Ivan Sutherland Birthday

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Ivan Sutherland was born on 16 May, 1938

American computer scientist and Internet pioneer who created Sketchpad, a revolutionary computer program regarded as the ancestor of modern computer-aided design. Sketchpad also gave rise to graphical user interface and object oriented programming. Sutherland is considered the "father of computer graphics".