[ih] Postel's work history

[Joe Touch]

> On Nov 7, 2026, at 1:37 PM, william yeager via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Speaking of preservation: When Jon passed away, USC/ISI locked his office on the 10th floor, and placed memorabilia, awards, etc, on the outside with photos on the windows.

FWIW, his office was locked and its contents sent to the USC archivist, who AFAIK continues to hold them. They are not currently open to the public, in keeping with archivist codes, because some of the contents are inextricably combined with personnel and other work-related matters. Perhaps in another 45 years.

His former office was occupied and in regular use from just after it was emptied through at least 2017 (when I was last there). The floors have been employee/hosted guest only as far as I can recall, back through my arrival there in 1992.

We had an active “Postel Center” lab in the center of the 11th floor. It was documented at the Postel.org website, which helped setup. That lab had a case with a few of his awards and the first Postel Award “globe” sat in my office (because it wouldn’t fit in the case), all again through at least 2017.

There was also a Postel Center office which housed visiting scholars during my time there, where some of his other memorabilia was housed. Jon never worked from that office, at least not during my time at ISI.

Joe
Postel Center director, 2000-2017, USC/ISI