At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the title of Institute Professor is given to a small number of members of the faculty with extraordinary records of achievement. Usually no more than twelve professors hold this title at any one time. At some universities the titles of Distinguished Professor or University Professor or Regents Professor are counterparts of this title. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a university located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is one of the worlds leading research institutions in science and technology, as well as in numerous other fields, including management, economics, linguistics, political science, and philosophy. ...

List of current Institute Professors as of 2005

• Emilio Bizzi — brain and cognitive sciences
• John M. Deutch — chemistry
• Peter Diamond — economics
• Mildred S. Dresselhaus — physics and electrical engineering
• Jerome I. Friedman — physics
• John Harbison — music
• Robert S. Langer — chemical engineering
• John Little — management science
• Thomas Magnanti — management science and electrical engineering
• Joel Moses — computer science and engineering systems
• Phillip Sharp — biology
• Isadore Manual Singer — mathematics
• Daniel I. C. Wang — chemical engineering
• Sheila Widnall — aeronautics

2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John M. Deutch was a figure of a great deal of controversy as head of the CIA. John Mark Deutch (born July 27, 1938) was the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from May 10, 1995 until December 14, 1996. ... Jerome Isaac Friedman (born 1930) is a U.S. physicist. ... John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938 in Orange, New Jersey) is a composer, best known for his operas and large choral works. ... Robert S. Langer is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ... John D.C. Little is an Institute Professor and the Chair Management Science at the MIT Sloan School of Management. ... Professor Joel Moses received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Columbia and a masters degree in Mathematics, also from Columbia. ... Isadore Singer (born 1924) is an Institute Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ...

List of Institute Professors Emeriti

• Manson Benedict — nuclear engineering
• Noam Chomsky — linguistics
• Morris Cohen — materials science and engineering
• Morris Halle — linguistics and philosophy
• Arthur von Hippel — electrical engineering and computer science
• Chia-Chiao Lin — mathematics
• Francis Low — physics
• Philip Morrison — physics
• Paul Samuelson — economics
• Ascher Shapiro — mechanical engineering
• Robert Solow — economics
• John Waugh — chemistry

Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is the Institute Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ... Morris Cohen (November 27, 1911 - May 27, 2005). ... Morris Halle, né Pinkowitz, is an American linguist. ... Philip Morrison, (November 7, 1915 – April 22, 2005), was institute Professor, Emeritus and Professor of Physics, Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). ... Paul A. Samuelson (born May 15, 1915) is an American economist known for his work in many fields of economics. ... Robert Merton Solow (born August 23, 1924) is an American economist particularly known for his work on the theory of economic growth. ...

See also

• List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology people

This is a list of famous individuals associated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, including graduates, former students, and professors. ...

External links

• MIT online directory of Institute Professors and Institute Professors Emeriti
• MIT Facts: Faculty and Staff