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Elizabeth J. Feinler

Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler
Jake Feinler, c.2011
Born
Elizabeth Jocelyn Feinler

(1931-03-02) March 2, 1931 (age 93)[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWest Liberty State College and Purdue University
Known forRunning the original ARPANET NIC at SRI
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsSRI, NASA Ames, Computer History Museum

Elizabeth Jocelyn "Jake" Feinler (born March 2, 1931) is an American information scientist. From 1972 until 1989 she was director of the Network Information Systems Center at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI International). Her group operated the Network Information Center (NIC) for the ARPANET as it evolved into the Defense Data Network (DDN) and the Internet.[2]

  1. ^ Interviewed by Janet Abbate (July 8, 2002). "Oral-History:Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler". Interview # 597. IEEE History Center, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  2. ^ Weber, Marc (10 September 2009). Feinler, Elizabeth oral history. Oral histories online. Vol. 102702199. Mountain View, CA: Computer History Museum. X5378.2009. Retrieved September 29, 2013.

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