Jerome R. Cox Jr.

Jerome R. Cox Jr.
Born(1925-05-24)May 24, 1925
Washington, D.C.
DiedJanuary 17, 2023(2023-01-17) (aged 97)
St. Louis, Missouri
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis

Jerome Rockhold Cox Jr. (May 24, 1925 – January 17, 2023) was an American computer pioneer, scientist, and entrepreneur. Cox contributed significantly to the areas of biomedical computing, multimedia communications, and computer networking. Cox was the founding chairman of the Department of Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis and senior professor emeritus of Computer Science at Washington University (1999-2023),[1] as well as Founder and President of Blendics, Inc., (2007 - 2023) and Q-Net Security Inc. (2015 - 2023). In 1998, Cox collaborated with colleagues Jonathan S. Turner and Guru Parulkar in founding Growth Networks (acquired by Cisco Systems in 2000).

Cox was responsible for bringing the Laboratory INstrument Computer, known as LINC – along with its development team including Wesley A. Clark, Severo Ornstein, and Charles Molnar – to Washington University in 1964. LINC, which was developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory in 1962, is a contender for the title of the first personal computer because it can be managed by a single individual.

  1. ^ "CSE Department Faculty". Computer Science & Engineering. Washington University. Archived from the original on 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2019-10-31.