Lee Harrison III

Lee Harrison III (1929–1998) was a pioneer in analog electronic animation. Harrison received two bachelor's degrees from Washington University in St. Louis (Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1952 and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1959).[1] He is best known as the inventor of Scanimate and the ANIMAC.[2] He received an Emmy Award in 1972 for his work.[3]

Early life

Harrison was raised in Belleville, Illinois where his family were influential business leaders. He is the grandson of Lee Harrison who invented the "Jumbo" Steam Engine. His brother Theopolis Harrison became the President of Harrison Machine Works.[1]

Between degrees at Washington University, he served two years in the Coast Guard and worked as an artist.[1]

Career

He was the founder, president, chairman, and chief executive officer of the former Computer Image Corporation in Denver. He won an Emmy Award in 1972.[1]

gollark: Huh, these compression ratios are surprisingly good for small data.
gollark: What is ”scene”?
gollark: Software was probably about the same perceptible speed.
gollark: Maybe it is just a rebranded calculator of a mildly different model. Maybe it was a secret prototype stolen from the factory which ended up in your hands through an unlikely series of coincidences. Maybe the documentation was deleted by accident. Maybe it's fake.
gollark: Why specifically 2009?

References
  1. "About Lee". bulbapp.com. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. Sturman, David, The State of Computer Animation
  3. Carlson, Wayne, A Critical History of Computer Graphics and Animation


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