New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab
Many of the original CGL team now form the elite of the CG and computer world with members going on to Silicon Graphics , Microsoft , Cisco , NVIDIA and others , including Pixar president , co-founder and Turing laureate Ed Catmull , Pixar co-founder and Microsoft graphics fellow Alvy Ray Smith , Pixar co-founder Ralph Guggenheim , Walt Disney Animation Studios chief scientist Lance Williams , Netscape and Silicon Graphics founder Jim Clark , Tableau co-founder and Turing laureate Pat Hanrahan , Microsoft graphics fellow Jim Blinn , Thad Beier , Oscar and Bafta nominee Jacques Stroweis , Andrew Glassner , and Tom Brigham . 
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