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Dr. Kahn is the Founder, Chairman, CEO, and President of the [[CNRI| Corporation for National Research Initiatives]];<ref>[http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/bios/kahn.html CNRI.reston.va.us]</ref> his work with [[DARPA]] and the [[CNRI]] constituted the largest computer research and development program ever undertaken by the federal government.<ref>[http://gcn.com/Articles/2009/05/18/GCN-Interview-with-Robert-Kahn.aspx GCN.com]</ref>
Dr. Kahn is the Founder, Chairman, CEO, and President of the [[CNRI| Corporation for National Research Initiatives]];<ref>[http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/bios/kahn.html CNRI.reston.va.us]</ref> his work with [[DARPA]] and the [[CNRI]] constituted the largest computer research and development program ever undertaken by the federal government.<ref>[http://gcn.com/Articles/2009/05/18/GCN-Interview-with-Robert-Kahn.aspx GCN.com]</ref>
==The Beginning==
==The Beginning==
Dr. Kahn first met Dr. Cerf at UCLA in 1969, after the [[ARPAnet]] nodes had been nationally distributed. At that time, he was working at an engineering firm in Cambridge, Mass., and travelled to UCLA to experiment with the new network. While at Bolt Beranek and Newman in Cambridge, Mr. Kahn helped build the [[Interface Message Processor]].<ref>[http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_kahn.htm LivingInternet.com]</ref>
Dr. Kahn first met Dr. Cerf at UCLA in 1969, after the [[ARPANET]] nodes had been nationally distributed. At that time, he was working at an engineering firm in Cambridge, Mass., and travelled to UCLA to experiment with the new network. While at Bolt Beranek and Newman in Cambridge, Mr. Kahn helped build the [[Interface Message Processor]].<ref>[http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_kahn.htm LivingInternet.com]</ref>
By the time they published their famous paper, in 1973, Vinton was a professor at Stanford, and Robert was working within the Defense Department's [[DARPA|Advanced Research Projects Agency]], the founders of the [[ARPAnet]]. They did not claim their protocols as [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]], and thus it was able to flourish as an open standard.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/16/technology/16internet.html?pagewanted=2 NYTimes.com]</ref>
By the time they published their famous paper, in 1973, Vinton was a professor at Stanford, and Robert was working within the Defense Department's [[DARPA|Advanced Research Projects Agency]], the founders of the ARPANET. They did not claim their protocols as [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]], and thus it was able to flourish as an open standard.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/16/technology/16internet.html?pagewanted=2 NYTimes.com]</ref>
In 1972, while working at [[DARPA]], he gave a presentation of the an ARPAnet network, connecting 40 different computers at the International Computer Communication Conference. This was the first time that much of the computing world, and the general population were introduced to the revolutionary network.<ref>[http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_kahn.htm LivingInternet.com]</ref>
In 1972, while working at [[DARPA]], he gave a presentation of the an ARPANET network, connecting 40 different computers at the International Computer Communication Conference. This was the first time that much of the computing world, and the general population were introduced to the revolutionary network.<ref>[http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_kahn.htm LivingInternet.com]</ref>
Robert Kahn has rejected any type of "Father of the Internet" label, saying that today's Internet was created through a community effort.<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/18/kahn_net_neutrality_warning/ TheRegister.co.uk]</ref>
Robert Kahn has rejected any type of "Father of the Internet" label, saying that today's Internet was created through a community effort.<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/18/kahn_net_neutrality_warning/ TheRegister.co.uk]</ref>