Ron Crane
Ron Crane may refer to: * Ron Crane (engineer) (1950–2017), American electrical engineer * Ron Crane (politician) Ron Crane is an American politician who served as a member of Idaho House of Representatives from 1982 to 1998 and as the state treasurer of Idaho from 1999 to 2019. Early life and education Crane was born in Nampa, Idaho, in 1948. He graduated ...

Ron Crane (engineer)
Ronald "Ron" C. Crane (June 1, 1950 - June 19, 2017) was an American electrical engineer recognized for designing the EtherLink, the first network interface controller for the IBM PC. He has been credited as the co-founder of 3Com and the co-inventor of the Ethernet. Biography Crane graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his bachelor's degree in 1972 and from Stanford University for his master's degree in 1974, both in electrical engineering. In 1973, while pursuing his doctorate degree at Stanford, Crane joined the TCP/IP protocol research team, headed by Vint Cerf. Subsequently, when a " Birth of the Internet" plaque was installed on Stanford grounds in 2005, Ron Crane was mentioned as well as his colleague Bob Metcalfe as being fundamental contributors to the birth of the Internet. Crane left Stanford in 1974, accepting a master's instead of his planned doctorate degree, and worked at the Xerox Systems Development Division, a spinoff of Xerox PARC, wher ...
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