David C. Evans (computer scientist)

David C. Evans
Born
David Cannon Evans

(1924-02-24)February 24, 1924
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
DiedOctober 3, 1998(1998-10-03) (aged 74)
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Alma materUniversity of Utah
Known forComputer graphics
SpouseBeverly Joy Frewin Evans
Children10, including David F. Evans
AwardsIEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award (1986)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of Utah
Evans & Sutherland
Thesis Design and Operation of Two Electronic Computing Devices  (1953)
Doctoral studentsAlan Kay

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 pioneering firm in computer graphics hardware.