Ivan Sutherland, a brilliant young computer scientist who had already forged an impressive reputation for his work in computer graphics, replaced Licklider. But at the time he was brought into ARPA, Sutherland was just a twenty-six-year-old army lieutenant, recruited because no one else qualified wanted the job. ARPA’s unusual system of having only temporary employees made the position difficult to fill. Government salaries were low, and there were no provisions at that point for temporary academic appointments.
