Today in Wheeling History: March 2--Elizabeth J. Feinler, pioneering information scientist known for developing the domain naming system and managing the first host-naming registry for the Internet, was born in Wheeling (1931).
Elizabeth Jocelyn "Jake" Feinler was born on March 2, 1931, in Wheeling, West Virginia. She grew up in Wheeling and attended local schools before graduating from West Liberty State College in 1954 with a degree in chemistry. Feinler was the first in her family to attend college. She initially pursued graduate studies in biochemistry at Purdue University but decided to work for a year or two before starting her thesis. This decision led her to the Chemical Abstracts Service in Columbus, Ohio, where she served as an assistant editor on a project to index the world's chemical compounds. Intrigued by the challenges of large data compilations, she never returned to biochemistry. In 1960, Feinler moved to California and joined the Information Research Department at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI International). In 1972, she joined Doug Engelbart's Augmentation Research Center (ARC) and became the principal investigator for the Network Information Center (NIC) for the ARPANET in 1974. Her team developed the domain naming system (.com, .gov, .org, .edu, .mil) and managed the first host-naming registry for the Internet. Feinler's contributions to the development of the Internet earned her numerous accolades, including induction into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012. She later worked at NASA Ames Research Center and has been a consultant at the Computer History Museum.
To learn more: Wikipedia (https://tinyurl.com/4fj4u624), Medium (https://tinyurl.com/58tcu4kp), WomLEAD Magazine (https://tinyurl.com/yrcuf7dw), Engineering and Technology History Wiki (https://tinyurl.com/285x5nu2), The New York Historical (https://tinyurl.com/365cf2pm), Science Friday (https://tinyurl.com/8wra9475), computerhistory.org (https://tinyurl.com/mpfrh4da), West Liberty University (https://tinyurl.com/4pmxvcdm), Wired Magazine (https://tinyurl.com/yrxnp2hy)
Photo credits: Elizabeth Feinler via Wikimedia Commons, Medium, The New York Historical, In Menlo, West Liberty University, Internet Hall of Fame
Elizabeth Jocelyn "Jake" Feinler was born on March 2, 1931, in Wheeling, West Virginia. She grew up in Wheeling and attended local schools before graduating from West Liberty State College in 1954 with a degree in chemistry. Feinler was the first in her family to attend college. She initially pursued graduate studies in biochemistry at Purdue University but decided to work for a year or two before starting her thesis. This decision led her to the Chemical Abstracts Service in Columbus, Ohio, where she served as an assistant editor on a project to index the world's chemical compounds. Intrigued by the challenges of large data compilations, she never returned to biochemistry. In 1960, Feinler moved to California and joined the Information Research Department at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI International). In 1972, she joined Doug Engelbart's Augmentation Research Center (ARC) and became the principal investigator for the Network Information Center (NIC) for the ARPANET in 1974. Her team developed the domain naming system (.com, .gov, .org, .edu, .mil) and managed the first host-naming registry for the Internet. Feinler's contributions to the development of the Internet earned her numerous accolades, including induction into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012. She later worked at NASA Ames Research Center and has been a consultant at the Computer History Museum.
To learn more: Wikipedia (https://tinyurl.com/4fj4u624), Medium (https://tinyurl.com/58tcu4kp), WomLEAD Magazine (https://tinyurl.com/yrcuf7dw), Engineering and Technology History Wiki (https://tinyurl.com/285x5nu2), The New York Historical (https://tinyurl.com/365cf2pm), Science Friday (https://tinyurl.com/8wra9475), computerhistory.org (https://tinyurl.com/mpfrh4da), West Liberty University (https://tinyurl.com/4pmxvcdm), Wired Magazine (https://tinyurl.com/yrxnp2hy)
Photo credits: Elizabeth Feinler via Wikimedia Commons, Medium, The New York Historical, In Menlo, West Liberty University, Internet Hall of Fame
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