Richard L. "Rick" Adams Jr.
individual
About
Richard L. "Rick" Adams Jr. is an American internet pioneer best known for founding UUNET, one of the earliest major commercial internet service providers. He is also associated with foundational internet infrastructure work: RFC 1055 credits him with implementing SLIP, RFC 1036 lists him as co-author of the USENET message standard, and ISC names him as one of its founders. Later public roles include serving as treasurer of the James Randi Educational Foundation and owning Cello Studios in Hollywood.
Areas of interest
internet infrastructuredigital rightsarts and cultureeducationpublic healthskepticism