Robert William Scheifler (born June 24, 1954) is an American computer scientist. He was born in Kirkwood, Missouri. He is most notable for leading the development of the X Window System from the project's inception in 1984 until the closure of the MIT X Consortium in 1996. He later became one of the architects of the Jini architecture at Sun Microsystems. Scheifler holds a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. References External links Bob Scheifler, LinkedIn 1954 births Living people People from Kirkwood, Missouri Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni X Window System people Sun Microsystems people Free software programmers American computer programmers American computer scientists MIT School of Engineering alumni