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* Founder, Chairman, CEO and President, [[CNRI]]<ref>[http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/bios/kahn.html CNRI.reston.va.us]</ref>
 
* Founder, Chairman, CEO and President, [[CNRI]]<ref>[http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/bios/kahn.html CNRI.reston.va.us]</ref>
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==Awards==
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==Awards and Recognition==
 
Robert, along with [[Vinton Cerf]], recieved the 2004 [[ACM]] [[Turing Award]]. When they received the prize it was the first time in the 39 year history of the award that it was conferred in honor of work done on computer networking.
 
Robert, along with [[Vinton Cerf]], recieved the 2004 [[ACM]] [[Turing Award]]. When they received the prize it was the first time in the 39 year history of the award that it was conferred in honor of work done on computer networking.
    
In 1997, Robert received the National Medal of Technology. That year he and Vinton also received the [[IEEE]] Alexander Graham Bell  Medal.<ref>[http://www.ieee.org/documents/bell_rl.pdf IEEE.org]</ref> He shared the 2001 Charles Stark Draper Prize with other important pioneers of the early Internet networking system.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/16/technology/16internet.html NYTimes.com]</ref>
 
In 1997, Robert received the National Medal of Technology. That year he and Vinton also received the [[IEEE]] Alexander Graham Bell  Medal.<ref>[http://www.ieee.org/documents/bell_rl.pdf IEEE.org]</ref> He shared the 2001 Charles Stark Draper Prize with other important pioneers of the early Internet networking system.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/16/technology/16internet.html NYTimes.com]</ref>
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Prof. Kahn is a two-time recipient Secretary of Defense Civilian Service Award; and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Other awards include:
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* AFIPS Harry Goode Memorial Award
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* The Marconi Award
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* ACM SIGCOMM Award
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* ACM President's Award
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* IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computer and Communications Award
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* IEEE Third Millennium Medal
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* ACM Software Systems Award
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* Computerworld/Smithsonian Award
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* Computing Research Board ASIS Special Award
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* Computing Research Board Public Service Award
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* 2002 Prince of Asturias Award
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* 2003 Digital ID World award for the Digital Object Architecture
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* 2005, Townsend Harris Medal from the Alumni Association of the City College of New York
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* C & C Prize in Tokyo, Japan
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* 2006 Inductee, National Inventors Hall of Fame
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* 2008 Japan Prize for his work in ICT Theory
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* 2010 Harold Pender Award from the University of Pennsylvania
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He has received honorary degrees from the following institutions:
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* Princeton University
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* University of Pavia
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* ETH Zurich
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* University of Maryland
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* George Mason University
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* The University of Central Florida
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* University of Pisa, and an
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* Honorary Fellow, University College<ref>[http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/bios/kahn.html CNRI.reston.va]</ref>
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==Education==
 
==Education==
 
* B.E.E, City College of NYC, 1960
 
* B.E.E, City College of NYC, 1960