Thomas Rule, a book on mechanical drawing and graphic methods entitled Graphics c. 1961. Steven A. Coons Award The Association for Computing Machinery SIGGRAPH has an award named for Coons. The Steven Anson Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics is given in odd-numbered years to an individual to honor that person's lifetime contribution to computer graphics and interactive techniques. It is considered the field's most prestigious award. Recipients Markus Gross (2021) Michael F. Cohen (2019) Jessica Hodgins (2017) Henry Fuchs (2015) Turner Whitted (2013) Jim Kajiya (2011) Robert L. Cook (2009) Nelson Max (2007) Tomoyuki Nishita (2005) Pat Hanrahan (2003) Lance J. Williams (2001) James F. Blinn (1999) James D. Foley (1997) José Luis Encarnação (1995) Edwin Catmull (1993) Andries van Dam (1991) David C. Evans (1989) Donald P. Greenberg (1987) Pierre Bézier (1985) Ivan E. Sutherland (1983) Research Papers T.B. Sheridan, Steven A. Coons and H.M.Paynter, SOME NOVEL DISPLAY TECHNIQUES FOR DRIVING SIMULATION IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON HUMAN FACTORS IN ENGINEERING vol. HFE5 (1) 29, 1964. Steven A. Coons, COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING DESIGN – SUPER-SCULPTOR, DATAMATION 12 (5) 32–34, 1966. Steven A. Coons, USES OF COMPUTERS IN TECHNOLOGY, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN 215 (3) 177, 1966. D.V. Ahuja and Steven A. Coons, GEOMETRY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DISPLAY, IBM SYSTEMS JOURNAL 7 (3–4) 188, 1968. Steven A. Coons, MODIFICATION OF SHAPE OF PIECEWISE CURVES, COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN 9 (3) 178–180, 1977. Steven A. Coons, CONSTRAINED LEAST-SQUARES, COMPUTERS & GRAPHICS 3 (1) 43–47, 1978. MIT School of Engineering faculty 1979 deaths 1912 births Computer graphics researchers