James H. Clark
Pioneer of computer graphics and the internet boom
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On March 23, 1944, James H. Clark came into the world in Plainview, Texas.[1] Clark, a computer scientist who once attended Tulane, helped start Netscape and Silicon Graphics.[2] Tulane University awarded Clark an honorary Doctor of Letters degree in 2018.[2]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- James Henry Clark
- Born
- 23 March 1944
- Birthplace
- Plainview, Texas, U.S.
- Field
- Computer science; Computer graphics
- Workplaces
- Silicon Graphics
- Netscape
- New York Institute of Technology
- Stanford University
- Education
- University of Utah; University of New Orleans
- Doctoral advisor
- Ivan Sutherland
- Children
- 4
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He was an assistant professor at UC Santa Cruz from 1974 to 1978 and then an associate professor at Stanford from 1979 to 1982.[3] He left Silicon Graphics in January 1994 due to disagreements with management.[4] He founded Healtheon in 1996, which later merged with WebMD to form the WebMD Corporation.[5][6] At age 16, Clark left high school without graduating and then served in the US Navy for four years, gaining knowledge of electronics during that time.[1]
Following his Ph.D., Clark took a position at the Computer Graphics Lab of the New York Institute of Technology, but was let go for insubordination.[3] Silicon Graphics was established in 1982 by Clark together with a number of Stanford graduate students; the company eventually dominated Hollywood's visual effects and 3-D imaging market.[7][8][2] In 1994, Clark partnered with Marc Andreessen to create Netscape, putting in $4 million initially and later walking away with $1.2 billion after AOL purchased the company in 1999.[9][10]
What the cited sources add
The same source reports he received an honorary Doctor of Letters from Tulane in 2018.[2] A New York Post article notes Clark's fourth marriage to Kristy Hinze occurred on March 22, 2009, in the British Virgin Islands.[11][12] That article also describes his divorce from Nancy Rutter as high-profile and pricey.[11] A 2016 race news report states Clark's yacht Comanche, skippered by Ken Read, set a Newport Bermuda Race record of 34 hours 42 minutes 53 seconds.[13]
According to a Tulane News piece, Clark is a computer scientist and former Tulane student who co-founded Netscape and Silicon Graphics.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "James H. Clark" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "James Clark - Computer Programmer - Biography", 2019-03-31; "James H. Clark", engineering.stanford.edu, May 3, 2016; "James Clark", Forbes; "Netscape co-founder, Saints hero, Grammy winner, healthcare advocate to be honored at Tulane commencement", Tulane News, May 7, 2018 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Netscape co-founder, Saints hero, Grammy winner, healthcare advocate to be honored at Tulane commencement", Tulane News, May 7, 2018. facts only, no text reused. news.tulane.edu
- Wikipedia, "James H. Clark" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Payment, "Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark: the founders of Netscape", Rosen, 2007 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "James H. Clark" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Silicon Graphics Announces Departure of Founder and Chairman Jim Clark" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "James H. Clark" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Swartz, "Another Startup by Jim Clark / New online venture focuses on health care", San Francisco Chronicle, June 18, 1996 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "James H. Clark" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "WEBMD OR THE REAL MD?", www.insightec.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "James H. Clark" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bowen, "Encyclopedia of Computers and Computer History", Routledge, 2001, p. 709–710 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "James H. Clark" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rowe, "Linux Invades Hollywood", CGW, September 2001 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "James H. Clark" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Netscape Communications Corp. . Netscape, accessed December 30, 2010. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "James H. Clark" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Download: The True Story of the Internet "Browser Wars"", The Discovery Channel, 2008 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Stefanie Cohen, "Jim Clark to wed Kristy Hinze", New York Post, March 21, 2009. facts only, no text reused. nypost.com
- Wikipedia, "James H. Clark" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stefanie Cohen, "Jim Clark to wed Kristy Hinze", New York Post, March 21, 2009 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Comanche chops hours from Newport Bermuda line honours record", June 19, 2016. facts only, no text reused. bermudarace.com
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