An Interview with Ray Tomlinson: Inventor of Email
CURRENT POSITION
Principal Engineer, BBN Technologies
CLAIM TO FAME
Inventor of email
DATE OF BIRTH
April 23, 1941
EDUCATION
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1963
FAVORITE PASTIMES & HOBBIES
Reading, music, writing programs (Kaleidoscope program, puzzle simulations) for fun
BIOGRAPHY
Ray is associated with many of BBN Technologies’ most significant networking innovations. He has contributed to the design of several network protocols, including the ARPANET host-host protocol, NVT protocol, ...
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