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===Recognition and Awards===
 
===Recognition and Awards===
 
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Vinton Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in connection with his work on the Internet. These include the Marconi Fellowship, Charles Stark Draper award of the National Academy of Engineering, the Prince of Asturias award for science and technology, the National Medal of Science from Tunisia, the Alexander Graham Bell Award presented by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, the NEC Computer and Communications Prize, the Silver Medal of the International Telecommunications Union, the [[IEEE]] Alexander Graham Bell Medal <ref>[http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/bell.html#sect3 IEEE]</ref>, the [[IEEE]] Koji Kobayashi Award, the [[ACM]] Software and Systems Award, the [[ACM]] SIGCOMM Award, the Computer and Communications Industries Association Industry Legend Award, the Yuri Rubinsky Web Award, the Kilby Award , the Yankee Group/Interop/Network World Lifetime Achievement Award, the George R. Stibitz Award, the Werner Wolter Award, the Andrew Saks Engineering Award, the [[IEEE]] Third Millennium Medal, the Computerworld/Smithsonian Leadership Award, the J.D. Edwards Leadership Award for Collaboration, World Institute on Disability Annual award and the Library of Congress Bicentennial Living Legend medal.
Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in connection with his work on the Internet. These include the Marconi Fellowship, Charles Stark Draper award of the National Academy of Engineering, the Prince of Asturias award for science and technology, the National Medal of Science from Tunisia, the Alexander Graham Bell Award presented by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, the NEC Computer and Communications Prize, the Silver Medal of the International Telecommunications Union, the [[IEEE]] Alexander Graham Bell Medal <ref>[http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/bell.html#sect3 IEEE]</ref>, the [[IEEE]] Koji Kobayashi Award, the [[ACM]] Software and Systems Award, the [[ACM]] SIGCOMM Award, the Computer and Communications Industries Association Industry Legend Award, the Yuri Rubinsky Web Award, the Kilby Award , the Yankee Group/Interop/Network World Lifetime Achievement Award, the George R. Stibitz Award, the Werner Wolter Award, the Andrew Saks Engineering Award, the [[IEEE]] Third Millennium Medal, the Computerworld/Smithsonian Leadership Award, the J.D. Edwards Leadership Award for Collaboration, World Institute on Disability Annual award and the Library of Congress Bicentennial Living Legend medal.
      
In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his partner, [[Robert Kahn]], for founding and developing the Internet. <ref>[http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051109-10.html THE WHITE HOUSE]</ref>. Kahn and Cerf were named the recipients of the ACM Alan M. Turing award in 2004 for their work on the Internet protocols. The Turing award is sometimes called the "Nobel Prize of Computer Science". <ref>[http://awards.acm.org/homepage.cfm?srt=all&awd=140 ACM.org]</ref>
 
In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his partner, [[Robert Kahn]], for founding and developing the Internet. <ref>[http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051109-10.html THE WHITE HOUSE]</ref>. Kahn and Cerf were named the recipients of the ACM Alan M. Turing award in 2004 for their work on the Internet protocols. The Turing award is sometimes called the "Nobel Prize of Computer Science". <ref>[http://awards.acm.org/homepage.cfm?srt=all&awd=140 ACM.org]</ref>
    
In December, 1994, People magazine identified Cerf as one of that year's "25 Most Intriguing People."
 
In December, 1994, People magazine identified Cerf as one of that year's "25 Most Intriguing People."
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===Reaction===
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Dr. Cerf has been humble with regards to both sharing credit of the "invention" of the Internet, and aware of the large number of people who contributed to its development, both before and after himself. He has been quoted as saying that building a tool is one thing, but credit for what people do with that tool is something that no inventor can claim.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/16/technology/16internet.html?pagewanted=2 NYTimes.com]</ref>
    
==Education==
 
==Education==

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