Jim Ellis (c. 1956 — 2001) was a computer scientist best known as the co-creator of Usenet. Before developing Usenet, Ellis attended Duke University and worked as an Internet security consultant for Sun Microsystems. He was married, with three children when he died of lymphoma. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Computer science (informally: CS or compsci) is, in its most general sense, the study of computation and information processing, both in hardware and in software. ... Usenet is a distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP network of the same name. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. The school, which officially became Duke University in 1924, traces its institutional roots to 1838. ... Sun Microsystems, Inc. ... Lymphoma is a variety of cancer that originates in the lymphatic system. ...