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David J. Farber, Internet Pioneer, Passes Away at 91

2/15/2026

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David J. Farber, known as the 'grandfather of the internet,' died February 7 in Tokyo at age 91; his son Emanuel cited heart failure.
He taught at Keio University since 2018.
He began his career in the mid-1950s at Bell Laboratories.
Farber helped merge communication and computation and guided students who developed the Internet Protocol and collaborated with Jonathan Postel in the 1970s to establish foundational rules for computer communication.

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David J. Farber, known as the 'grandfather of the internet,' died February 7 in Tokyo at age 91; his son Emanuel cited heart failure.
He taught at Keio University since 2018.
He began his career in the mid-1950s at Bell Laboratories.
Farber helped merge communication and computation and guided students who developed the Internet Protocol and collaborated with Jonathan Postel in the 1970s to establish foundational rules for computer communication.