Bob Taylor

Robert William Taylor (February 10, 1932 – April 13, 2017), known as Bob Taylor, was an American Internet pioneer, who led teams that made major contributions to the personal computer, and other related technologies. He was director of ARPA's Information Processing Techniques Office from 1965 through 1969, founder and later manager of XeroxPARC's Computer Science Laboratory from 1970 through 1983, and founder and manager of Digital Equipment Corporation's (DEC's) Systems Research Center until 1996.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taylor_(computer_scientist)

http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/robert-w-taylor-2013-chm-fellow/

Died Apr'2017

• note he wrote to friends just before dying
• John Naughton's note
  • John co-wrote with Bob: "Zen and the Art of Research Management" (R-And-D) Much of what you will do will fall into the category of absorbing the uncertainty of your researchers.