David C. Evans
| David C. Evans | |
|---|---|
| Born | David Cannon Evans February 24, 1924 Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Died | October 3, 1998 (aged 74) Salt Lake City, Utah Alzheimer's disease |
| Institutions |
University of California, Berkeley University of Utah Evans & Sutherland |
| Alma mater | University of Utah |
| Thesis | Design and Operation of Two Electronic Computing Devices (1953) |
| Doctoral students | Alan Kay |
| Known for | Computer graphics |
| Spouse | Beverly Joy Frewin Evans |
David Cannon Evans (February 24, 1924 – October 3, 1998) was the founder of the computer science department at the University of Utah and co-founder (with Ivan Sutherland) of Evans & Sutherland, a computer firm which is known as a pioneer in the domain of computer-generated imagery.
Evans was born in Salt Lake City. He attended the University of Utah and studied electrical engineering; he earned his Bachelor of Science in Physics in 1949 and his Doctorate in Physics in 1953. Evans first worked at the Bendix aviation electronics company, where he acted as project manager in 1955 to develop what some describe as an early personal computer that ran on an interpretive operating system. The Bendix G-15 was a bulky unit about the size of a two-door refrigerator. He stayed with the company just long enough to manage the G-16 project.
Evans became a faculty member of the University of California, Berkeley. His first important work with graphics dates from that period, when he did several experiments on an IDIOM display hooked up to a Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-5. In 1963, he was co-Principal Investigator (with Harry Huskey) for project Genie to produce an early multi-user timesharing system. Students from this period include Butler Lampson and L. Peter Deutsch. The system, which included key developments in the field of virtual memory, was sponsored by the US Defense Department's Advanced Research Project Agency.
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