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From: Clifford Lynch <cliff@cni.org>
Subject: Vint Cerf to Recieve Paul Peters Award at Upcoming Task Force
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I'm delighted to inform everyone that Vint Cerf will be recieving the 
Paul Evan Peters award at our upcoming Task Force meeting in 
Washington April 15-16, and give the memorial lecture as the closing 
plenary.

I've known Vint Cerf a long time and I can't think of a more 
appropriate person to honor with this award. The press release which 
I've reproduced below gives background on Vint, and on the award.

I'll be posting out the traditional roadmap to the spring Task Force 
meeting next week.


Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI

nternet leader Vinton Gray Cerf will be honored in
April as the second recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award, which
recognizes notable, lasting achievements in the use of networked
communications to advance scholarship and intellectual productivity.

This award honors the memory and accomplishments of Paul Evan Peters
(1947-1996), founding executive director of the Coalition for Networked
Information (CNI). CNI, with some 200 institutional members, promotes
the creation and use of networked information resources and services
that advance scholarship and intellectual productivity. The award is
presented by CNI in concert with its two sponsoring organizations, the
Association of Research Libraries and EDUCAUSE.

Cerf is senior vice president of Internet Architecture and Technology
for WorldCom. Cerf=92s team of architects and engineers designs advanced
networking frameworks including Internet-based solutions for delivering
a combination of data, information, voice, and video services for
business and consumer use.

Widely known as a "father of the Internet," Cerf is the co-designer of
the TCP/IP protocol and the architecture of the Internet. In December
1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology
to Cerf and his colleague, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing
the Internet.

Prior to rejoining MCI in 1994, Cerf was vice president of the
Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI). As vice president
of MCI Digital Information Services from 1982=961986, he led the
engineering of MCI Mail, the first commercial e-mail service to be
connected to the Internet. During his tenure from 1976 to 1982 with the
U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),
Cerf played a key role leading the development of Internet and
Internet-related data packet and security technologies.

Cerf serves as chairman of the board of the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Founding president of the Internet
Society (ISOC) from 1992 to 1995, he chaired the ISOC board in 1999. He
completed his term as founding chairman of the Internet Societal Task
=46orce and continues to serve as a member of its steering group, which
focuses on making the Internet accessible to everyone and analyzing
international, national, and local policies surrounding Internet use. He
currently serves on the U.S. Presidential Information Technology
Advisory Committee (PITAC) and on the boards of nearly a dozen
educational and corporate entities. A principal for the Global Internet
Project (GIP), Cerf also holds an appointment as distinguished visiting
scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he is working on the
design of an interplanetary Internet.

Known for his ability to share his vision of networked communications
and technologies, Cerf is a frequent speaker and prolific writer. His
Web essays on the WorldCom site, headed "Cerf=92s Up"
<www1.worldcom.com/us/resources/cerfs_up/>, provide timely and useful
points of reference on technological, regulatory, policy, and societal
issues related to the development of the Internet.

Cerf has received numerous awards and commendations in connection with
his work on the Internet, including the Marconi Fellowship, Charles
Stark Draper award of the National Academy of Engineering, the Alexander
Graham Bell Award presented by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for
the Deaf, the Silver Medal of the International Telecommunications
Union, the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, the IEEE Koji Kobayashi
Award, ACM=92s Software and Systems Award and SIGCOMM Award, the Computer
and Communications Industries Association Industry Legend Award, the
Yankee Group/Interop/Network World Lifetime Achievement Award, the IEEE
Third Millennium Medal, and the Library of Congress Bicentennial Living
Legend medal.

Cerf earned his bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Stanford
University, with master of science and Ph.D. degrees in computer science
from UCLA.

Cerf will accept the Paul Evan Peters Award and give the award address
as the closing plenary presentation at the CNI Spring Task Force meeting
in Washington, D.C., on April 16, 2002.

"I'm delighted to see Vint receive the Paul Evan Peters Award,"
commented Clifford A. Lynch, executive director of CNI. "This is
well-deserved recognition of his achievements in advancing the
fundamental technologies and applications of networking and, equally
important, in addressing the social and policy issues raised by global
networking. Vint is truly a visionary, as Paul Peters was=97they share a
great deal of common vision."

"Vint is an intriguing combination of technologist and communicator, and
very deserving of this award," observed EDUCAUSE President Brian L.
Hawkins. "He's been the catalyst for a remarkable range of innovation in
networked technology. He has an equally remarkable ability to convey his
vision, as well as the technical and philosophical ramifications of
Internet innovations, to both professional and lay audiences."

Speaking from the perspective of the library community, ARL Executive
Director Duane E. Webster noted that "Vint Cerf is a marvelous choice.
He personifies the intellect, energy, and entrepreneurial spirit that is
at the heart of this award."

"Vinton Cerf, through innovation and entrepreneurship, has made a
positive difference in the world. We all benefit from his creativity and
implementation of networks and communications systems," are the words
Miriam Drake, Dean and Director of Libraries at the Georgia Institute of
Technology, and member of the Paul Evan Peters Award Committee, uses to
summarize the Committee's 2002 selection.

Paul Evan Peters was a visionary and a coalition builder in higher
education and scholarly communication, providing new insights and
direction to the world of networked information for librarians,
technologists, and publishers. He was named one of the 100 most
important leaders in 20th century librarianship in the December 1999
issue of American Libraries magazine, published by the American Library
Association.

The award program established in his memory is supported by an endowment
from ARL, EDUCAUSE, Microsoft Corporation, and Xerox Corporation.

The mission of the Association of Research Libraries is to shape and
influence forces affecting the future of research libraries in the
process of scholarly communication.

EDUCAUSE is an international, nonprofit association whose mission is to
advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information
technology.

=46or more information about Paul Evan Peters and this award as well as
its sponsoring organizations, see
<www.educause.edu/awards/pep/pep.html>.

Contact:
Peter DeBlois
Director of Communication Services
EDUCAUSE
pdeblois@educause.edu
303-544-5665
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