contributions to computer graphics, starting with Sketchpad, and continuing after
Category: Computer Scientist - Hardware
Affiliation: RAND Corporation, Sun Microsystems
Gender: Male

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Courtesy of Georgia Tech College of Computing

Courtesy of MIT

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