David D. Clark
Overview
Computer scientist
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. He graduated from Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College
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in 1966. In 1968, he received his Master's
Master's degree
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and Engineer's
Engineer's degree
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degrees in Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering
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from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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, where he worked on the I/O
Input/output
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architecture of Multics
Multics
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under Jerry Saltzer
Jerome H. Saltzer
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. He received his Ph.D.
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in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1973. From 1981 to 1989, he acted as chief protocol architect in the development of the Internet
Internet
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, and chaired the Internet Activities Board, which later became the Internet Architecture Board
Internet Architecture Board
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.