Steve Wilhite

Stephen Earl Wilhite^[1] (March 3, 1948 – March 14, 2022) was an American computer scientist. He worked at CompuServe and was the engineering lead on the team that created the GIF image file format.^[2] He won a Webby Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. He was born in West Chester Township, Ohio.

Wilhite died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio,^[3] on March 14, 2022, eleven days after his 74th birthday.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Smith, Harrison (March 24, 2022). "Stephen Wilhite, computer programmer who created the GIV, dies at 74". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
↑ "Confusion reigns on the Web over GIF patent claims". Network World. Vol. 12, no. 2. IDG Network World Inc. 9 January 1995. p. 126. ISSN 0887-7661.
↑ Hubbard, Halisia (23 March 2022). "Beloved creator of the GIF dies following complications from COVID, wife confirms". NPR.
↑ "Stephen E. Wilhite Obituary". Megie Funeral Home. Retrieved 20 March 2022 – via Tribute Archive.
↑ Holpuch, Amanda; Vigdor, Neil (March 24, 2022). "Stephen Wilhite, Creator of the Animated GIF, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2022.

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[1] Smith, Harrison (March 24, 2022). "Stephen Wilhite, computer programmer who created the GIV, dies at 74". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 24, 2022.

[2] "Confusion reigns on the Web over GIF patent claims". Network World. Vol. 12, no. 2. IDG Network World Inc. 9 January 1995. p. 126. ISSN 0887-7661.

[3] Hubbard, Halisia (23 March 2022). "Beloved creator of the GIF dies following complications from COVID, wife confirms". NPR.

[death-4] "Stephen E. Wilhite Obituary". Megie Funeral Home. Retrieved 20 March 2022 – via Tribute Archive.

[nyt-5] Holpuch, Amanda; Vigdor, Neil (March 24, 2022). "Stephen Wilhite, Creator of the Animated GIF, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2022.

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