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Robert Kahn

23 December 1938 – present

Robert E. Kahn (born 1938) is an American electrical engineer who, with Vint Cerf, invented the TCP/IP protocols that form the technical foundation of the Internet. He led networking work at BBN and DARPA, and later founded the Corporation for National Research Initiatives. He received the Turing Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contributions.

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Born in Brooklyn, New York
23 December 1938

Robert Elliot Kahn was born in Brooklyn, New York City.

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Earned bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from City College of New York
1960

Kahn received his B.E.E. degree from the City College of New York.

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Completed Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Princeton University
1964

Kahn earned his M.A. (1962) and Ph.D. (1964) from Princeton University.

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Joined Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN)
1966

At BBN, Kahn worked on the system design of the ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.

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Joined DARPA's Information Processing Techniques Office
1972

Kahn moved to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, where he later became director of IPTO.

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Organized the first public demonstration of the ARPANET
October 1972

Kahn organized a landmark demonstration of the ARPANET at the International Computer Communication Conference in Washington, D.C.

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Published the TCP protocol design with Vint Cerf
May 1974

Kahn and Vint Cerf published 'A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication', laying the foundation for TCP/IP and the Internet.

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Founded the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
1986

Kahn founded CNRI, a nonprofit organization for research in strategic information infrastructure, and became its chairman, CEO, and president.

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Received the Turing Award with Vint Cerf
2004

Kahn and Cerf shared the A.M. Turing Award for their pioneering work on internetworking, including the TCP/IP protocols.

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Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
9 November 2005

President George W. Bush awarded Kahn and Cerf the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their work on the Internet's foundational protocols.

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