to all to whom these Presents may come, Greeting

Be it known that for his extraordinary achievements in the fields of computer graphics and computer animation, having co-founded four centers of computer graphics excellence before joining Microsoft Corporation as its first Graphics Fellow; for the pioneering role he has played in the development of computer-generated films and in the advancement of a variety of other digital imaging techniques; and recognizing that a weather satellite at NMSU's Physical Science Laboratory was the incentive for his first computer graphics design, the Regents hereby confer upon

Alvy Ray Smith

the degree of

Doctor of Laws

Honoris Causa

with all the Honors and Distinctions appertaining thereto. Witness the seal of the University and signatures of its officers this eighteenth day of December 1999, at Las Cruces, New Mexico

[Signed by the President of the Regents, the President of the University, and four other regents]