Vinton Cerf
Computer Scientist
Computer scientist who is considered one of the founding fathers of the internet. He became President of the Association for Computing Machinery in May 2012.
He earned his PhD from UCLA in 1972.
He has won numerous of the world's most prestigious awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
His father was an aerospace executive.
He went to Van Nuys High School with Steve Crocker, who was also instrumental in the creation of the internet.