Post Syndicated from corbet original https://lwn.net/Articles/1058028/

From the NANOG list comes the sad news of the
passing of Dave Farber.

His professional accomplishments and impact are almost endless, but
often captured by one moniker: “grandfather of the Internet,”
acknowledging the foundational contributions made by his many
students at the University of California, Irvine; the University of
Delaware; the University of Pennsylvania; and Carnegie Mellon
University.