John Gage
Computer Scientist
1942 –
Who is John Gage?
John is responsible for Sun's relationships with world scientific
and technical organizations, for international public policy and
governmental relations in the areas of scientific and technical policy,
and for alliances with the world's leading research institutions.In
1995, Gage created NetDay, a volunteer project to bring the resources
of world high-technology companies to all schools and libraries to
connect them to the Internet. Since then over 500,000 volunteers have
wired over 50,000 schools and libraries in the United States. NetDays
are planned in over thirty countries for 2002.Gage is on the
board of NetDay and Schools Online, a non-profit organization dedicated
to connecting the world one school at a time.In late 1999, President
Clinton appointed John to his Web Based Education Commission, which
issued its report December, 2000.The Joan Shorenstein Center on the
Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government
named Gage as one of five distinguished journalists and scholars to be
its 2000 Fall Fellows. He taught a course on Technology, Media, and
Governance during the fall semester, 2000.Gage is also a
frequent host on Sun's Digital Journey - an ongoing series of Web-based
multimedia programs that seek to gain a more complete understanding of
new and emerging technologies in their business, social, environmental
, and cultural contexts.Gage attended the University of
California, Berkeley, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the
Harvard Graduate School of Business. He did doctoral work in
mathematics and economics at the University of California, Berkeley,
and left Berkeley in 1982 to join Bill Joy at Sun Microsystems.He
is a member of the Mathematical Association of America, the Association
for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and
ElectronicsEngineers (IEEE), and the Board of Trustees of the Internet
Society (ISOC).Gage has served on scientific advisory panels for
the US National Research Council, the National Academy of Sciences, and
the Multimedia Super Corridor project of Malaysia. He has also been a
member of the Board of Regents of the US NationalLibrary of Medicine,
the Board of Trustees of Fermi National Laboratory, and the External
Advisor Council for the World Bank.Gage lives in Berkeley with his wife Linda, and their two children, Peter and Kate.
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- Born
- 1942
Long Beach - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley
- Newport Harbor High School
- John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Harvard Business School
- Employment
- Chief Researcher and Director of the Science Office, Sun Microsystems
(1982 - )
- Chief Researcher and Director of the Science Office, Sun Microsystems
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on July 23, 2013
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