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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.
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.
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.
NameDegreeDegree YearNotabilityLt. Gen. James Alan Abrahamson (USAF ...B.S. – Aeronautical Engineering1955Director of President Ronald Reagan 's ...PhD – Economics1979Chair of the Federal Reserve BankScD – Chemical Engineering1965Secretary of Energy (2005–2009)B.S. – Aeronautical/Astronautical ...1994Mayor of Edison, New Jersey3 days ago · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), privately controlled coeducational institution of higher learning famous for its scientific and technological training and research. It was chartered by the state of Massachusetts in 1861 and became a land-grant college in 1863.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, and it has 32 academic departments, [1] and gives much importance to scientific and technological research.
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Oct 3, 2017 · Rainer Weiss ’55, PhD ’62, professor emeritus of physics at MIT, has won the Nobel Prize in physics for 2017. Weiss won half of the prize, with the other half of the award shared by Kip S. Thorne, professor emeritus of theoretical physics at Caltech, and Barry C. Barish, professor emeritus of physics at Caltech.