Ed Krol

Ed Krol
Born (1951-08-21) August 21, 1951
USA
Alma mater University of Illinois
Genre Technology
Subject The Internet
Notable works Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet
Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog

Ed Krol was the network manager at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the former assistant director of Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet and The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog.

Background

Krol was born August 21, 1951, and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and spent his entire career there.[1]

Career

In 1985, he began working at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Indeed, "Ed Krol was the network manager for the NCSA when the contract was received to establish the NSFNet, and led the team in the network development".[2] During this time, he published (through funding by the National Science Foundation), the 1987 popular user's guide Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet. In 1989, he became the assistant director for Network Information Services, Computing and Communications Service Office, University of Illinois.

In 1992, he published the popular user's guide to the Internet, The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog, which was noted by the New York Public Library as one of its Books of the Century in 1995.[3][4]

In 2002 Krol retired from the University of Illinois after 29 years service.[5]

Works

See also

References

  1. "Biography". O'Reilly Media. Retrieved 4 July 2006.
  2. "NSFNET, National Science Foundation Network". Retrieved 4 July 2006.
  3. Guynn, Jessica. "Tech guru challenges next generation to get serious". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  4. Diefendorf, Elizabeth (ed.). "The New York Public Library's Books of the Century". Retrieved 29 November 2007.
  5. Forrest, Sharita (7 November 2002). "Krol takes time for self, travel and volunteering during retirement". Inside Illinois 22 (9). Retrieved 4 July 2006.

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