Born
June 13, 1934, Manhattan
Married
Four children, six grandchildren
Education
Bronx High School of Science
1951
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, CCNY

1957

Masters in Electrical Engineering, MIT

1959

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, MIT

1963

Position
Professor

University of California, Los Angeles, Computer Science Department

1963-present

Chair

University of California, Los Angeles, Computer Science Department

1991-1995

Chairman

Nomadix

an organization developing software and hardware products for nomadic computing

1995-present

Founder/Chair

Technology Transfer Institute

a Santa Monica-based computer seminar and conference company

1976-1998

Chairman

TTI/Vanguard

a membership-based high-tech forum for senior IT executives, focusing on emerging technologies, and spearheaded by a prestigious board of thought leaders.

1998-present

Founder

Computer Channel Inc.

1988

Founder

Linkabit Corporation

1968

Staff Associate

MIT Lincoln Labs

1957-1963

Engineer

Photobell Company

1951-1957

Publications
6 books and over 240 professional papers

Honors
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst - Honorary Doctor of Science Degree

2000

CCNY - Honorary Doctor of Science Degree

1997

L.M. Ericsson Prize presented by the King of Sweden 1982

12th Marconi International Fellowship Award

- Presented by Prince of Belgium

1986

National Academy of Engineering 1980

Guggenheim Fellowship

1971

IEEE Fellow

1973

ACM Fellow

2000

INFORMS Fellow

2002

IEC Fellow

1999

National Academy of Engineering Charles Stark Draper Prize

2001

The Okawa Prize for "outstanding contributions to queueing theory and packet-switching theory, the foundation technology of the Internet."

2001

The IEEE Internet Award

2000

The INFORMS Presidents Award

1999

IEEE Harry M. Goode Award

1996

ACM SIGMA Xi Monie A. Ferst Award

1996

ACM SIGCOMM AWARD

1990

ORSA Lanchester Outstanding Research Prize

1976

Computer Design Hall of Fame

1982

CCNY Townsend Harris Medal

1982

UCLA Faculty Research Lecturer

1995

Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize Paper

1975

ICC Prize Paper

1978

UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award

1986

UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award

1967

UCLA Outstanding Faculty Member

1966

IBM Science Advisory Committee

1982-88

CCNY Electrical Engineering Award

1956

Sr. Class President, CCNY evening session

1956

Founder
Linkabit Corporation 1968
Technology Transfer Institute 1976
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board

of the National Research Council
1986
Computer Channel Inc.

1988
Nomadix, LLC 1995
Public Service
Vice Chair

Computer Science and Engineering Peer Committee

National Academy of Engineering

2002
Member

Network Research Liaison Council

Member

Advisory Board of the CCNY Powell Center for Policy Studies

Founding Member

Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the NRC

Invited Consultant

Mayor's Office of the City of Los Angeles

Member

Gigabit Testbed Advisory Board

Chair

Committee that produced

Realizing the Information Future, The Internet and Beyond

National Research Council

National Research Council

Member

Committee that produced

Computing the Future - A Broader Agenda for Computer Science and Engineering

Chair

Committee that produced

Towards a National Research Network

National Research Council

Member

Alan T. Waterman Award Committee

National Science Foundation

Founding Member

Science Council of the Cross Industry Working Team

Congressional Testimony

on Realizing the Information Future

before the

Subcommittee on Technology, Environment, and Aviation

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

U.S. House of Representatives

May 26, 1994
Congressional Testimony

1988
VIP Project Participant

Telethon for Cerebral Palsy

Hobbies
Karate (Black Belt); marathon runner;

swimming; puzzles; and exotic nature trips.