Alexander Schure
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Alexander Schure (August 3, 1920 – October 29, 2009)
Education
He received doctoral degrees in engineering and education from New York University.[3]
Career
Schure is credited with saving Nova University, which was in deep financial trouble, after he became the school's chancellor in 1970.[2] The university is now called Nova Southeastern University, and is now the largest private university in Florida, with more than 28,000 students as of 2009.[2]
Schure and then-Nova University President
When Schure founded NYIT, the university had
In November 1974 Schure hired recent University of Utah doctoral graduate
Although Clark would move on to found Silicon Graphics and Netscape, the rest of the NYIT team continued to play key roles as Pixar's animation developed from its first short films in the mid-1980s onward. It can be said that Dr. Schure's vision and support from 1975 to 1980, and the low-pressure academic research lab environment at NYIT, was an essential contributor to the development of many of the technical innovations needed to produce realistic computer generated films. He funded the computers and frame buffers used in the making of the unfinished computer-generated film "The Works".
Death
Alexander Schure died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on Long Island on October 29, 2009, at the age of 89.[2] He was survived by his second wife, Gail; and four children - Dr. Barbara Schure Weinschel, Dr. Matthew Schure (1948-2023), Louis Schure, and Dr. Jonathan Schure. Following his death, former NSU president Fischler said Schure "was a brilliant individual with a very creative mind. He was an excellent friend to me and the university. There would be no NSU without him."[2]
References
- ^ Alexander Schure 1920 - 2009 - Obituary - Tributes.com
- ^ South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the originalon 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ "ALEXANDER SCHURE Obituary (2009) New York Times". Legacy.com.
- ^ "Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries". Archived from the original on 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
- OCLC 259266031.
External links
- Alexander Schure at IMDb