Wow, that MU article has indirectly managed to drag the waters for Stefan Didak as well! http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=59&t=1118357&page=3&pp=20
Posts 52 and 53. Stefan might not be as well known as the names of the Yost Group or Hudson, but he'd been a constant presence on some bulletin boards, then on IRC, and then on CGTalk for ages. I think the first time I read his name I was using 3DS r3 or r4 (yes, for DOS).