Jon received his B.S. and M.S. in Engineering, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA, in 1966, 1968, and 1974 respectively. Jon was a member of the ACM and the Internet Society. He served on the Internet Society Board of Trustees.
At UCLA he was involved in the beginnings of the ARPANET and the development of the Network Measurement Center. He has worked in the areas of computer communication protocols, especially at the operating system level and the application level. His interests included multi-machine internetwork applications, multimedia conferencing and electronic mail, very large networks, and very high speed communications.
Jon was also involved in several Internet infrastructure activities including the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, the RFC Editor, the US Domain, and the Los Nettos network (a regional network for the greater Los Angeles area), so it is fitting that the Postel Service Award be awarded to an individual who has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community. Click on the image for a larger view of the Postel Award and to see the Los Nettos award.