Ira Fuchs

Ira H. Fuchs
BornDecember 1948 (1948-12) (age 75)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
Employers
Known forBITNET

Ira H. Fuchs (born December 1948) is an internationally known authority on technology innovation in higher education and is a co-founder of BITNET,[1] an important precursor of the Internet.[2][3][4] He was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2017. Since 2012 he has been President of BITNET, LLC a consulting firm specializing in online learning and other applications of technology in higher education.

  1. ^ "Oxford English Dictionary definition of BITNET". Dictionary.oed.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  2. ^ How the Web Was Born, Gillies & Cailliau, Oxford University Press, 2000, p74-77
  3. ^ "BITNET History". Living Internet. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  4. ^ The Soul of the Internet, Randall, Neil, Thomson Computer Press, 1996, Chapter 7: A Bit of This, A Bit of That: CSNET, BITNET, and the Great White NetNorth, pp121–126