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1990 CRA Distinguished Service Award presented to Dr. Robert Kahn The Computing Research Board (CRB) presented the CRB Award for Service to Computing Research to Dr. Robert Kahn at the Award Ceremony held on February 21, 1990 at the ACM Computer Science Conference in Washington, DC. The award was given inrecognition of of his fundamental contributions in several areas Taken from his award citation: Throughout his career, Dr. Kahn's vision and energy have helped define and shape computing research in this country, making it possible for computation to emerge as a fundamental branch of science and technology 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. Copyright © 2004 Computing Research Association. All Rights Reserved. Questions? E-mail: webmaster@cra.org.