Jeff Rulifson Elected to SRI Alumni Hall of Fame

November 6, 2006 -The SRI Alumni Hall of Fame recognizes "Exceptional contributions to the enduring success of SRI" by researchers who clearly demonstrate qualities of leadership, vision and creativity.

"In recognition of the innovative software development work done at SRI which created a highly responsive, computer-mediated, collaborative work environment that defined for the first time much of what we think of as computing today", Jeff Rulifson has been elected to the SRI Alumni Hall of Fame.

The collaborative system was demonstrated live at the 1968 Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco, and showed for the first time software- enabled features that included on-line file creation and editing, the mouse, remote on-line audio and video conferencing, window formation and hypertext linking. In recognition of this watershed moment in the history of computing, Jeff, Bill English and DougEngelbart were honored with a special ACM award in 1990.

Jeff's induction into the SRI Hall of Fame took place at this year's SRI Alumni Reunion on 12 October 2006.