Massachusetts Institute of Technology, records of the chair of the faculty
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection contains correspondence, notes, and minutes of faculty meetings and faculty standing committees and task forces, and reports. There is a gap in our holdings between 1973 and 1993. The records are from the tenures of the following chairs: Patrick Mason Hurley, 1960-1962; Jerrold R. Zacharias, 1962-1963; Harold S. Mickley, 1963-1964; Ascher H. Shapiro, 1964-1965; Charles P. Kindleberger, 1965-1967; Walter A. Rosenblith, 1967-1969; William T. Martin, 1969-1971; Hartley Rogers, 1971-1973, and Robert L. Jaffe, 1993-1995.
Dates
- 1961 - 1995
Creator
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Faculty (Organization)
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Historical note
The Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology consists of the chair of the Corporation; the president, the vice presidents, the provost, the chancellor, and the associate provosts of the Institute; all members of the instructing staff with the rank of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor; the dean of the School of Architecture and Planning; the dean of the School of Engineering; the dean of the School of Humanities Arts, and Social Sciences; the dean of the School of Science; and the dean of the Sloan School of Management; the dean for graduate education; the dean for undergraduate education; the dean for student life; the dean of admissions; the director of athletics; the director of the Libraries; the medical director; the registrar; the executive director, Student Financial Services; and the director of the MIT Professional Institute. In addition, the faculty, on the recommendation of its officers, designates each year by vote certain administrative staff positions; the holders of these positions, not to exceed four in number, are ex officio members of the Faculty for the year.
The officers of the Faculty are the chair, the associate chair, the secretary, and, ex officio, the president of the Institute. (The president of the Institute is, ex officio, president of the Faculty.) In the absence of the president, the chair of the Faculty presides at Faculty meetings.
From Rules and Regulations of the Faculty 1.10 and 1.20. (revised March 2011)
*Chairs/Chairs of the Faculty
2021-:Lily L. Tsai
2019-2021: Rick L. Danheiser
2017-2019: Susan S. Silbey
2015-2016: Krishna Rajagopal
2013-2014: Steven R. Hall
2011-2013: Samuel Allen
2009-2011: Thomas A. Kochan
2007-2009: Bishwapriya Sanyal
2006-2007: Steven R. Lerman
2005-2006: Lorna J. Gibson
2003-2005: Rafael Bras
2001-2003: Stephen C. Graves
1999-2001: Stephen R. Lerman
1997-1999: Lotte Bailyn
1995-1997: Laurence S. Bacow
1993-1995: Robert L. Jaffe
1991-1993: J. Kim Vandiver
1989-1991: Henry D. Jacoby
1987-1989: Bernard J. Frieden
1985-1987: Mary C. Potter
1983-1985: Arthur C. Smith
1981-1983: Felix M. H. Villars
1979-1981: Sheila E. Widnall
1977-1979: Robert I. Hulsizer, Jr.
1975-1977: John Ross
1973-1975: Elias Panayiotis Gyftopoulos
1971-1973: Hartley Rogers
1969-1971: William Ted Martin
1967-1969: Walter Alter Rosenblith
1965-1967: Charles Poor Kindleberger
1964-1965: Ascher Herman Shapiro
1963-1964: Harold Somers Mickley
1962-1963: Jerrold Reinach Zacharias
1960-1962: Patrick Mason Hurley
1958-1960: Philip McCord Morse
1956-1958: John Torrey Norton
1954-1956: Martin J. Buerger
1952-1954: Edwin Richard Gilliland
1951-1952: Gordon Stanley Brown
1951: Douglass V. Brown
1950-1951: John R. Loofbourow
[J. R. Loofbourow died during his term as Chair. Douglass V. Brown apparently completed the term.]
1949-1950: Douglass V. Brown
1947-1949: William H. McAdams
1945-1947: William H. Timbie
1943-1945: Henry B. Phillips
1942-1943: Floyd E. Armstrong
1940-1942: Charles B. Breed
1939-1940: Harry M. Goodwin
1937-1939: James F. Norris
1935-1937: Charles E. Fuller
1933-1935: William Emerson
1931-1933: Frederick S. Woods
1929-1931: Samuel C. Prescott
1927-1929: Charles L. Norton
1925-1927: Charles M. Spofford
1923-1925: Dugald Caleb Jackson
1921-1923: Edward Furber Miller
1919-1921: Henry P. Talbot
1917-1919: Arthur Edwin Kennelly
1915-1917: Cecil Hobart Peabody
1913-1915: Harry W. Tyler
1911-1913: Davis R. Dewey
1909-1911: Dwight Porter
*In 1993, the Faculty voted to delete any gender specific terminology from the Rules and Regulations of the Faculty. This decision changed the Chair of the Faculty position to Chair of the Faculty.
Extent
14 Cubic Feet (14 record cartons)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains records of the chairs of the Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961-1995 (with a gap between 1973 and 1993). The officers of the Faculty are the chair, the associate chair, the secretary, and, ex officio, the president of the Institute. In the absence of the president, the chair of the Faculty presides at Faculty meetings. The collection contains correspondence, notes, and minutes of faculty meetings and faculty standing committees and task forces, and reports.
Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Processing Information note
Some collection descriptions are based on legacy data and may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. Description may change pending verification. Please contact the MIT Department of Distinctive Collections if you notice any errors or discrepancies.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Faculty
- administration of students Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- advisory bodies Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- curricula Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- entrance requirements Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- faculty Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- faculty governance Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
Creator
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Faculty (Organization)
- Title
- Preliminary Inventory to the Records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chair of the Faculty, 1961-1995
- Status
- Ready For Review
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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Repository Details
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