The design of the Internet was done at DARPA in 1973 and published in 1974.
There ensued about 10 years of hard work, resulting in the roll out of Internet in 1983.
His awards include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and membership in the National Academy of Engineering.
Vint talks about the future of the Internet.
An Internet of Things & an Inter-planetary Internet: