Middleware Announcements

[Steve Olshansky <>]

The Internet2 Middleware Initiative is very pleased to announce that the 
University of Washington's RL "Bob" Morgan today received the Internet2 
President's Leadership Award, at the Spring Internet2 Member Meeting in 
Arlington VA. See the full announcement at 
        http://internet2.edu/news/pr/2012.04.24.leadership-award.html

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University of Washington's Bob Morgan Receives Internet2 President's 
Leadership Award
Award acknowledges Morgan's commitment to the research and education community

Arlington, VA—April 24, 2012—R.L. "Bob" Morgan, an identity and access 
management architect at the University of Washington, was honored today with 
the Internet2 President's Leadership Award. The award recognizes individuals 
from Internet2's membership for their exemplary service for the benefit of 
the national and global research and education community. The award was 
presented to him before nearly 800 attendees at the Spring 2012 Internet2 
Member Meeting.

"Throughout his career, Bob has been a consummate professional with a 
steadfast commitment to strengthening network services among the higher 
education and technology community," said Dave Lambert, chief executive 
officer and president of Internet2. "As we continue to reshape and discover 
new services on behalf of the Internet2 and its partners, we will continue to 
draw upon Bob's expertise and his example in the important work we do as we 
move our mission forward."

"Much of the success of the Internet2 middleware work is due to it leveraging 
the remarkable expertise of the people in the community," said Ken 
Klingenstein, director of the Internet2 Middleware and Security Initiative. 
"Among those smart people have been a few who have added wisdom to the mix. 
And among those precious few wise folks, there has been one who provides the 
light to it all. That one person is R.L. 'Bob' Morgan."

Nominees are selected by the Internet2 executive leadership team based on the 
their participation in strategic programs across all areas of the Internet2 
network and their demonstrated "above and beyond" leadership that 
substantially supports the mission of Internet2 and the community.

For more than 20 years, Morgan has designed and deployed advanced identity 
management systems in support of higher education and research on local, 
national and international levels. Prior to joining the University of 
Washington in 1999, he held a similar position at Stanford University. Since 
its inception in 1999, Bob has served as chair of the Middleware Architecture 
Council for Education, a U.S.-based international group of identity 
management architects providing guidance for the Internet2 Middleware 
Initiative.


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Steve Olshansky
Director, Federated Technologies, Internet2
www.internet2.edu
www.incommon.org

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