- A memorial for Dr.
Postel was held on November 5, 1998 at 11 a.m. in the
Bovard Auditorium of the University of Southern
California. The memorial service was webcast
by USC.
-
- Eulogy
by Vint Cerf: I Remember IANA
- RFC
2468
- Eulogy
by Daniel Farber: A Life Too
Brief
- Eulogy
by Paul Vixie: Requiem for Jon
Postel
-
- Boardwatch
(12-98)
Jon Postel
Streamlines the Afterlife
Wired
(11-5-98) A
Wizard Rests in Peace
- Inter@ctive
Week (10-26)
Jon Postel: Internet Architect and Caretaker
- New
York Times
(10-18-98):
Jon Postel, Who Helped Create the Internet, is Dead at
55
- Washington
Post (10-18):
Jon Postel, Internet Pioneer, Dies at 55 after Heart
Surgery
- Los
Angeles Times
(10-18) : Jon
Postel, Influential Internet Pioneer, Dies
- Wired
(10-18-98) Net
Mourns Passing of Giant
- San
Jose Mercury News
(10-18) :
Internet Founding Father Dies
- C/Net
(10-19): IANA
Chief Jon Postel Dies
- USC
News Service
(10-19):
Internet Pioneer Jon Postel Dies at 55
- Internet
Week and TechWeb
(10-19):
Head of Internet Domain-Names Group Dies
- Internet
News (10-27):
Postel Memorial Webcast Set for Nov. 5
- C/Net
(11-5):
Postel Eulogized as Humble Genius
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- Photo by Peter
Lothberg
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 - Lifetime
Achievement - 1997
- Dvorak
Telecommunications Award
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 - ITU Silver
Medal
- SIGCOMM
Award
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- Dr.
Jon Postel was
the Director of ISI's Computer Networks Division, based
in Marina del Rey, California. He also held leadership
positions in several Internet infrastructure activities.
He was founder and head of the Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority, RFC Editor, and chief administrator of the .US
domain. He was expected to play a crucial role in the
future of Internet administration, which is in the
process of being transferred to the private sector.
-
- He earned his B.S.
and M.S. degrees in Engineering, and his Ph.D. in
Computer Science in 1966, 1968, and 1974, respectively,
all from UCLA.
-
- At UCLA, he was
involved in the beginnings of ARPANET and the development
of the Network Measurement Center. He began working at
USC's Information Sciences Institute in 1977.
Postel died of
complications on October 16, 1998 following emergency
surgery to fix a heart replacement valve, which had begun
to leak.
-
- TRIBUTES FROM THE
LISTSERV
- reprinted
with permission
-
- Jon
Postel's passing is a loss of extraordinary proportions.
His vision of a world drawn together through a vast
common communications network has become a reality, and
his genius and leadership were the key to its
realization. Jon's legacy is a proud one, but his work
remains unfinished. His star, which shone so brightly
while he was among us, now hangs like a beacon on the
horizon. . . . We have lost the visionary, but we can not
lose the vision.
- -- Ken Stubbs,
Chair, Executive Committee, Internet Council of
Registrars
-
- I
am glad that he finished his last project. Perhaps it
will help institutionalize his legacy. He was the
touchstone, the permanence against which all the
philosophizing, faction, and rancor in the domain name
fights had to be reconciled. He has been criticized as a
'king', but he didn't inherit his position and respect,
he earned it. Just maybe his passing will give pause and
sober for a moment the drunk ambition that we've begun to
perceive as normal.
- -- Antony Van
Couvering, Name Engine
-
- Jon
Postel is an important historical figure in the
development of the Internet. His work over the past
decades played a significant part
- in the worldwide
growth and development of the Internet as we know it
today. Network Solutions is proud to have worked with Dr.
Postel, and will move forward into the 21st century
drawing from his lasting contributions and continuing
legacy for all the Internet community.
- -- Gabe Battista,
CEO, Network Solutions, Inc.
-
- Dr.
Postel added colour and flare to a community that
frequently needed a little humour or sensability. DNS
debates and strategies aside, Dr. Postel will be greatly
missed for the excitement and knowledge and personal
opinion he brought to our vastly growing community. There
will be no person who can stand in Dr. Postel's place in
the now or the forever more. It is with tremendous
sadness we receive this news.
- -- Adam Todd,
Director, AH Net
-
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REFLECTIONS ON
JON
-
- Gabe
Battista,
NSI
- Vint
Cerf,
MCI
- David
Farber,
U Penn
- Harold
Feld
, DNRC
- Ira
Magaziner,
USG
- Herbert
Schorr,
ISI
- Ken
Stubbs,
CORE
- Adam
Todd,
AURSC
- Antony
Van Couvering
- Paul
Vixie,
BIND
-
CONDOLENCES and
REMEMBRANCES
- Internet
Society Memorial Tributes
- Photo
Collage on IANA
Homepage
- Jonathan
B. Postel Endowed Chair Jonathan B. Postel Service
Award
-
- He
really was the most powerful person on the Net --
absolutely. He came by that power legitimately, as the
only person who could command the respect and loyalty of
the whole community.
- -- David Farber,
Professor of Telecommunications, University of
Pennsylvania
-
- While
it seems almost impossible to avoid feeling an enormous
sense of loss, as if yawning gap in our networked
universe had opened up and swallowed our friend, I must
tell you that I am comforted as I contemplate what Jon
has wrought.
- -- Vint Cerf,
Senior VP of Internet Architecture , MCI
Worldcom
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 - Photo by
Chris Pizzello
-
-
-
-
-
- Jon
was the real thing, a true giant. . . He had everyone's
trust and confidence. They knew what he was doing was
essentially right.
- -- Herbert Schorr,
Executive Director, ISI
-
- Humanity
lost a defender today. Against the squalid backdrop of
human nature one man tested his mettle against the forces
of chaos and entropy,without regard for his own personal
safety, and gave our civilization some extra time to get
itself organized before advancing along the track of
history.
- -- Paul Vixie,
creator, Berkeley Internet Name Domain
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- It
was Jon and his colleagues who helped create a revolution
that will change mankind.
- -- Ira Magaziner,
Senior Advisor to the President on Policy
Development
-
The
greatest achievement of Jon Postel is that he created a
stable system capable of surviving him. Today, the
Internet is still working. I can surf the Web, send
email, register a domain name, or perform any other
critical function. Dr. Postel passes away, the Internet
survives. There can be no greater tribute. As long as the
Internet stands, it will remain a monument to his life's
work.
- -- Harold Feld,
General Counsel, Domain Name Rights
Coalition
-
- The
news of Jon Postel's passing has been a shock to all of
us in Argentina. It is a
- loss to the Internet
worldwide community which will be irreplaceable. . . .
Perhaps a fitting tribute to his memory (and tireless
endeavours), would be for the Internet stakeholders
worldwide to work closely, ironing out discrepancies and
bringing the new corporation to a successful and
satisfactory initiation. . . .Jon Postel deserves no
less.
- --Tony Harris,
Secretary, CABASE
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