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2012 Inductee

Lawrence Roberts

2012 Inductee Lawrence Roberts
Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer, 2016-2018 Advisory Board Member
Dr. Roberts designed and managed the first packet network, the ARPANET (the precursor to the Internet). At that time, in 1967, Dr. Roberts became the Chief Scientist of ARPA taking on the task of designing, funding, and managing the radically new communications network concept of packet switching.

Since then Dr. Roberts has founded five startups; Telenet, NetExpress, ATM Systems, Caspian Networks, and Anagran. Dr. Roberts has BS, MS, and Ph.D. Degrees from MIT and has received numerous awards for his work, including the L.M. Ericsson prize for research in data communications, the ACM SIGCOMM Award, the IEEE Internet Award, the National Academy of Engineering Draper Award, the Principe de Asturias Award, and the NEC Computer and Communication Award.

Lawrence Roberts passed away in December 2018.

Read Wired’s profile on Roberts’ historic contribution to the Internet