James Rhyne Killian
Dr. James Rhyne Killian, Jr. (1904-1988) was the 10th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1948 until 1959. As Special
Assistant for Science and Technology to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957-1959,
Killian oversaw the creation of the President's Science Advisory
Committee (PSAC) shortly after the launches of the Soviet artificial satellites, Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2, in October and
November 1957. PSAC was instrumental in initiating national
His official MIT biography: http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/mithistory/biographies/killian.html
A discussion of his involvement with the CIA and Pres. Eisenhower: http://cryptome.org/cia-spy-tech/cia-spy-tech.htm
Two locations on MIT's campus bear Killian's name: Killian Court, a tree-lined courtyard with views of MIT's Great Dome, and Killian Hall, a concert hall.
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William Barton Rogers (1862–1870, 1879–1881) • John Daniel Runkle (1870–1878) • Francis Amasa Walker (1881–1897) • James Crafts (1897–1900) • Henry Smith Pritchett (1900–1907) • Arthur Amos Noyes (acting 1907–1909) • Richard Cockburn Maclaurin (1909–1920) • Elihu Thomson (acting 1920–1921, 1922–1923) • Ernest Fox Nichols (1921–1922) • Samuel Wesley Stratton (1923–1930) • Karl Taylor Compton (1930–1948) • James Rhyne Killian (1948–1959) • Julius Adams Stratton (1959–1966) • Howard Wesley Johnson (1966–1971) • Jerome Wiesner (1971–1980) • Paul Edward Gray (1980–1990) • Charles Marstiller Vest (1990–2004) • Susan Hockfield (2004–) |
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