Jon Postel
Postel, Jon
<person> (Jonathan Bruce Postel, 1943 - 1998-10-16) /p*-stel'/
One of the {Internet}'s founding fathers. Jon's name is
prominent on many of the fundamental {standards} on which the
Internet is built, such as {UDP}. He ran {IANA} for as long
as anybody could remember, in fact for most of the time he
*was* IANA.
He wrote {STD 1}, {STD 2} and several dozen other {RFCs}. His
friend {Vinton Cerf} noted his passing in {RFC 2468}.
(1998-10-21)