- Charles Marstiller Vest
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Charles Marstiller Vest President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Term 1990 – 2004 Predecessor Paul Gray Successor Susan Hockfield Born September 9, 1941
Morgantown, West VirginiaAlma mater West Virginia University Charles "Chuck" Marstiller Vest (born September 9, 1941)[1] is a U.S. educator and engineer. He served as President of MIT from 1990 until December, 2004.[2] He was succeeded as President by Susan Hockfield. On February 6, 2004, he was appointed to the Iraq Intelligence Commission by President George W. Bush. He was later appointed president of the National Academy of Engineering.
Prior to his ascension to the MIT presidency, he served as the provost and professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan. He is a graduate of West Virginia University.
Cambridge University awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in Law in 2006. Harvard University has also given him an Honorary in 2005. In 2011, Tufts University awarded him an honorary degree in Doctor of Science. He gave the Tufts University Commencement address in 2011.
Vest is also a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Advisory Board.[3]
Education
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1963, West Virginia University
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1964, University of Michigan
- Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, 1967, University of Michigan
References
- ^ http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2003/cmv-bio.html
- ^ MIT President Emeritus Charles M. Vest. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ^ http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about/advisors retrieved 2010-07-05
External links
- National Academy of Engineering page
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Charles Marstiller Vest on Charlie Rose
- Works by or about Charles Marstiller Vest in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Chuck Vest Playlist Appearance on WMBR's Dinnertime Sampler radio show March 31, 2004
Laurence H. Silberman (co-chairman) • Chuck Robb (co-chairman)
John McCain • Lloyd Cutler • Patricia Wald • Rick Levin • Bill Studeman • Charles Marstiller Vest • Henry RowenPresidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology William Rogers (1862) · John Daniel Runkle (1870) · William Rogers (1879) · Francis Walker (1881) · James Crafts (1897) · Henry Pritchett (1900) · Arthur Amos Noyes (1907) · Richard Maclaurin (1909) · Elihu Thomson (1920) · Ernest Nichols (1921) · Elihu Thomson (1922) · Samuel Stratton (1923) · Karl Compton (1930) · James Killian (1948) · Julius Stratton (1959) · Howard Johnson (1966) · Jerome Wiesner (1971) · Paul Gray (1980) · Charles Vest (1990) · Susan Hockfield (2004)
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty
- Presidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Michigan faculty
- 1941 births
- Living people
- National Medal of Technology recipients
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