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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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You were just trying to figure out how to enable conversations.” We visited three PTTs [postal, telegraph, and telephone services],” Jacobs said, β€œin Germany, in France, and in the U.K. A plaque commemorating the ARPANET now stands in front of the Arlington, Va., Bob Kahn graduated from high school in 1955.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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IEEE FRANCES E. PICARD MEDAL FOR RADAR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS Sponsor: Raytheon Technologies FRED DAUM Raytheon Technologies Arlington, Va. KAHN Corporation for National Research Initiatives Reston, Va. For pioneering technical and leadership contributions in packet communication technologies and foundations of the Internet.”

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