Profile: Larry Roberts

Larry Roberts' Profile
Larry Roberts was the director and principal architect of the ARPA network experiment. Often referred to as "the father of the ARPANET," Roberts designed and wrote the network specification, drafted the Request For Proposals, and oversaw all work on the project from 1966 to 1973. Roberts had conducted groundbreaking proof-of-principle TX-2 networking experiments with Tom Marill at Lincoln Lab in early 1966 before moving to ARPA in 1969, where he became director of the Information Processing Techniques Office. In 1973, Roberts wrote the first electronic mail manager software (called RD) prior to leaving ARPA in order to direct TELENET.

Larry Roberts' Profile

Larry Roberts was the director and principal architect of the ARPA network experiment. Often referred to as "the father of the ARPANET," Roberts designed and wrote the network specification, drafted the Request For Proposals, and oversaw all work on the project from 1966 to 1973. Roberts had conducted groundbreaking proof-of-principle TX-2 networking experiments with Tom Marill at Lincoln Lab in early 1966 before moving to ARPA in 1969, where he became director of the Information Processing Techniques Office. In 1973, Roberts wrote the first electronic mail manager software (called RD) prior to leaving ARPA in order to direct TELENET.