The Computing Research Association

^{∫ archive ∫}Distinguished Service Award

CRA makes an award, usually annually, to a person who has made an outstanding service contribution to the computing research community. This award recognizes service in the areas of government affairs, professional societies, publications or conferences, and leadership that has a major impact on computing research.

¹⁹⁹⁰Dr. Robert Kahn

1990 Dr. Robert Kahn Awardee President and founder of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (NRI)

Dr. Kahn has served on the Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, the faculty of M.I.T. and at Bolt Beranek and Newman, where he had a driving force in the development of the ARPANET. Joining the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 1972, he became Director of its Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) where he started and managed numerous research programs, including the billion dollar Strategic Computing Program.

Dr. Kahn is President and founder of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (NRI), which is a nonprofit research and development organization formed in 1986 to help focus U.S. strengths in information processing technology. Working with industry, NRI is engaged in scientific and engineering productivity.