John Murphy (engineer)

John Anthony Murphy (born January 1, 1943) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is credited with inventing ARCNET, the first commercial networking system, in 1976. He was working for Datapoint Corporation at the time.[1] His biography appeared in the IT History Society website.[2]

John graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1965 with an A.B. degree in electrical engineering.[2]

References

  1. Bhattacharyya, Siddhartha (30 April 2015). Handbook of Research on Swarm Intelligence in Engineering. IGI Global. pp. 508–. ISBN 978-1-4666-8292-4.
  2. 1 2 "1965 University of Notre Dame Graduates in the News: John A. Murphy – Inventor of ARCnet, the first LAN". notredamestoriesandstuff.blogspot.com. Retrieved 31 May 2017.



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