This series documents the founding and early development of UCLA's Center for Near Eastern Studies.
Biographical Note:
Founding chair of the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages. Instrumental in establishing the Department of Near Eastern Languages and the Gustave E. von Grunebaum Center for Near East Studies.
Research manager for the ARPANET project, which developed an experimental computer network, a precursor to the internet. Co-founder of GTE Telenet, an early packet switch service company.
Researcher for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an agency of the government that develops technology for the military. UCLA adjunct professor of computer science.