My thanks go to Nat Kuhn, who came to my eighth grade class in 1973 to recruit members for the R.E.S.I.S.T.O.R.S. computer club at Princeton University. I would also like to thank Andy van Dam for his computer graphics course at Brown University, and Arun Netrivali who guided my research and helped me with my first publications at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
The person most responsible for the successful completion of my degree is the academy award winning Ken Perlin, who lured me back into academia and is both a wonderful advisor and a good friend. Thanks also to Cliff Beshers, Matthew Fuchs, Jon Meyer, Don Mitchell and the many others who have been stimulating and inspiring friends and colleagues.
Thanks go to the members of my thesis committee, Jack Schwartz, George Furnas, Chee Yap, and Ed Schonberg. In particular, Bala Krishnamurthy invested a great deal of time and gave invaluable advice.
I'd like to thank my parents Elaine Fox and David Raymond. Finally, my loving appreciation goes to my wife Lydia Thompson.