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SIGGRAPH Pioneers: In Memoriam 2021

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SIGGRAPH Pioneers In Memoriam 2021

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SIGGRAPH Pioneers “In Memoriam” video from the covid year 2021.  Edited by Pioneers Chair Ed Kramer for presentation virtually and in person at the Pioneers Reception, Siggraph 2021, Los Angeles. Includes tributes to Frances Allen, Margaret Burbidge, Umberto Cugini, Freeman Dyson, Jon Farmer, Joan Feynman, Michael Hawley, Jean-Pierre Hebert, Robert E. Holzman, Katherine Johnson, Michael Jones, Chris Kraft, Tosiyasu Lawrence Kunii, David Owen, Patric Prince, Arnold Spielberg, Gary Starkweather, and Lawrence Tesler.  Music performed by Edward Kramer, “Try to Remember” The Fantastiks 1960, music by Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tom Jones; “Unforgettable” 1951 Capitol Records, music and lyrics Irving Gordon; “Here, There and Everywhere” 1966, The Beatles, EMI/Parlaphone Lennon/McCartney; “Red Sails in the Sunset” 1935 Music by Hugh Williams, lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy; “What a Wonderful World” 1967 Music by George Douglas, lyrics by David Weiss. 


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