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Tenure Awarded to 12

Tenure Awarded to 12

Twelve MIT associate professors were granted permanent tenure by the 
Executive Committee, effective July 1. They are:

School of Architecture and Planning: Biswapriya Sanyal, associate 
professor of regional studies and urban planning in the Department of 
Urban Studies and Planning, and J. Mark Davidson Schuster, associate 
professor of urban studies and planning in the Department of Urban 
Studies and Planning.

School of Engineering: Dennis McLaughlin, associate professor of civil 
engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering;

Michael F. Rubner, Class of 1957 Associate Professor of Polymer Physics 
in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and

Nicholas M. Patrikalakis, associate professor of ocean engineering in 
the Department of Ocean Engineering.

School of Management: Paul Asquith, associate professor of finance; 
Charles H. Fine, associate professor of management science; 

Kenneth A. Froot, associate professor of economics; David S. 
Scharfstein, associate professor of finance, and Jeremy C. Stein, 
associate professor of management.

School of Science: Richard A. Young, associate professor of biology in 
the Department of Biology, and Daniel H. Rothman, associate professor of 
geophysics in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary 
Sciences.