Bylaws of the MIT Corporation

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Section 1

The Corporation

1.1
The members of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT or the Institute) constitute the body corporate and are its Government.

1.2
The officers of the Corporation shall be the Chair, the President, the Executive Vice President and Treasurer, and the Secretary of the Corporation, and such other officers as may be appointed from time to time in accordance with these Bylaws. The members of the Corporation may determine under Section 7.2 of these Bylaws that the office of the Executive Vice President and Treasurer shall be two offices held by different individuals, the Executive Vice President and the Treasurer.

1.3
The Corporation shall have the following standing committees: Executive, Membership, Audit, and Development Committees. The Corporation shall also have either an investment management company, established by the Executive Committee under Section 16.1 of these Bylaws, or, during any period in which the Executive Committee does not establish or continue the existence of such company, a standing Investment Committee. If the Executive Committee establishes an investment management company but does not invest it with all of the functions of such company or the Investment Committee under Sections 10, 11 and 16 of these Bylaws, then the Corporation may have both an investment management company and a standing Investment Committee as provided in Section 16.3. The Corporation shall have the following committees of annual recurrence: Visiting Committee and the Corporation Joint Advisory Committee on Institute-Wide Affairs (CJAC). The Chair of the Corporation may also appoint ad hoc and special committees from time to time as required, subject to the approval of the members of the Corporation.

 

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