From an award he got in 2012. However, if you have been involved in the TCP/IP community for any length of time you probably crossed paths with him at one point or another. He was a frequent attendee of the IETF meetings and often a voice of reason and objective analysis amongst more partisan voices.
From a cursory Google search, an employee at Bell Labs (he's featured in the recruitment video) and later Google. Worked on the UNIX kernel and was considered a networking expert.
Among many other contributions, Greg was one of the brains behind the eXpress Transfer Protocol (XTP), and in my direct experience he was really one of the first experts in "computication". No one I know could integrate so many different aspects of networking theory, physics, computer science (many aspects), and chip technology as well as Greg.
-- Dan Pitt
In answer to all of your questions and comments, which are greatly appreciated, I am his sister, Laura.. He is survived by his daughter, Jackie... my son and daughter (his nephew and niece). We are having a remembrance at Spangler, 399 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, on Thursday, 7/2 at 11:00... with music, food, and frivolity to follow.
I was in grad school with Greg at the UofI. Yes, he was a brilliant student. He also had a sense of humor and zest for life that wouldn't quit. He was an avid reader. And a musician - drummer in a band as I recall. And a vet, who survived having been in the service during the Viet Nam era. Greg was one of the treats of our social circle during that time. We went separate ways after school, and I haven't seen him in decades. I find it interesting that tonight, two days after his passing, from out of the blue I thought to search for him online. Greg, hope you're having a grand time hanging out in the afterlife. I'll always treasure my memories of our times together.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 29.7 ms ] threadFrom an award he got in 2012. However, if you have been involved in the TCP/IP community for any length of time you probably crossed paths with him at one point or another. He was a frequent attendee of the IETF meetings and often a voice of reason and objective analysis amongst more partisan voices.