Editing Ralph Merkle (section)

==Awards==
* 1996 [[Paris Kanellakis Award]] (from the [[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]]) for the Invention of [[Public Key Cryptography]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=4605383&srt=all&aw=147&ao=KANELLAK&yr=1996 |title=Ralph Merkle - Award Winner |publisher=ACM |access-date=2013-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402194122/http://awards.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=4605383&srt=all&aw=147&ao=KANELLAK&yr=1996 |archive-date=2013-04-02 }}</ref>
* 1998 [[Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology]] for computational modeling of molecular tools for atomically-precise chemical reactions<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foresight.org/FI/1998Feynman.html |title=1998 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology |publisher=Foresight.org |date=1998-09-04 |access-date=2013-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023101639/http://www.foresight.org/FI/1998Feynman.html |archive-date=2013-10-23 }}</ref>
* 1999 [[IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/tfas/kobayashi.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113121254/http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/tfas/kobayashi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 13, 2013 |title=Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award |publisher= IEEE |access-date=2013-11-25}}</ref>
* 2000 [[RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics]] for the invention of public key cryptography.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsa.com/press_release.aspx?id=343 |title=Information Security, Governance, Risk, and Compliance - EMC |publisher=RSA |access-date=2013-11-25}}</ref>
* 2008 International Association for Cryptographic Research (IACR) fellow for the invention of public key cryptography.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iacr.org/fellows/2008/Merkle.html |title=Ralph Merkle, IACR Fellow |publisher=Iacr.org |year= 2008 |access-date=2013-11-25}}</ref>
* 2010 [[IEEE]] Hamming Medal for the invention of public key cryptography<ref>{{cite web |url= http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/cisacs_scholars_awarded_for_invention_of_public_key_cryptography_20091209/ |title=CISAC's scholars awarded for invention of public key cryptography |publisher= Stanford University |date= 2009-12-09 |access-date=2013-11-25}}</ref>
* 2011 [[Computer History Museum]] Fellow "for his work, with Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman, on public key cryptography."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Ralph,Merkle/ |title=Computer History Museum &#124; Fellow Awards - Ralph Merkle |publisher=Computerhistory.org |access-date=2013-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023134350/http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Ralph,Merkle/ |archive-date=2013-10-23 }}</ref>
* 2011 [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]], for the invention of public key cryptography<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.invent.org/2011induction/1_3_11_induction_merkle.asp |title=Invent Now &#124; Hall of Fame &#124; Induction &#124; 2011 Inductees |publisher=Invent.org |date=1952-02-02 |access-date=2013-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226183610/http://www.invent.org/2011induction/1_3_11_induction_merkle.asp |archive-date=2013-12-26 }}</ref>
* 2012 [[National Cyber Security Hall of Fame]] inductee
* 2020 [[Levchin Prize]] “for fundamental contributions to the development of public key cryptography, hash algorithms, Merkle trees, and digital signatures”<ref>{{cite web |title=The Levchin Prize for Real-World Cryptography |url=https://rwc.iacr.org/LevchinPrize/winners.html |website=Real World Crypto Symposium |publisher=International Association for Cryptologic Research |access-date=9 April 2024}}</ref>