MIT 150 Interviews

Under the umbrella of an oral history project, listen to the stories of extraordinary individuals at MIT and learn what it means to be a member of this community.

Dec 05, 201001:31:01

Isadore M. Singer

Institute Professor Isadore M. Singer is interviewed about his life and work in mathematics at MIT, as part of the MIT150 celebrations.

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Oct 02, 201001:34:12

Peter A. Diamond PhD ’63

Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2010 Institute Professor, 1997 - 2011

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Jun 04, 201002:13:18

Thomas L. Magnanti

Institute Professor Professor of Operations Research

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Feb 03, 201002:42:00

H. Robert Horvitz ’68

Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2002 David H. Koch Professor of Biology

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Feb 02, 201201:08:18

Sangeeta N. Bhatia SM '93, PhD '97

John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2005-present.

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Jun 03, 200801:21:18

Ann M. Graybiel PhD '71

Institute Professor Anna Graybiel discusses her activism in the 1970s, her vital work on neurological disorders, her hope for future research, and challenges she has faced as a woman in a primarily male scientific community.

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Nov 06, 201001:29:58

David L. Baltimore

David Baltimore details the experiences in his youth that drew him to biology, the many medical applications of his research he has conducted, and his involvement in the Whitehead Institute and some of the challenges associated with its creation.

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01:36:52

Samuel C.C. Ting

Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Physics Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1976 (co-recipient)

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Jun 03, 200801:54:53

Charles M. Vest

MIT President 1990 - 2004 MIT Corporation life member Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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Dec 02, 200801:33:34

Marvin Minsky

Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences and Computer Science and Engineering, Emeritus

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Oct 08, 201101:54:59

Angela Belcher

W.M. Keck Professor of Energy, 2001 - present MacArthur Fellow

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Mar 05, 201001:57:44

Woodie C. Flowers SM '68, ME '71, PhD '73

Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering, emeritus

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May 12, 201101:51:08

Andrew W. Lo

Charles E. & Susan T. Harris Professor of Finance Director, Laboratory for Financial Engineering

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Jan 12, 201101:03:38

John DiFava

Director of Facilities Operations and Security, 2001 - present

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Aug 02, 201201:21:27

Lawrence Sass SM '94, PhD '00

Associate Professor of Architecture, 2002 - present

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Sep 07, 201001:54:13

Glen L. Urban

David Austin Professor of Management emeritus, Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management 1993 - 1998

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Aug 01, 200902:00:28

Ellen T. Harris

Class of 1949 Professor of Music Associate Provost for the Arts, 1989 - 1996

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Jan 07, 201001:38:22

Dava J. Newman SM ’89, PhD ’92

Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of Engineering Systems Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow

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Sep 07, 201001:55:38

Daniel E. Hastings SM ’78, PhD ’80

Dean for Undergraduate Education, 2006 - 2013 Department head Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2019-present

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Aug 04, 201002:00:02

Barrie R. Zesiger

MIT Corporation life member Member, Executive Committee of the MIT Corporation, 2002 - 2004, 2006 - 2009 Managing Director, Zesiger Capital Group LLC

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Feb 12, 201001:53:12

Priscilla K. Gray

MIT First Lady, 1980 - 1990

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Mar 12, 201000:29:07

Rebecca M. Vest

MIT First Lady, 1990 - 2004

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Aug 01, 200901:40:47

William J. Mitchell

Dean, School of Architecture and Planning, 1992 - 2003

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Dec 04, 200801:50:34

Shirley A. Jackson ’68, PhD ’73

MIT Corporation life member Member, Executive Committee of the MIT Corporation President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1999 - present

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Dec 05, 201001:50:21

Robert Redwine

Professor of Physics, 1990 - present Dean for Undergraduate Education, 2000 - 2005

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Apr 05, 201001:40:48

Robert M. Randolph

Chaplain to the Institute, 2007 - 2016

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Jul 07, 201001:42:31

Robert J. Silbey

Class of 1942 Professor of Chemistry Dean, School of Science, 2000 - 2007

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Nov 03, 200901:35:45

Phillip A. Sharp

Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1993 Institute Professor, 1999 - present

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Dec 05, 201001:53:10

Philip S. Khoury

Associate Provost, 2006 - present Dean, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 1991 - 2006

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Nov 03, 200901:28:16

Patrick J. McGovern ’59

MIT Corporation life member Founder and Chairman, International Data Group, Inc.

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Mar 09, 200901:32:24

Mary Frances Wagley '47

Alumni Association President, 1984 - 1985

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Jan 03, 201001:30:11

John M. Deutch ’61, PhD ’66

Institute Professor, emeritus Professor of Chemistry Provost, 1985 - 1990

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Sep 04, 201002:09:43

John Essigmann SM ’72, PhD ’76

William R. (1956) and Betsy P. Leitch Professor of Chemistry, Toxicology, and Biological Engineering

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Sep 07, 200701:31:40

James D. McLurkin ’95, SM ’04, PhD ’08

Hardware Engineer, Google, 2015 - present

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Apr 05, 201001:41:36

J. Kim Vandiver

Dean for Undergraduate Research 2000 - present Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering

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Mar 05, 201001:55:40

James M. Poterba

Mitsui Professor of Economics, 1996 - present

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Jul 07, 201001:58:45

Donald R. Sadoway

John F. Elliott Professor of Metallurgy

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Dec 14, 200901:44:40

Robert S. Langer, Jr. ScD ’74

David H. Koch Institute Professor, 2009 - present

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Dec 12, 201101:44:04

Paula T. Hammond '84, PhD '93

Head of Department of Chemical Engineering, 2015 -present David H. Koch Professor in Engineering, 2011 - present

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Jun 03, 200801:41:03

Paul E. Gray ’54, SM ’55, ScD ’60 (Part 1)

MIT President, 1980 - 1990 Chairman of the MIT Corporation, 1990 - 1997

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Sep 28, 200901:29:40

Shigeru Miyagawa

Professor of Linguistics & Kochi-Manjiro Professor of Japanese Language and Culture

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Feb 14, 200801:28:07

Jerome I. Friedman

Nobel Laureate in Physics Institute Professor, emeritus

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Sep 28, 200910:00:00

Robert M. Fano ’41, ScD ’47

Ford Professor of Engineering, emeritus

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Feb 26, 201007:37:00

Suzanne Berger

Raphael Dorman and Helen Starbuck Professor of Political Science

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Jan 18, 201202:32:34

Edward B. Roberts '58, SM '58, SM '60, PhD '62

David Sarnoff Professor of Management Technology Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management Founder/Chair, MIT Entrepreneurship Center

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Jul 19, 200702:02:42

Paul Samuelson

Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1970 Institute Professor Emeritus, 1966–2009

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Sep 23, 201001:54:43

David A. Mindell PhD ’96

Chair, MIT150 Steering Committee Frances and David Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing and of Aeronautics and Astronautics Professor of Engineering Systems Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society 2006 - 2011 Housemaster, Edgerton House 2009 - Present

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Feb 23, 201101:34:00

The Ecosystem: Nurturing Entrepreneurship at MIT (Trailer)

The MIT community looks at entrepreneurship's place within the Institute

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Aug 27, 201002:06:56

Susan Hockfield

MIT President, 2004 - 2012 Professor of Neuroscience

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Feb 17, 201001:41:29

John A. Ochsendorf

MacArthur Fellow Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and of Architecture Housemaster, Warehouse, 2010 – present

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May 29, 200901:05:04

Noam Chomsky

One of the world's most-cited scholars, Noam Chomsky talks about linguistics, activism, and MIT as a military research institute.

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May 21, 201001:52:55

Maria T. Zuber

Earle A Griswold Professor of Geophysics and Planetary Science

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Nov 27, 201000:58:00

Sheila Widnall — MIT Institute Professor

MIT Institute Professor and former United States Secretary of the Air Force Sheila Widnall talks about the "Widnall Instability." (film short)

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May 28, 200902:12:48

Lotte Bailyn

T. Wilson (1953) Professor of Management, emerita

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Aug 25, 201101:44:39

Glenn P. Strehle '58, SM '60

Treasurer and Vice President for Finance 1994 - 1998 Treasurer and Vice President 1986 - 1994

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Aug 27, 200702:09:48

Mildred S. Dresselhaus

Institute Professor, emerita Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics, emerita

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Feb 13, 200801:17:42

Nancy H. Hopkins

Amgen Professor of Biology

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May 18, 201001:57:34

Kathryn Willmore

Vice President and Secretary of the MIT Corporation, 1998 - 2006

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Jun 18, 200702:54:53

Isaac Colbert

Dean for Graduate Students, 1999 - 2007

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Aug 23, 201101:53:03

Harold (Hal) Abelson PhD '73

Class of 1922 Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Co-founder of OpenCourseWare

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Jan 23, 201201:36:28

Stuart Schmill '86

Dean of Admissions, 2008 - present Director, Educational Council

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Feb 26, 201001:26:02

Timothy J. Berners-Lee

3Com Founders Professor of Engineering Director, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) MacArthur Fellow

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Sep 13, 201101:27:41

F. Thomson (Tom) Leighton PhD ’81

Professor of Applied Mathematics, CEO Akamai

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Nov 21, 201101:44:37

Daniel Kleppner

Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics, emeritus

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Dec 16, 201101:19:38

Vladimir Bulović

Professor of Electrical Engineering

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Jan 31, 201201:35:10

Deborah G. Ancona

Seley Distinguished Professor of Management, 1998 - present

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Jan 31, 201201:53:06

Bishwapriya Sanyal

Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning, 2002 - present Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow

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Apr 27, 201201:12:29

J. Meejin Yoon

Head of the Department of Architecture, 2014 - 2018

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Dec 15, 201101:44:12

John G. King '50, PhD '53

Francis Friedman Professor of Physics, emeritus

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Jul 23, 200702:11:51

Howard Johnson (Part 1)

MIT President, 1966 - 1971 Chairman of the MIT Corporation, 1971 - 1983

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Oct 26, 200902:01:54

George N. Hatsopoulos ’49, SM ’50, ScD ’56

MIT Corporation life member (1992-2018), Chairman and CEO of Pharos, LLC

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Sep 17, 201001:40:49

Gene M. Brown

Professor of Biochemistry, emeritus Dean of the School of Science, 1985 - 1991

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Mar 25, 200901:31:52

Emily V. Wade ’45

Alumni Association President 1988 - 1989 MIT Corporation life member, emerita Member, Executive Committee of the MIT Corporation 1981 - 1983, 1985 - 1987 President, MITS, Inc.

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Jul 20, 201001:33:08

Ernest J. Moniz

Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems Director, MIT Energy Initiative Director, Laboratory for Energy and the Environment

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Jun 29, 201001:45:27

Daniel Roos ’60, SM ’63, PhD ’66

Japan Steel Industry Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering emeritus and of Engineering Systems Director, MIT Portugal Program

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May 28, 200902:09:14

Dana G. Mead PhD ’67

Chairman of the MIT Corporation, 2003 - 2010 MIT Corporation life member, emeritus Chairman and CEO, Tenneco, Inc., 1992 - 2000

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Jul 20, 201001:43:40

Cynthia Barnhart SM ’85, PhD ’88

Chancellor, 2014 - present Associate Dean of Engineering for Academic Affairs, 2007 - 2014 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems

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Oct 28, 200902:00:51

D. Reid Weedon, Jr. ’41

MIT Corporation life member, emeritus 1061-1967, 1970-2016, Member, Executive Committee of the MIT Corporation, 1978-1980

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Jul 16, 201001:55:50

Claude R. Canizares

Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, 2006 - 2013 Bruno B. Rossi Distinguished Professor in Experimental Physics Associate Director for MIT of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center

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