“Jake” Feinler, born Elizabeth Jocelyn Feinler (1931) grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia. After graduating with a degree in chemistry, she did graduate work at biochemistry at Purdue. She pioneered and managed the ARPANET, and then the Defense Data Network. A fun fact is that while she was a Director for the Network Information Systems Center at SRI International her group developed the first Internet “yellow” and “white-Page” servers. This project allowed society to start using the Internet for looking up information such as phone numbers and addresses. Then as a contractor for NASA Ames Research Center she helped bring networking to the large NASA telescope sites.
“A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are for. Sail out to sea and do new things.” —Grace Hopper