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The title of Institute professor is an honor bestowed by the Faculty and Administration of MIT on a faculty colleague who has demonstrated exceptional distinction by a combination of leadership, accomplishment, and service in the scholarly, educational, and general intellectual life of the Institute or wider academic community.[1] |
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—MIT Policies and Procedures: Special Professorial Appointments, Institute Professor
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Institute Professor is the highest title that can be awarded to a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is analogous to the titles of Distinguished Professor, University Professor, or Regents Professor used at other universities in recognition of a professor's extraordinary research achievements and dedication to the school. At MIT, Institute Professors are granted a unique level of freedom and flexibility to pursue their research and teaching interests without regular departmental or school responsibilities; they report only to the Provost.[1] Usually no more than twelve professors hold this title at any one time. [1]
Institute Professors are initially nominated by leaders representing either a Department or School. The Chair of the Faculty then consults with the Academic Council and jointly appoints with the President an ad-hoc committee from various departments and non-MIT members to evaluate the qualifications and make a documented recommendation to the President. The final determination is made based upon recommendations from professionals in the nominee's field. The case is then reviewed again by the Academic Council and approved by the Executive Committee of the MIT Corporation.[1]
[edit] List of Institute Professors
[edit] Current
| Name |
Department |
Elected |
Notability |
Reference |
| Emilio Bizzi |
Brain and Cognitive Sciences |
2002 |
Motor control, President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006- ) |
[2] |
| John M. Deutch |
Chemistry |
1990 |
Deputy Secretary of Defense (1994-1995), Director of Central Intelligence (1995-1996), MIT Provost (1985-1990) |
[3][4]. |
| Peter A. Diamond |
Economics |
1997 |
Social Security reform |
[5] |
| Mildred S. Dresselhaus |
Physics & Electrical Engineering |
1985 |
Carbon nanotubes, 1990 National Medal of Science |
[6] |
| John Harbison |
Music and Theater Arts |
1995 |
Choral composer, 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Flight into Egypt, 1989 MacArthur Fellow |
[7] |
| Robert S. Langer |
Chemical Engineering & Biological Engineering |
2005 |
Drug delivery and tissue engineering, youngest person to be elected to 3 American academies, 225 U.S. patents, 2002 Draper Prize |
[8] |
| John D.C. Little |
Management |
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Little's law, marketing, e-commerce |
[9] |
| Thomas Magnanti |
Mechanical Engineering |
1997 |
Operations research, Dean of Engineering (1999-2007) |
[5] |
| Joel Moses |
Computer Science |
1999 |
Algebraic manipulation algorithms, MACSYMA, MIT Provost (1995-1998), Dean of Engineering (1991-1995) |
[10] |
| Phillip Sharp |
Biology |
1999 |
RNA interference and splicing, 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
[11] |
| Isadore Singer |
Mathematics |
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Atiyah–Singer index theorem, 2004 Abel Prize, 1983 National Medal of Science |
[12] |
| Daniel I.C. Wang |
Chemical Engineering |
1995 |
Biochemical process engineering |
[7] |
| Sheila Widnall |
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering |
1998 |
Secretary of the Air Force (1993-1997), First woman appointed to MIT engineering faculty, first woman to chair the MIT faculty |
[13] |
[edit] Emeritus
| Name |
Department |
Elected |
Notability |
Reference |
| Noam Chomsky |
Linguistics |
1976 |
Generative grammar, political activist, influential scholar[14][15] |
[16] |
| Jerome I. Friedman |
Physics |
1991 |
Quantum chromodynamics, 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics |
[17] |
| Morris Halle |
Linguistics and Philosophy |
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Phonology |
[18] |
| Chia-Chiao Lin |
Mathematics |
1966 |
Fluid mechanics |
[19][20] |
| Mario Molina |
Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences |
1997 |
Stratospheric ozone chemistry, 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
[5] |
| Paul Samuelson |
Economics |
1966 |
1947 John Bates Clark Medal, 1970 Nobel Prize in Economics1996 National Medal of Science |
[21] |
| Nevin S. Scrimshaw |
Nutrition and Food Science |
1980 |
Eliminating nutritional deficiency, 1991 World Food Prize |
[22] |
| Robert M. Solow |
Economics |
1973 |
National Medal of Science (1999), John Bates Clark Medal (1961), Nobel Prize (1987) |
[23] |
| John S. Waugh |
Chemistry |
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Computational studies of spin systems |
[24] |
[edit] Deceased
[edit] Former
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d MIT Policies and Procedures: Special Professorial Appointments, Institute Professor. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
- ^ Elizabeth A. Thomson. "Bizzi is named an Institute Professor", MIT News Office, June 5, 2002. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ John M. Deutch Biography. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
- ^ Deutch named Institute professor (December 7, 1990). Retrieved on April 4, 2007.
- ^ a b c "Diamond, Magnanti and Molina are Institute Professors", MIT News Office, June 4, 1997. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
- ^ MIT Physics Faculty. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
- ^ a b c "Baltimore, Harbison, Wang elevated to ranks of Institute Professors", MIT News Office, June 7, 1995. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
- ^ Elizabeth A. Thomson. "Bob Langer named an Institute Professor", MIT News Office, March 2, 2005. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ MIT Sloan Faculty webpage. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
- ^ "Joel Moses named Institute Professor at MIT", MIT News Office, September 16, 1999. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ "Sharp named an Institute Professor", MIT News Office, March 10, 1999. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ "MIT professor shares international prize for mathematics", MIT News Office, March 25, 2004. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ "Former Secretary of Air Force named Institute Professor by MIT", MIT News Office, December 1, 1998. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ "Chomsky Is Citation Champ", MIT News Office, April 15, 1992. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
- ^ "According to a recent survey by the Institute for Scientific Information, only Marx, Lenin, Shakespeare, Aristotle, the Bible, Plato, and Freud are cited more often in academic journals than Chomsky, who edges out Hegel and Cicero." Samuel Hughes, The Pennsylvania Gazette, July/August, 2001 [1]
- ^ "Chomsky Named Killian Lecturer", May 22, 1991. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
- ^ "Friedman Named Institute Professor", MIT News Office, May 29, 1991. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ MIT Department of Linguistics faculty homepage. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
- ^ MIT Facts 2007: Faculty. Retrieved on April 4, 2007.
- ^ a b c 3 Institute Profs Selected (September 21, 1973). Retrieved on April 4, 2007.
- ^ "Economist Paul Samuelson of MIT to Receive National Medal of Science", June 11, 1996. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
- ^ "Scrimshaw to Receive Food Prize", August 28, 1991. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
- ^ Students Persuade Solow to Teach One Last Course (November 7, 1995). Retrieved on April 4, 2007.
- ^ MIT Chemistry faculty webpage. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
- ^ Manson Benedict, 98, chemist on Manhattan Project, dies (September 27, 2006). Retrieved on April 4, 2007.
- ^ Sarah H. Wright. "Institute Professor Morris Cohen dies", MIT News Office, May 31, 2005. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ MIT Loses a Colorful, Beloved Professor (January 10, 1990). Retrieved on April 4, 2007.
- ^ "Renowned nuclear physicist Feshbach, Institute Professor emeritus, dies at 83", MIT News Office, January 10, 2001. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ "Institute Professor Hermann Haus, quantum optics pioneer, dies at 77", MIT News Office, June 4, 2003. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ "Institute Prof. von Hippel dies at 105; was leader in materials research", MIT News Office, January 14, 2004. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ Awards and Honors (May 16, 1990). Retrieved on April 4, 2007.
- ^ "Physicist Francis E. Low, former MIT provost, dies at 85", MIT News Office, February 20, 2007. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ Nobel laureate Franco Modigliani dies at 85 (September 25, 2003). Retrieved on April 4, 2007.
- ^ "Institute Professor Philip Morrison dies at 89", MIT News Office, April 25, 2005. Retrieved on March 7, 2007.
- ^ "Institute Professor Walle J.H. Nauta dies", MIT News Office, March 30, 1994. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
- ^ "Retired MIT Professor Rosenblith dies at 88; Pioneered use of computers to study brain", MIT News Office, May 3, 2002. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ "Institute Professor Francis O. Schmitt dies at 91", MIT News Office, October 4, 1995. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
- ^ "MIT Professor Ascher Shapiro, pioneer in biomedical engineering field, dies at 88", MIT News Office, December 3, 2004. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
- ^ President emeritus Jerome Wiesner is dead at 79 (October 26, 2004). Retrieved on April 4, 2007.
- ^ "Nobelist and former Institute Professor to speak at MIT", MIT News Office, April 11, 2001. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
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