Claim: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet was written by Ed Krol, a University of Illinois graduate.
Evidence: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet, by Ed Krol, was published in 1987 through funding by the National Science Foundation. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and spent his entire career there. 
Ed Krol (born August 21, 1951) is the former network manager at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the former assistant director of Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He is also the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet and The Whole Internet (User's Guide and Catalog). He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and spent his entire career there. 
University of Illinois Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet
Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog