Mark Crispin

Name: Mark Crispin

Born: July 19, 1956, in Poulsbo, Washington, USA

Death: December 28, 2012 (Age: 56)

Computer-related contributions

• American programmer.
• Known as the father of the IMAP, which he first introduced in 1986.
• Author or co-author of numerous RFCs (Request for Comments).
• Main author of UW IMAP, one of the reference implementations of the IMAP4rev1 protocol described in RFC 3501.
• Designed the mix mail storage format.

Honors and awards

• Alumni Award in Science and Technology (2013).