Vint Cerf

'''Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf'''<ref name="vita"/> ({{IPA2|sɝf}}; born June 23, 1943) is an [[United States|American]] [[computer scientist]] who is the "person most often called '[[People known as the father or mother of something#Technology|the father]] [[History of the Internet|of the Internet]]'."<ref name="washpost"/><ref>[http://tap.gallaudet.edu/emergency/nov05conference/Remarks/Goldberg.asp Making Televised Emergency Information Accessible] from the [[Gallaudet University]] website</ref><ref>Although its a title he objects to (see [http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38005-1.html?topic=interview Interview with Vinton Cerf], from a January 2006 article in ''[[Government Computer News]]''), Cerf is willing to call himself one of the Internet's fathers, citing [[Bob Kahn]] and [[Leonard Kleinrock]] in particular as being others with whom he should share that title.</ref>  His contributions have been recognized repeatedly, with honorary degrees and awards that include the [[National Medal of Technology]],<ref name="vita"/> the [[Turing Award]],<ref name="turing">[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/16/technology/16internet.html?oref=login Cerf wins Turing Award] Feb 16, 2005</ref> and the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]].<ref name="whitehouse">[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051109-10.html 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients] from the White House website</ref>