USENIX - Lifetime Achievement Awards

Past Winners of the USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award

2001: The GNU Project and all its contributors =20: Awarded for the ubiquity, breadth, and quality of its freely = available redistributable and modifiable software, which has = enabled a=20 generation of research and commercial development.=20; The GNU Project software tools have changed the way the = computer=20 world operates. Today it is difficult to imagine how most of us = could do=20 systems work without tools that originated with or derived from = GNU=20 code. Much wide-ranging research is based on GNU tools. And in = the=20 computing world at large, millions of us have benefited and = continue to=20 benefit from the hard work and insight of the GNU Project.=20; Read the award = acceptance=20 remarks given by Robert J. Chassell at the 2001 USENIX = Annual=20 Technical Conference.=20
2000: Richard Stevens=20: Awarded for his contributions to the understanding of = TCP/IP, UNIX=20 and network programming, his teaching, and his involvement with = USENIX.=20; Stevens is being honored with this award for contributions = to the=20 understanding of TCP/IP, UNIX and network programming, = extradordinarily=20 lucid teaching, and his generous spirit within the community. = Stevens=20 passed away September 1, 1999, and his wife, Sally Stevens, his=20 children, and sister Claire accepted the award on his behalf.=20; Many books have been written about both TCP/IP and UNIX, but = what=20 makes Steven's books outstanding was his approach to writing. = Rather=20 than repeating information found in standards or documentation, = Stevens=20 researched the way system calls and networking protocols really = worked.=20 He would try his examples on at least four different types of = systems,=20 and he published the examples he used to explore these software = systems,=20 including over 10,000 lines of C code in just one book. His = three volume=20 work, TCP/IP Illustrated, was so complete and true to reality = that it is=20 used as a reference by members of the Internet Engineering Task = Force,=20 the group charged with creating and maintaining the standards = for the=20 Internet.=20; Stevens was also a familiar sight on the tutorial circuit, = where he=20 also exceptional. His teaching was crystal clear, he was always = patient=20 with any questioner, and he never talked down to anyone. He made = network=20 programming accessible, even possible, to learn. Stevens was = always=20 there to lend support, to offer a bit of wisdom, and to be the = person=20 that cared when no one else did. His presence will be missed = greatly.=20
1999: The X Window System Community at Large=20: The X Window System Community at Large received USENIX's = 1999=20 Lifetime Achievement Award which recognizes and celebrates = singular=20 contributions to the UNIX community in both intellectual = achievement and=20 unparalleled service. The citation says: "Presented in honor of = a=20 profound intellectual achievement and a unparalleled service to = our=20 Community." The following individuals are recognized as the = Principal=20 Recipients and Keepers of the Flame: Bob Scheifler, Jim Gettys, = Phil=20 Karlton, Ralph Swick, Keith Packard and Smokey Wallace.=20
1998: Tim Berners-Lee=20: Tim Berners-Lee Awarded for "spinning the Web that has = helped to=20 transform the Internet into a fundamental part of everyday life = and for=20 his continued evangelism on its behalf," as inscribed on the = original=20 glass sculpture. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in = 1990=20 while at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. He wrote the first WWW = client and=20 the first WWW server, along with communications software = defining URLs,=20 HTTP and HTML.=20
1997: Brian. W. Kernighan=20: Brian W. Kernighan received USENIX's 1997 Lifetime = Achievement=20 Award. He is honored for "books that educated us all, for tools = we still=20 use, and for insights in the use of language as a bridge between = people=20 and machines," the words inscribed on his "Flame" trophy. =
1996: The Software Tools Project=20: Almost two decades ago, three computer scientists at the = Lawrence=20 Berkeley National Laboratory popularized a suite of software = tools that=20 many computing professionals considered revolutionary and maybe = even=20 subversive. On January 24, 1996, their work was recognized with = Lifetime=20 Achievement Awards by one of their profession's most prestigious = associations.; Dennis Hall (Berkeley, CA),Deborah Scherrer (Castro Valley, = CA) and=20 Joseph Sventek (Oakland, CA) were presented with Lifetime = Achievement=20 Awards.
1995: The Creation of USENET=20: At the USENIX Technical Conference in New Orleans, the third = Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Tom Truscott, Steve=20 Bellovin, and Jim Ellis for their work in creating USENET, = announced=20 exactly 15 years previously at the USENIX Conference in Boulder, = Colorado. The award also honors the thousands of participants = and=20 supporters who have contributed to USENET over the years, and = who are=20 far too numerous to name.
1994: Networking Technologies=20: In 1994, the award was given to Michael Lesk for inventing = UUCP, and=20 Van Jacobsen for his work on making TCP "Industrial Strength." =
1993: Berkeley UNIX=20: The award was first presented in 1993 to The Computer = Systems=20 Research Group, honoring 180 individuals for their contribution = to the=20 CSRG effort.