Jim Ellis (computing) explained

James T. Ellis
Birth Name:	James Tice Ellis
Birth Date:	6 May 1956
Birth Place:	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Death Place:	Harmony, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Spouse:	Carolyn Ellis
Children:	2
Alma Mater:	Duke University

James Tice Ellis (May 6, 1956June 28, 2001) was an American computer scientist best known as the co-creator of Usenet, along with Tom Truscott.^{[1] [2]}

Ellis was born in Nashville, Tennessee to Henry Ellis (an auditor and teacher) and Elsa Ellis. James Ellis grew up in Orlando, Florida. Before developing Usenet, Ellis attended Duke University. After graduating, Ellis worked for the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina in Research Triangle Park, N.C. He later worked as an Internet security consultant for Sun Microsystems. He was also Manager of Technical Development at CERT. He came up with the word Usenet.

Ellis and Truscott were awarded the 1995 USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award.

Personal life and death

Ellis and his wife, Carolyn, had two children.

He died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma,^[3] a form of blood cancer, at his home in Harmony, Pennsylvania on June 28, 2001. He was 45.^[4]

External links

• Usenet creator Jim Ellis dies, Associated Press, on USAToday.com, June 29, 2001, retrieved on December 22, 2006.
• Second Annual EFF Pioneer Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: James T. Ellis, 45, a Developer Of Internet Discussion Network . Katie . Hafner . . July 1, 2001.
2. Web site: Duke to shut Usenet server, home to the first electronic newsgroups . Cara . Bonnett . . May 17, 2010.
3. Usenet Pioneer Jim Ellis Dies. Wired . September 16, 2018. Delio . Michelle .
4. Web site: Obituary: Jim Ellis / He helped pave the Information Highway. old.post-gazette.com. September 16, 2018.