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  1. The history of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can be traced back to the 1861 incorporation of the "Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston Society of Natural History" led primarily by William Barton Rogers.

  2. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and science.

  3. Jul 19, 2019 · Patrick Winston, a beloved professor and computer scientist at MIT, died on July 19 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 76. A professor at MIT for almost 50 years, Winston was director of MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 1972 to 1997 before it merged with the Laboratory for Computer Science to become MIT’s ...

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    William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.

  5. Jan 26, 2016 · Marvin Minsky, a mathematician, computer scientist, and pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, died at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Sunday, Jan. 24, of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 88. Minsky, a professor emeritus at the MIT Media Lab, was a pioneering thinker and the foremost expert on the theory of artificial intelligence.

  6. Sep 13, 2011 · Lewin, who is best known for his role as co-founder at Akamai Technologies, Inc., was killed on-board American Airlines Flight 11 on Sept. 11. Although his life was cut short at age 31, he managed to make an indelible mark that can still be felt at MIT and Akamai 10 years after his death.

    Name
    Degree
    Degree Year
    Notability
    Lt. Gen. James Alan Abrahamson (USAF ...
    B.S. – Aeronautical Engineering
    1955
    Director of President Ronald Reagan 's ...
    PhD – Economics
    1979
    Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank
    ScD – Chemical Engineering
    1965
    Secretary of Energy (2005–2009)
    B.S. – Aeronautical/Astronautical ...
    1994
    Mayor of Edison, New Jersey
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  8. Since there are more than 120,000 alumni (living and deceased), this listing cannot be comprehensive. Instead, this article summarizes some of the more notable MIT alumni, with some indication of the reasons they are notable in the world at large.

    Name
    Degree
    Degree Year
    Notability
    Lt. Gen. James Alan Abrahamson (USAF ...
    B.S. – Aeronautical Engineering
    1955
    Director of President Ronald Reagan 's ...
    PhD – Economics
    1979
    Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank
    ScD – Chemical Engineering
    1965
    Secretary of Energy (2005–2009)
    B.S. – Aeronautical/Astronautical ...
    1994
    Mayor of Edison, New Jersey