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This article is a tribute to Jonathan B. Postel, a computer scientist best known for his role in creating the Internet and operating the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). He has left a monumental legacy for all Internauts to contemplate. He was a founding member of the Internet Architecture Board and served continuously from its founding to the present. He loved the outdoors. He used to enjoy backpacking in the high Sierras around Yosemite, California. He inspired loyalty and steadfast devotion among his friends and colleagues. For author, he personified the words "selfless service." It seems almost impossible to avoid feeling an enormous sense of loss, as if a yawning gap in their networked universe had opened up and swallowed their friend. He leaves a legacy of edited documents that tell a collective Internet story, including not only the technical but also the poetic and whimsical as well. He completed the incorporation of a successor to his service as IANA and leaves a lasting legacy of service to the community in that role. His memory is rich and vibrant and will not fade from their collective consciousness