1990, Joy Evans was a counselor in the general presidency of the Relief Society to Barbara W. Winder. At the time of his death on October 12, 1998, Evans had 39 living grandchildren and great grandchildren. In 1996, Brigham Young University established the David C. Evans Chair of Computer Engineering and Graphics. Evans was at the ceremony where the founding of a chair in his honor was announced, but due to his suffering from Alzheimer's disease, did not make any remarks at the ceremony. References External links American computer scientists Latter Day Saints from California 20th-century American educators Computer graphics professionals University of Utah faculty University of Utah alumni University of California, Berkeley faculty Bendix Corporation people 1924 births 1998 deaths Scientists from Salt Lake City Latter Day Saints from Utah