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Brewster Kahle (pronounced ' in 1982 with an SB Degree in Computer Science & Engineering where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity . The emphasis of his studies was Artificial Intelligence ; he studied under Marvin Minsky and W. Daniel Hillis . He was an early member of the Thinking Machines team, where he invented the WAIS system. He later started WAIS, Inc. (sold to AOL ), the nonprofit Internet Archive , and the related for-profit Alexa Internet (sold to Amazon.com ). He continues as Director of the Internet Archive As Of 2007 . He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and a key supporter of the Open Content Alliance . His stated goal is "Universal Access to all Knowledge". In 2005, Kahle was elected to a fellow of the American Academy Of Arts And Sciences . {Link without Title} Kahle and his wife created the Kahle/Austin Foundation , a US$45 million trust which in 2003 gave US$1,787,175 to Internet Archive. NOTES Kahle is mentioned by name in an early episode of Frasier. EXTERNAL LINKS
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