McKenzie, Alexander A. (Alexander Anderson), 1940-

Computer scientist.

From the description of Oral history interview with Alexander A. McKenzie, 1990 Mar. 13. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63307056

In 1972 a group of computer network researchers organized themselves into the International Packet Network Working Group (INWG) with Dr. Vinton Cerf as its first Chair. At the Fall 1972 International Conference of Computer Communication (ICCC) the group had its first meeting. In January 1974 INWG became Working Group 6.1 (WG6.1) and Technical Committee 6.1 (TC6) of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), but continued to be referred to as INWG. The group took as its charter the development of international standard protocols for internetworking. The concepts which led to Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) were first discussed in this group.

Alex McKenzie of Bolt, Beranek, and Newman (BBN), the firm that developed much of the ARPA computer network (ARPANET), actively participated in INWG, serving as Chair from 1979-1982 and Secretary beginning in 1983.

From the guide to the Alex McKenzie collection of computer networking development records, 1969-1990, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi])