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Vint Cerf

23 June 1943 – present

Vinton Gray Cerf is an American computer scientist widely regarded as one of the 'fathers of the Internet' for co-designing, with Bob Kahn, the TCP/IP protocols that underpin it. He has held leadership roles at ICANN and Google and remains a prominent advocate for Internet policy and accessibility.

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Born in New Haven, Connecticut
23 June 1943

Vinton Gray Cerf was born in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Bachelor's degree from Stanford University
1965

Cerf earned a BS in mathematics from Stanford.

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Doctorate in computer science from UCLA
1972

Cerf earned his PhD at UCLA, where he worked on the ARPANET.

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Co-designed the TCP/IP protocols
1974

Cerf and Bob Kahn designed the Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol, the foundation of the Internet.

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Founding president of the Internet Society
1992

Cerf helped found and led the Internet Society, promoting open Internet standards.

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Awarded the Turing Award
2004

Cerf and Kahn received the ACM Turing Award for their foundational work on Internet protocols.

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Became Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google
2005

Cerf joined Google, where he promotes Internet policy and emerging technologies.

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Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
2005

Cerf received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his role in creating the Internet.

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