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'''Dr. Steve Crocker''' is the Co-Founder and CEO of [[Shinkuro]], Inc., the current Chair and former Vice-Chair of the [[ICANN Board]], an Internet pioneer, an early leader of [[ISOC]] and the [[IETF]], and the creator of the [[RFC]] document series.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm ICANN.org]</ref><ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1 tools.ietf.org]</ref> He continues to speak about, and participate in, the development of the Internet through Industry conferences and meetings.<ref>[http://prensa.lacnic.net/news/en/2011-01/steve-crocker-in-montevideo-privacy-vs-security Prensa.LACNIC.net]</ref>

'''Dr. Steve Crocker''' is the President of [[Edgemoor Research Institute]], Co-Founder and CEO of [[Shinkuro]], Inc., the former Chair and Vice-Chair of the [[ICANN Board]], an Internet pioneer, an early leader of [[ISOC]] and the [[IETF]], and the creator of the [[RFC]] document series.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm ICANN.org]</ref><ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1 tools.ietf.org]</ref> He continues to speak about, and participate in, the development of the Internet through Industry conferences and meetings.<ref>[http://prensa.lacnic.net/news/en/2011-01/steve-crocker-in-montevideo-privacy-vs-security Prensa.LACNIC.net]</ref>

He is the brother of [[Dave Crocker]], who is well known in the Internet Industry for his early work developing Email technology.

He is the brother of [[Dave Crocker]], who is well known in the Internet Industry for his early work developing Email technology.

===Beginning===

===Beginning===

Dr. Crocker attended the same high school in southern California as both [[Jon Postel]] and [[Vint Cerf]],<ref>[http://vint-cerf.co.tv/ Vint-Cert.co.tv]</ref> and he has described Vint as his best friend.<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref> In 1965, while at UCLA, Steve began working on an [[ARPA]] supported project, which was a precursor to the actual ARPANET.<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref> The project dissolved, and the remaining [[DARPA]] funds were transferred to [[Gerald Estrin]] in the Computer Science Department; Steve began to work for him in 1966. In 1977 he was at MIT working on more graduate studies, but within a year and a half he had returned to UCLA. He was drawn to MIT given their Artificial Intelligence programs. In 1968, he was back at UCLA, and given that his friend Vint was looking to enroll in a graduate program, he introduced him to Estrin; shortly thereafter Vint was a part of the school's graduate program. That summer they were both working on the ARPAnet project. By 1970, he had been given a job with ARPA in Washington, D.C., rather than the previous position as a graduate student engaged mainly at the UCLA campus. He was now Program Director, and managed protocol, various network sites, and contractors spread throughout the U.S., and he was also required to travel to Europe. While at DARPA he pursued research programs in artificial intelligence, automatic programming, speech understanding, and network research.<ref>[http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/authors/CrockerSteve.htm NetworkSorcery]</ref> Within the next few years he was working extensively with another well-known Internet Pioneer, [[Robert Kahn]].<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref>  

Dr. Crocker attended the same high school in southern California as both [[Jon Postel]] and [[Vint Cerf]],<ref>[http://vint-cerf.co.tv/ Vint-Cert.co.tv]</ref> and he has described Vint as his best friend.<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref> In 1965, while at UCLA, Steve began working on an [[ARPA]] supported project, which was a precursor to the actual ARPANET.<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref> The project dissolved, and the remaining [[DARPA]] funds were transferred to [[Gerald Estrin]] in the Computer Science Department; Steve began to work for him in 1966. In 1967 he was at MIT working on more graduate studies, but within a year and a half he had returned to UCLA. He was drawn to MIT given their Artificial Intelligence programs. In 1968, he was back at UCLA, and given that his friend Vint was looking to enroll in a graduate program, he introduced him to Estrin; shortly thereafter Vint was a part of the school's graduate program. That summer they were both working on the ARPAnet project. By 1970, he had been given a job with ARPA in Washington, D.C., rather than the previous position as a graduate student engaged mainly at the UCLA campus. He was now Program Director, and managed protocol, various network sites, and contractors spread throughout the U.S., and he was also required to travel to Europe. While at DARPA he pursued research programs in artificial intelligence, automatic programming, speech understanding, and network research.<ref>[http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/authors/CrockerSteve.htm NetworkSorcery]</ref> Within the next few years he was working extensively with another well-known Internet Pioneer, [[Robert Kahn]].<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref>  

In December, 1970, Dr. Crocker created the [[NCP|Network Control Protocol]], which was the original host-to-host protocol for the ARPANET. It allowed 3 disparate networks, in this instance the computer network, a packet satellite network, and a packet radio network, to interoperate.<ref>[http://www.packet.cc/larry-news/changes.html Packet.cc]</ref>

In December, 1970, Dr. Crocker created the [[NCP|Network Control Protocol]], which was the original host-to-host protocol for the ARPANET. It allowed 3 disparate networks, in this instance the computer network, a packet satellite network, and a packet radio network, to interoperate.<ref>[http://www.packet.cc/larry-news/changes.html Packet.cc]</ref>

==ICANN==   

==ICANN==   

Steve Crocker has been involved in both the Internet and [[ICANN]] since their beginnings. He has been the chair of [[ICANN]]'s [[SSAC]] since its creation in 2002, and had been serving as the [[SSAC]]'s non-voting liaison to the [[ICANN Board]] until he was selected by the [[NomCom]] to serve as a voting member. He was selected by the NomCom in 2008, and his current term concludes at the end of the 2011 annual meeting. Following the annual meeting of 2010, Steve was elected as Vice-Chair of the ICANN Board.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm ICANN.org]</ref>  

Steve Crocker has been involved in both the Internet and [[ICANN]] since their beginnings. He is a member of [[SSAC]], was the former chair of [[ICANN]]'s [[SSAC]], starting in 2002, and the [[SSAC]]'s non-voting liaison to the [[ICANN Board]] until he was selected by the [[NomCom]] to serve as a voting member. He was selected by the NomCom in 2008 until the 2014 [[AGM]]. Following the annual meeting of 2010, Steve was elected as Vice-Chair of the [[ICANN Board]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm ICANN.org]</ref>

 

Following the departure of [[Peter Dengate Thrush]] after [[ICANN Singapore]] in June 2011, Steve Crocker was unanimously appointed to act as Chairman of the Board. His current term is still set to expire at the 2011 [[Annual Meeting]] to be held in [[ICANN Senegal|Dakar, Senegal]]. [[Bruce Tonkin]] was elected vice-chair.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/steve-crocker-elected-icann-chair.html DomainNews.com]</ref> Mr. Crocker was re-elected to another term at [[ICANN 42]] in Dakar,<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm Crocker Bio, ICANN.org]</ref> and is now set to step-down following the 2014 Annual Meeting.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/general/board.html General Board, ICANN.org]</ref>

 

 

 

==Awards==

==Awards==

Steve Crocker was recognized for his pioneering work by the [[IEEE]], with their 2002 Internet Award “for leadership in creation of key elements in open evolution of Internet protocols: Network Working Group, Request for Comments process and layered protocol approaches".<ref>[http://www.pir.org/%3Fp%3D287 PIR.org]</ref>

Steve Crocker was recognized for his pioneering work by the [[IEEE]], with their 2002 Internet Award “for leadership in creation of key elements in open evolution of Internet protocols: Network Working Group, Request for Comments process and layered protocol approaches".<ref>[http://www.pir.org/%3Fp%3D287 PIR.org]</ref>

==Education==

==Education==

Dr. Crocker earned his BA in Math (1968), and PhD in Computer Science at UCLA (1977), and he studied artificial intelligence at MIT.<ref>[http://www.pir.org/%3Fp%3D287 PIR.org]</ref>

Dr. Crocker earned his BA in Math (1968), and PhD in Computer Science at UCLA (1977), and he studied artificial intelligence at MIT.<ref>[http://www.pir.org/%3Fp%3D287 PIR.org]</ref>

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