Alvy Ray Smith
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| Born | Alvy Ray Smith III September 8, 1943 Mineral Wells, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New Mexico State University (B.S.E.E., 1965) Stanford University (M.S., 1966, Ph.D., 1970) |
| Known for | Pixar co-founder, Sunstone, Genesis Demo in The Wrath of Khan, The Adventures of André & Wally B., alpha channel, HSV color space, first RGB paint program |
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| Website | alvyray |
Alvy Ray Smith III (born September 8, 1943) is an American computer scientist who co-founded Lucasfilm's Computer Division and Pixar, participating in the 1980s and 1990s expansion of computer animation into feature film.
He is one of the 50 Fellows of the American Society of Genealogists.