Vint Cerf
Awards & Honours
6
Awards Won
5
Honours
2
Records
The award record here is unusual in that almost every major honour was shared. Cerf and Robert Kahn were named jointly for the National Medal of Technology in 1997 and the Turing Award in 2004, and the pattern has held for the Japan Prize and the Queen Elizabeth Prize. The 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom was his alone, and it placed a working computer scientist in the same ceremony as astronauts and statesmen. Add the Marconi Prize, induction into two halls of fame, membership in the National Academy of Engineering and a long list of honorary doctorates, and the picture is of a career that was recognised early and then recognised again at each stage of the network's growth.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Internet Hall of Fame inductee
Inducted in the inaugural class of the Internet Hall of Fame as a Pioneer.
National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee
Recognised for the co-invention of TCP/IP.
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Elected for contributions to computer networking.
Honorary doctorates
Holds honorary degrees from institutions in the United States and abroad.
Chairman of the board
Served as chairman of the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
Records & Feats
Co-author of the protocol suite that became the Internet's foundation
The 1974 paper with Robert Kahn set out TCP/IP, adopted by ARPANET in 1983 and still carrying most global traffic.
First president of the Internet Society
Led the organisation from 1992 to 1995 during the network's transition to commercial operation.