William Stevens

Updated: 12/01/2019 by Computer Hope
William Stevens

Name: William Richard (Rich) Stevens

Born: February 5, 1951, in Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)

Death: September 1, 1999 (Age: 48)

Computer-related contributions

  • Author of Computer Science books, in particular books on Unix and TCP/IP.
  • Vice president of Computing Services at Health Systems International in New Haven, Connecticut (1982-1990).

Significant publications

  • UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1,2 (1998, 1999).
  • TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1,2,3 (1994, 1995, 1996).
  • Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment (1992).
  • UNIX Network Programming (1990).

Honors and awards

  • USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award (2000, posthumous).

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