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unusual facts about Evans & Sutherland


Centered in the Universe

The 33-minute planetarium program utilizes a Zeiss Universarium star projector and an innovative laser video projection system developed by Evans & Sutherland to create an immersive environment.


Ardgay

is a small Scottish village on the south west shore of the Dornoch Firth, Sutherland and lies at the entrance to Strathcarron, the valley of the River Carron.

Armadale, Sutherland

At the north end of Armadale there is a point called Reismeave, which is a good local fishing spot and great for seeing the coastal birds such as the Oyster Catcher, Rock Dove and the famous Puffin.

Both the town of Armadale, West Lothian and the suburb of Armadale, Victoria in Australia are named after the village of Armadale in Sutherland.

Bendix G-15

He would later become famous for his work in computer graphics and for starting up Evans & Sutherland with Ivan Sutherland.

Daniel W. Sutherland

In addition, he served as the first Executive Director of the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission.

In his career as a civil rights attorney, Sutherland has handled many important lawsuits, primarily in the areas of discrimination against immigrants and discrimination against people with disabilities, such as in the case of PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin.

He co-authored the book Religion in the Workplace, a book describing federal laws governing claims of religious discrimination in employment settings, which was published by the American Bar Association in 1998.

Eugene E. Wing

On 10 FEB 1942, General Richard K. Sutherland, MacArthur's Chief of Staff gave permission to Wing to sail the blockade.

Heather Williams

Tui T. Sutherland (born 1978), children's book author who has also written under the pen name Heather Williams

Mary Sutherland

Mary S. Sutherland, professor of health education at Florida State University

Pirates of the Caribbean: Legends of the Brethren Court

Pirates of the Caribbean: Legends of the Brethren Court is a series of children's novels by Tui T. Sutherland writing under the shared pseudonym of Rob Kidd.

Planetarium projector

Companies that make (or have made) planetarium projectors include Carl Zeiss Jena (Germany), Spitz (US), Goto and Minolta (Japan), Evans & Sutherland (US), and Ohira Tech (Japan).

Rob Donn

Born in Strathmore, Sutherland, he never learnt to speak English, nor to read and write, but was strongly influenced by the poetry of Alexander Pope, which he heard in translation into Gaelic by the local minister, the Rev. Murdo MacDonald.

Sir Hector Munro, 1st Baronet

He married Mary Mackay, daughter of Hugh Mackay of Farr, Sutherland, chief of the Clan Mackay.

Tarbet, Sutherland

The few buildings include the Shorehouse seafood restaurant, which Rick Stein once visited and gave a good review to, partly because it had taken him so long to reach it.

Thomas Sutherland

Thomas W. Sutherland (ca. 1817–?), early settler and attorney in San Diego, California

William Sutherland

William A. Sutherland (1874–1935), American lawyer and California State Assemblyman


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