Crocker is New ICANN Chairman

Steve Crocker, who as a UCLA grad student in the late ‘60s helped develop the foundation for the Internet today, is the new chairman of the organization responsible for the Internet’s address system. Crocker’s appointment came as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers wrapped up weeklong meetings in Singapore. Crocker succeeds Peter Dengate Thrush, who has been chairman since 2007. Crocker is the second Internet founding father in that role. Vint Cerf served from 2000 to 2007. Both were involved in developing the mechanisms for different computer networks to talk to one another.