2013 ADVISORY BOARD
We want to welcome this year’s distinguished international panel of Advisory Board members. The Advisory Board plays a critical role in selecting the inductees for the 2013 Internet Hall of Fame. The board is comprised of highly qualified experts from industry-related areas including computer scientists, software engineers, Internet developers, historians, executives, authors, researchers, analysts and journalists.
In THEIR own WORDS
In Their Own Words is sponsored by Afilias
Ray Tomlinson: Not Your Average Game Developer and Shepherd
Here’s a factoid for everyone who thinks that nothing about Internet Hall of Famers could ever surprise them: The man who invented email raises rare, tiny French sheep.
HISTORY in the MAKING
Our Internet Hall of Fame Timeline maps inductees’ defining moments in Internet history.

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Inductee Charles Herzfeld (center, in white shirt) and other military researchers visit the Kwajalein Atoll. Processing the vast amounts of data generated by the Defense Department would help lead to the creation of ARPANET, the backbone of the Internet.
