James H. Clark

James Henry Clark (born March 23, 1944) is an American businessman and computer scientist. He founded many well known Silicon Valley technology companies, including Silicon Graphics, Netscape, myCFO, and Healtheon. His research work in computer graphics helped create the fast rendering of three-dimensional computer images.

In 1998, Clark was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Clark was born in Plainview, Texas, on March 23, 1944. He studied at the University of New Orleans where he earned his bachelor's and a master's degrees in physics, followed by a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Utah in 1974.

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Other websites

"Jim Clark", Salon.com, November 24, 1999.
"James H. Clark", Business Week, 1999.

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