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'''Jonathan Bruce Postel''' (August 6, 1943 – October 16, 1998) made many significant contributions to the creation of the Internet, particularly in the area of standards. The Economist dubbed him the "God" of the Internet, and many still refer to him as the network's principal founder.<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/postel/lat.shtml ISOC.org]</ref> He is largely known for being the Editor of the [[RFC]] document series, and for managing the creation and allocation of [[TLD|Top Level Domains]] and [[IP Address|IP addresses]] in the pre-[[ICANN]] era. When he passed away he was the Director of the University of Southern California's [[ISI|Information Sciences Institute]]'s Computer Network Division; he led a staff of 70.<ref>[http://www.isi.edu/div7/people/postel.home/bio.html ISI.edu]</ref> He pioneered many initiatives, which led to creation of the modern Internet and its governing body, [[ICANN]]; he established [[IANA]], ICANN's precursor and the current Internet numbering authority.<ref>[http://www.postel.org/remembrances/iana-pr102098.html Postel.org]</ref>

'''Jonathan Bruce Postel''' (August 6, 1943 – October 16, 1998) made many significant contributions to the creation of the Internet, particularly in the area of standards. The Economist dubbed him the "God" of the Internet, and many still refer to him as the network's principal founder.<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/postel/lat.shtml ISOC.org]</ref> He is largely known for being the Editor of the [[RFC]] document series, and for managing the creation and allocation of [[TLD|Top Level Domains]] and [[IP Address|IP addresses]] in the pre-[[ICANN]] era. When he passed away he was the Director of the [[University of Southern California – Information Sciences Institute]]'s Computer Network Division; he led a staff of 70.<ref>[http://www.isi.edu/div7/people/postel.home/bio.html ISI.edu]</ref> He pioneered many initiatives, which led to the creation of the modern Internet and its governing body, [[ICANN]]; he established [[IANA]], ICANN's precursor and the current Internet numbering authority.<ref>[http://www.postel.org/remembrances/iana-pr102098.html Postel.org]</ref>

Mr. Postel died from complications related to heart surgery. It happened at a critical time in the history of the Internet's development, as the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] administration prepared to transfer oversight of the network to the organization he helped to build, [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/postel/lat.shtml ISOC.org]</ref>

Mr. Postel died from complications related to heart surgery. It happened at a critical time in the history of the Internet's development, as the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] administration prepared to transfer oversight of the network to the organization he helped to build, [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/postel/lat.shtml ISOC.org]</ref>

===IANA===

===IANA===

Jon voluntarily took on the task of founding and running [[IANA]], the Internet's necessary numbering authority. He initially performed all numbering procedures and allocations manually. Thus, in [[Vint Cerf]]'s words, he kept track of the names of all things in the networked universe.<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/awards/postel/memory.shtml ISOC.org]</ref> It sprung from the expansion of the ARPANET, and the vision of breaking messages into packets, each carrying an address, and sending them over a network to find their own way to another computer; the packets would then be reassembled into the original message. For this system to function each computer would have to have an individual address that would both be intelligible and constant; Jon invented this numbering address scheme. His system also allowed the numbers that computers used for addresses to be translated into English, and thus servers could be accessed by going to a site; i.e. www.example.com, instead of typing in something like 124.345.253.196. As the early network was quite small, Jon initially kept track of all of the existent addresses on scraps of paper. As the network grew, a more formal organization was needed; and the USC's [[ISI]] was contracted by the U.S. government to manage the address system, Jon Postel was the founder and director. Thus, Jon was influential in establishing the protocols of the [[DNS]], the roles of [[registry|registries]] and [[registrar]]s, and all necessary technical standards.<ref>[http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/spring99/Postel/postel.html USC.edu]</ref>

Jon voluntarily took on the task of founding and running [[IANA]], the Internet's necessary numbering authority. He initially performed all numbering procedures and allocations manually. Thus, in [[Vint Cerf]]'s words, he kept track of the names of all things in the networked universe.<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/awards/postel/memory.shtml ISOC.org]</ref> IANA sprung from the expansion of the ARPANET, and the vision of breaking messages into packets, each carrying an address, and sending them over a network to find their own way to another computer; the packets would then be reassembled into the original message. For this system to function each computer would have to have an individual address that would both be intelligible and constant; Jon invented this numbering address scheme. His system also allowed the numbers that computers used for addresses to be translated into English, and thus servers could be accessed by going to a site; i.e. www.example.com, instead of typing in something like 124.345.253.196. As the early network was quite small, Jon initially kept track of all of the existent addresses on scraps of paper. As the network grew, a more formal organization was needed; and the USC's [[ISI]] was contracted by the U.S. government to manage the address system, Jon Postel was the founder and director. Thus, Jon was influential in establishing the protocols of the [[DNS]], the roles of [[registry|registries]] and [[registrar]]s, and all necessary technical standards.<ref>[http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/spring99/Postel/postel.html USC.edu]</ref>

==Notable Roles==

==Notable Roles==

==Passing==

==Passing==

Jon passed suddenly due to heart complications; he had a heart-valve replacement in 1991, but the replacement valve began to leak around October 7th, 1998. He had undergone surgery to fix the leaky valve, and was recovering from the surgery when he suddenly died. <ref>[http://www.isoc.org/postel/lat.shtml ISOC.org]</ref> His memorial was attended by his friends, and other Internet luminaries. [[Ira Magaziner]] read condolences sent from [[Bill Clinton| President Bill Clinton]], which stated: "Though his life was too brief, Jon Postel made enormous contributions to the course of human progress. As a computer scientist, engineer and designer, he played a pivotal role in the creation of the ARPANET and its descendant, the Internet. With vision, intelligence and a rigorous insistence on simplicity and elegance of design, he helped to establish and manage the Internet’s growth and development. Because of his efforts,

Jon passed suddenly due to heart complications; he had a heart-valve replacement in 1991, but the replacement valve began to leak around October 7th, 1998. He had undergone surgery to fix the leaky valve, and was recovering from the surgery when he suddenly died. <ref>[http://www.isoc.org/postel/lat.shtml ISOC.org]</ref> His memorial was attended by his friends, and other Internet luminaries. [[Ira Magaziner]] read condolences sent from [[Bill Clinton| President Bill Clinton]], which stated: "Though his life was too brief, Jon Postel made enormous contributions to the course of human progress. As a computer scientist, engineer and designer, he played a pivotal role in the creation of the ARPANET and its descendant, the Internet. With vision, intelligence and a rigorous insistence on simplicity and elegance of design, he helped to establish and manage the Internet’s growth and development. Because of his efforts,

people across America and around the world have virtually unlimited access to a universe of knowledge”.<ref>[http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/spring99/Postel/postel.html USC.edu]</ref> Ira also recalled a story in which Jon's unique appearance, with his long bushy hair mixing with his great beard for a wizard-like effect, caused him to to be held up by the secret service, and consequently late for his meeting with the president.

people across America and around the world have virtually unlimited access to a universe of knowledge”.<ref>[http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/spring99/Postel/postel.html USC.edu]</ref> Ira also recalled a story in which Jon's unique appearance, with his long bushy hair mixing with his great beard for a wizard-like effect, caused him to to be held up by the secret service, and consequently he was late for his meeting with the president.

==The Jon B. Postel Service Award==

==The Jon B. Postel Service Award==

==Education==

==Education==

Jon was part of the group of students that founded UCLA's Computer Science department;<ref>[http://www.postel.org/remembrances/crocker-story.html Postel.org]</ref> He received all of his degrees from UCLA; his B.Sc ( 1966), and his M.Sc. (1968) in Engineering, and his Ph.D (1974) in Computer Science.<ref>[http://www.domainhandbook.com/postel.html DomainHandbook.com]</ref>

Jon was part of the group of students that founded UCLA's Computer Science department;<ref>[http://www.postel.org/remembrances/crocker-story.html Postel.org]</ref> He received all of his degrees from UCLA; his B.Sc (1966), and his M.Sc. (1968) in Engineering, and his Ph.D (1974) in Computer Science.<ref>[http://www.domainhandbook.com/postel.html DomainHandbook.com]</ref>

==Fun Fact==

==Fun Fact==

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