His name's Grant Taylor. He wrote When the Machine Made Art, I think, which he graciously dedicated part of the book to us. That's a very thorough contribution for people interested in the origins of the digital arts.
Michael Spalter, Michael Spalter on 1960s Computer Art
This reminds me of Grant Taylor’s description in When the Machine Made Art of the 1970s as the decade of the artist-programmer.
Peter Bauman, Casey Reas on the History of Generative Art - Part 2