Ed McCracken
Object NamePortrait
Artist / Maker
Rose Frantzen
((American, b. 1965))
Date2017
MediumOil on board
Dimensions15 × 15 × 2 in. (38.1 × 38.1 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineCommissioned by University Museums. Sponsored by the College of Engineering. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberU2017.119
Status
On viewCultureAmerican
Label TextMcCracken (B.S. ’66 electrical engineering), retired CEO of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI). McCracken’s leadership led to the development of computers specifically designed for the creation and manipulation of 3-D images. SGI’s computers were used both for movies and television in Hollywood and for the development of early 3-D video games. From 1995 to 2002, every movie nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects had their special effects designed with SGI computers including the movies Jurassic Park and Forrest Gump. In 1995, McCracken was named Executive of the Year by R&D magazine and was presented the National Technology Medal award by President Clinton.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Parks Library, 2nd Floor
