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Dr. Robert Blokzijl[1] is a founding member of RIPE, the European open forum for IP networking. Since its foundation in 1989, he has been chairman of this organization until 2014[2], and was instrumental in the creation of RIPE NCC in 1992 as the first Regional Internet Registry in the world.
Prior to this, he has been active in building networks for the particle physics community in Europe.
Robert Blokzijl graduated from the University of Amsterdam (1970) and holds a doctorate in experimental physics from the same university (1977). He is retired from the National Institute of Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics (NIKHEF).
Rob was selected for the ICANN Board by the Address Supporting Organization. He served on the ICANN Board from October 1999 until December 2002.
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