Spotlight : What’s next for Vest?
VIDEO
Influencing policy in Washington
Financial aid overlap case
Making tough decisions
My favorite teachers
Highlights of the job
Lifelong partner
Outlook on the future
Changes to the MIT landscape
What are you doing December 7?
A Campaign of enormous success
The 100 million dollar surprise
A welcoming hack
MIT's place in the world
Achieving equity for women faculty
Teaching with integrity
Another great idea realized - Neuroscience
Creating diversity
Long distance Alumni connections
Conversation with Charles M. Vest
On December 6, Charles M. Vest will step down from service as President of MIT. We recently talked with him about his tenure as President and his plans for the future. Dr. and Mrs. Vest plan to live in Cambridge. High on his list is spending more time with his family — especially his two grandchildren — plus traveling, writing, and continuing his work at the national level on issues in higher education and the development of science and technology policy.
Dr. Vest will remain at the Institute as a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and will be on sabbatical for the coming year. He has accepted invitations for visiting lectureships at a number of universities here and abroad and will continue to serve on the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and on the boards of IBM and DuPont.
ALSO::
Celebrating The Vest Years, 1990–2004
“Hundreds paid tribute to 'The Vest Years' during a 70-minute program in the Kirsch Auditorium and a two-hour festival on the “student street” inside the Stata Center on Saturday, Sept. 18. Professors, students, staff and their families greeted the honored guests on that rainy afternoon as they walked along the indoor street lined with food stalls, games, jazz combos, a cappella singing groups, and even a 12-foot-tall Elvis impersonator.” more>
Video of Event Speakers
Philip Khoury
Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Rod Brooks
Director, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
David Briggs
Director, Lincoln Laboratory
Dottie Mark
Housemaster, Sidney & Pacific
Barbara Smith
Technical Administrative Assistant, Department of Ocean Engineering
Marilee Jones
Dean of Admissions
Erich Caulfield
Graduate Student, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Chuck and Becky Vest
