Jim Ellis (computing)

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

James T. Ellis
Born	James Tice Ellis (1956-05-06)May 6, 1956 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	June 28, 2001(2001-06-28) (aged 45) Harmony, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	Duke University
Spouse	Carolyn Ellis
Children	2
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science

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.^[1]

Ellis and Truscott were awarded the 1995 USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award.^[1]

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]