Steven Anson Coons (March 7, 1912 – August 1979) was an early pioneer in the field of computer graphics methods.
While a student at MIT, Coons was employed by the Chance Vought Aircraft Company, in the Master Dimensions Department.
He published a report entitled An Analytic Method for Calculations of the Contours of Double Curved Surfaces.
At MIT's Electronic Systems Laboratory he investigated the mathematical formulation for these patches, and published one of the most significant contributions to the area of geometric design, a treatise which has become known as The Little Red Book in 1967.
The Steven Anson Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics is given in odd-numbered years to an individual to honor that person's lifetime contribution to computer graphics and interactive techniques.