Congratulations to these people!


From: Michiel Leenaars <michiel.ml@nlnet.nl>
Date: September 27, 2019 23:05:28 JST
To: farber@gmail.com
Subject: New inductees in Internet Hall of Fame

Dear Dave,

just announced, the 2019 inductees that joined you in the Internet Hall of Fame [1]. Eleven new people:

   Adiel Akplogan (Africa) advanced the Internet in Africa and served as founding CEO of the Regional Internet Registry for Africa

   Kimberly Claffy (United States) pioneered the field of Internet data collection, measurement and analysis

   Douglas Comer (United States) wrote the first series of authoritative textbooks explaining the scientific principles of the Internet’s design and communications protocols

    Elise Gerich (United States) was instrumental in the transition of the NSFNET to the modern-day Internet and the transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions from stewardship of the U.S.
government to a multistakeholder community

   Larry Irving (United States) was a driving force behind the identification of the Digital Divide in the U.S, igniting global interest in the issue

   Dan Lynch (United States) drove adoption of TCP/IP protocols and played a key role in driving the Internet towards a commercial network

   Jean Armour Polly (United States)  pioneered free Internet access in public libraries

   José Soriano (Peru) was a leader in bringing the Internet to Peru and designed a replicable “public Internet” model

   Michael Stanton (Brazil) was instrumental in bringing the Internet to Brazil, and continues to participate in the design and deployment of scalable optical networks in South America and around the world

   Klaas Wierenga (Netherlands) invented eduroam, an international Wi-Fi roaming service for academic and research communities in over 100 countries

   Suguru Yamaguchi (Japan) was a cybersecurity research pioneer and global leader in its deployment; and founded Asia Pacific broadband Internet research and educational network project via satellite


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