Vint Cerf AKA Vinton Gray Cerf Born: 23-Jun-1943 Birthplace: New Haven, CT
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Scientist, Computer Programmer Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States Executive summary: Co-Designed Internet's TCP-IP protocol Vint Cerf was the co-designer with Robert E. Kahn of the transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP), first tested in 1977, which still provides the packet-switching backbone for the internet. In the late 1980s Cerf was the lead engineer in designing MCI Mail, the first service to transmit email over the internet -- a crucial project, since it was one of the first uses of the internet to have profit potential for business, instead of merely adding cost to what was then largely a government-funded project. As a boy he was fascinated by the science fiction of Ray Bradbury and Hal Clement, and he has worn hearing aids since childhood. He is a cousin of Random House founder Bennett Cerf. Father: (d. 23-Jun-1971) Brother: David Brother: Douglas (d.) Wife: Sigrid (m. Sep-1966) Son: David Son: Bennett
High School: Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, CA (1961) University: BS Mathematics, Stanford University (1965) Scholar: Computer Programming, UCLA (1967-72) University: MS Computer Science, UCLA (1970) University: PhD Computer Science, UCLA (1972) Teacher: Computer Science, Stanford University (1972-76)
Google VP and Chief Internet Evangelist (2005-)
WorldCom Senior VP for Internet Architecture and Technology (1998-2002)
MCI Senior VP Internet Architecture (1994-2005)
Corporation for National Research Initiatives VP (1986-94)
MCI VP of MCI Digital Information Services (1982-86)
US Defense Department DARPA (1976-82) IBM Systems Engineer (1965-67)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences American Association for the Advancement of Science Association for Computing Machinery Fellow ICANN Board of Directors IEEE Fellow (1988) International Engineering Consortium
Internet Society Co-Founder (1992)
Internet Society President (1992-95)
Electronic Privacy Information Center Advisory Board World Technology Network The Gallup Organization Senior Scientist
National Academy of Engineering National Institute of Standards and Technology EFF Pioneer Award 1993 National Medal of Technology and Innovation 1997 Library of Congress Living Legend 2000 Charles Stark Draper Prize 2001 Turing Award 2004 Presidential Medal of Freedom 9-Nov-2005 National Inventors Hall of Fame 2006 Japan Prize 2008 French-Canadian Ancestry Maternal
Risk Factors: Deafness
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR BBS: The Documentary (24-May-2005) · Himself
Author of books:
A Practical View of Computer Communications Protocols (1978, non-fiction; with John M. McQuillan)
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