| Martin Hellman  AKA Martin Edward Hellman
Born: 2-Oct-1945
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Inventor, Computer Programmer
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Public key cryptographer Cryptologist Martin Hellman was the co-inventor, with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle in 1976, of public key cryptography (PKC). The Diffie-Hellman-Merkle key exchange system is used in protocols including the Secure Sockets Layer and Secure Shell, which allow secure processing of transactions on theinternet. PKC uses a "public key" and a "private key", allowing implementation of digital signatures and an encryption algorithm without requiring that sender and receiver first exchange a secret key. Father: Robert Hellman physicist, b. circa 1909, d. 2007)
Mother: Adelaide Leifer Hellman (d. 1984)
Brother: Howard
Brother: Stephen
Wife: Dorothie
High School: Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY (1962)
University: BS Electrical Engineering, New York University (1966)
University: MS Electrical Engineering, Stanford University (1967)
University: PhD Electrical Engineering, Stanford University (1969)
Teacher: Ass't Prof of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1969-71)
Teacher: Ass't Prof of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University (1971-75)
Teacher: Assoc Prof of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University (1975-79)
Professor: Electrical Engineering, Stanford University (1979-96)
Hellman Associates Founder & President (1983-88)
Binary Corporation Vice President (1975-76)
IBM Watson Research Center (1968-69)
PayPal Advisor
VeriSign Scientific Advisory Board (2008-)
TRW Summer Intern, 1967
EFF Pioneer Award 1994
National Computer Systems Security Award 1996
ACM Kanellakis Award 1997
Franklin Institute's Louis Edward Levy Medal 1997
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award 1999
Marconi International Fellow Award 2000
Journal of Cryptology Editorial Board (1992-95)
IEEE Fellow, 1980
International Association for Cryptologic Research 1996
National Academy of Engineering 2002
National Research Council National Cryptographic Policy Committee (1994-96)
Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Daisy Alliance Board of Directors
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Foundation for Global Community
Gore 2000
Obama for America
Jewish Ancestry
Official Website:
http://nuclearrisk.wordpress.com/
Author of books:
Breakthrough: Emerging New Thinking (1987, non-fiction, with Anatoly Gromyko)
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