CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon BBN
Technologies Chief Scientist Craig
Partridge was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for
designing critical email and IP routing technologies that increased
the speed at which Internet messages move. He was recently honored
at the Internet Society's 2017 Induction Ceremony in Los Angeles.
Partridge developed the modern email routing system in 1986. As
Internet use expanded in the early 1990s, routers couldn't keep up
with the explosive growth of email traffic. In response, Partridge
developed the system architecture for high-speed routers that is
still in use today.
"The fact that systems I developed 25 years ago are worthy of
Internet Hall of Fame recognition today is a testament to the
people I've been privileged to work with," said Craig Partridge, chief scientist of Raytheon BBN
Technologies. "Their vision and insight drove me to create systems
capable of evolving smoothly over time."
This is the most recent of many prestigious honors for
Partridge. He is a Fellow of the Association for Computing
Machinery and of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers. The ACM honored him with the ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time
Award in 2006. Partridge was also an initial member of the Internet
Engineering Steering Group, which is responsible for the technical
management of Internet Engineering Task Force activities and the
Internet standards process.
Partridge is the third member of the Raytheon BBN staff to earn
Internet Hall of Fame honors. Ray
Tomlinson, who sent the first network email in 1971 and
saved the "@" symbol from probable extinction, was honored in 2012.
In 2013, Steve Kent was inducted for
his groundbreaking cybersecurity contributions that laid the
foundation for modern Internet and email security encryption
methods and standards.
Raytheon BBN Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN).
About the Internet Hall of Fame
The Internet Hall of Fame (www.internethalloffame.org) is a
recognition program and virtual museum that celebrates the living
history of the Internet and the individuals whose extraordinary
contributions have made the Internet, its worldwide availability
and use, and its transformative nature, possible. The Internet Hall
of Fame was launched by the Internet Society in 2012.
About the Internet Society
Founded by Internet pioneers, the Internet Society (ISOC) is a
non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the open development,
evolution, and use of the Internet into the future. Together with
its growing global community of chapters and members, the Internet
Society supports Internet-led innovation, promotes the use of best
practice technologies and encourages the adoption of policies that
enable universal access to a globally connected, trusted Internet.
The Internet Society is also the organizational home of the
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2016 sales of $24
billion and 63,000 employees, is a technology and innovation
leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity
solutions. With a history of innovation spanning 95 years, Raytheon
provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration,
C5ITM products and services, sensing, effects, and mission support
for customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered
in Waltham, Massachusetts. Follow
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