The IANA function was originally performed by USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI), and it delegated portions of this responsibility with respect to numeric network and autonomous system identifiers to the Network Information Center (NIC) at Stanford Research Institute (SRI International) in Menlo Park, California. ISI 's Jonathan Postel managed the IANA, served as RFC Editor and performed other key roles until his premature death in 1998.
who was the rfc editor until 1998 just provide the family name
Postel