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Vinton Gray Cerf and Robert E. Kahn
MCI and Corporation for National Research Initiatives

Envisioned the network that became the Internet

 

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A high school buddy turned Cerf on to computers



Story 1   These two Internet visionaries had persistence

Story 2   Evolution of the Net

Cerf and Kahn after being awarded the medal, 1997

Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn wearing their medals at the award ceremony, 1996.

 



Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn in the 1970s, when the Internet was nothing more than an inspired idea.

The team circa 1970s
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