Leader in advanced networking: in 1991 was first to demonstrate a high-speed metropolitan area network utilizing asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) technology; with Jerome Cox invented high-speed Internet switch; pioneer in new optical networking technology that offers significant promise for the next decade. "Just as Eads applied his scientific knowledge, creative ability and single-minded persistence to achieving technological breakthroughs to build a bridge, Dr. Turner has applied the same qualities in leading the development of the 'disruptive' technologies that are the foundation of the revolutionary global telecommunications network we take for granted today."