Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Jon Postel
     
         (Jonathan Bruce Postel, 1943 - 1998-10-16) /p*-stel'/
        One of the {Internet}'s founding fathers.  Jon's name is
        prominent on many of the fundamental {standards} on which the
        Internet is built, such as {UDP}.  He ran {IANA} for as long
        as anybody could remember, in fact for most of the time he
        *was* IANA.
     
        He wrote {STD 1}, {STD 2} and several dozen other {RFC}s.  His
        friend {Vinton Cerf} noted his passing in {RFC 2468}.
     
        (1998-10-21)