Background
Sutherland, Ivan E. was born on May 16, 1938 in Hastings, Nebraska, United States.
Sutherland, Ivan E. was born on May 16, 1938 in Hastings, Nebraska, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1959. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963.
Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 1966.
Electrical engineer, 1st lieutenant National Security Agency, 1963. Director office information processing techniques Advance Research Projects Agency, 1964-1966. Professor electrical engineering Harvard University, 1966-1968, University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1968—1973.
Co-founder Evans & Sutherland, 1968. Researcher Rand Corporation, 1975. Chairman department computer science California Institute of Technology, 1976—1980.
Established, vice president, Technical director Sutherland, Sproull, and Associates, 1980. Fellow, vice president Sun Microsystems Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, since 1990. Honored guest speaker, electrical engineering computer science department University California Berkeley, 2006.
Speaker in field.
Fellow Association Computing Machinery (A.M. Turing award 1988). Member National Academy of Engineering (First Zworkin award 1972), National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (John von Neumann medal 1998).
Children: Juliet, Dean.
