The following is a list of individuals who previously served on the Corporation, along with their dates of service. For more information about the history of MIT, please visit the Institute Archives.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U, V | W | X, Y, Z
* indicates Life Members
† indicates the inceptive Corporation Members.
A
John E. Aldred, 1927-34
Harl P. Aldrich, Jr., 1980-86
Francis Alger, 1861†
Edward R. Allen, 1987-90
Frank G. Allen, 1929-31
Bruce N. Anderson, 2013-18
Nancy C. Andrews, 2017-22
Gregory R. Anrig, 1973-81
Robert V. Antonucci, 1992-98
Bennett Archambault, 1960-65
Gregory K. Arenson, 1997-02
Karen W. Arenson, 1989-94; 1995-96
Dwight C. Arnold, 1956-61
O. Reid Ashe, 2007-12
Pedro Aspe, 1992-97
Thomas Aspinwall, 1861†
Donald J. Atwood, 1984-94
Norman R. Augustine, 1998-03
W. Gerald Austen 1972-2022*
Yaichi Ayukawa, 1977-91*
B
Roger Ward Babson, 1927-32
Aakhut Em Bak, 1988-90
Charles D. Baker, Jr., 2015-23
Virgilio Barco, 1970-80
James M. Barker, 1934-39; 1940-74*
Francis A. Barrett, 1942-48
Walter J. Beadle, 1943-88*
James M. Beebe, 1861†
A. Farwell Bemis, 1916-36*
William B. Bergen, 1961-66
David A. Berry, 2006-11
E. Milton Bevington, 1985-91
Andrew Bigelow, 1861†
Gordon M. Binder, 2003-2023*
Raja H.R. Bobbili, 2009-14
Samuel W. Bodman III, 1985-2001; 2010-18*
Joan T. Bok, 1985-90
Horatio L. Bond, 1954-59
Vanu G. Bose, 2013-17
William Howard Bovey, 1924-43*
Ernest W. Bowditch, 1912-18*
Richard L. Bowditch, 1942-47
Albert H. Bowker, 1967-72
Thomas Boyd, 1861†
Lloyd D. Brace, 1953-86*
Robert F. Bradford, 1947-49
Arthur T. Bradlee, 1909-13
Herman R. Branson, 1979-84
Claude W. Brenner, 1979-85
Ellis W. Brewster, 1944-49
William S. Brewster, 1965-75
William R. Brody, 1991-96
Thomas D. Brophy, 1948-67
C. Allen Browne, 1861†
David Bryant, 1861†
Ernest U. Buckman, 1986-91
Edward P. Brooks, 1941-46
Matthew C. Brush, 1921-25
Allan S. Bufferd 1999-2006
Harold Bugbee, 1946-52
Gerald J. Burnett, 1992-97; 1998-2008
Vannevar Bush, 1932-74*
George N. Butzow, 1995-2000
C
Edward C. Cabot, 1861†
Louis W. Cabot, 1966-2021*
Thomas Dudley Cabot, 1946-95*
William E. Cale, 1861†
Donald F. Carpenter, 1943-85*
Howard Adams Carson, before 1911-1931*
Ashton B. Carter, 2018-22
Dedric A. Carter, 2000-05
Frank S. Cary, 1974-2006*
Vincent S. Castellano, 1977-82
Argeo Paul Cellucci, 1997-2001
Nicolas E. Chammas, 2017-2022
Harry P. Charlesworth, 1938-43
Robert A. Charpie, 1983-93
John Chase, 1861†
Tanguy M. Chau, 2012-17
Charles A. Chayne, 1957-62
Arunas A. Chesonis, 2012-2022
Gregory C. Chisholm, S.J., 1974-76
John Dana Chisholm, 2015-16; 2016-2021
David R. Clare, 1977-87
W. Van Alan Clark,Jr., 1972-82*
Dayton H. Clewell, 1965-70
Colby M. Chandler, 1980-2021*
Paulette Coleman, 1979-84
Emilio G. Collado, 1964-69
Osie V. Combs, Jr., 1997-2002
Frank D. Comerford, 1937-39
Karl T. Compton, 1930-54
Philip M. Condit, 2001-06
James C. Converse, 1861†
Paul M. Cook, 1971-2021*
Calvin Coolidge, 1919-21
William A. Coolidge, 1948-92*
William D. Coolidge, 1930-35
R. Morris Copeland, 1861†
William R. Covell, 1937-42
Channing Harris Cox, 1921-25
W. Murray Crane, before 1911-13*
Thomas F. Creamer, 1974-79
Edward Cunningham, 1911-15
James Michael Curley, 1935-37
Thomas J. Curtin 1972
Victor Macomber Cutter, 1929-34*
* indicates Life Members
† indicates the inceptive Corporation Members.
D
Alan M. Dachs, 2014-19
Sudeb Dalai, 2003-08
Charles H. Dalton, 1861†
John C. Dalton, 1861†
Marshall B. Dalton, 1937-76*
C. George Dandow, 1947-52
Alexander V. d'Arbeloff, 1989-08*
Edward E. David, Jr., 1974-2017*
Alan B. Davidson, 1993-97
Ralph M. Davison, 1970-75
Thomas C. Desmond, 1931-36; 1941-72*
Leslie C. Dewan, 2015-20
Bradley Dewey, 1932-74*
Paul A. Dever, 1949-53
Russell deYoung, 1959-88*
Ray P. Dinsmore, 1954-59
Rebecca A. Donnellan, 1972-77
James H. Doolittle, 1953-93*
Glen V. Dorflinger, 1998-03
Arthur C. Dorrance, 1935-40
Donald W. Douglas, 1958-63
Herbert H. Dow, 2nd, 1983-96*
Willard H. Dow, 1942-47
Elisabeth M. Drake, 1981-86
Eben S. Draper, before 1911-15*
Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr., 1986-2023*
Michael S. Dukakis, 1975-79; 1983-90
James A. Dupee, 1861†
Irénée du Pont Jr.; 1963-2023
Lammot du Pont II, 1928-33
Pierre S. du Pont, 1928-35*
T. Coleman du Pont, 1907-30*
E
George Eastman, 1921-32*
William S. Edgerly, 1973-2023*
Charles Edison, 1939-44
George P. Edmonds, 1960-65; 1967-72
M. H. Eisenhart, 1932-37
Ezekiel B. Elliott, 1861†
Howard Elliott, 1916-28*
Joseph B. Ely, 1931-35
Merton Leslie Emerson, 1920-24
William Endicott, before 1911-1915*
William Endicott, Jr., 1914-31*
Arthur F. Estabrook, 1912-19*
F
Drew G. Faust, 2020-2022
Samuel Morse Felton, Jr., before 1911-30*
Hugh S. Ferguson, 1955-60
Luis Alberto Ferre, 1962-03*
Paul J. Ferri, 2002-04
Theodore P. Ferris, 1953-58
Carly S. Fiorina, 2004-12
Frederick Perry Fish, before 1911-30*
James Brown Fisk, 1959-81*
Desmond FitzGerald, before 1911-26*
Ralph E. Flanders, 1937-70*
Charles L. Flint, 1861†
Charles W. Folsom, 1861†
Horace S. Ford, 1935-69*
Eugene N. Foss, 1911-14
James B. Francis, 1861†
Jennifer A. Frank, 2002-07
John R. Freeman, before 1911-32*
Karen L. Fulbright, 1985-88
Alvan Tufts Fuller, 1925-29
Vincent A. Fulmer, 1979-85
Foster Furcolo, 1957-61
* indicates Life Members
† indicates the inceptive Corporation Members.
G
M. Wren Gabel, 1964-69
Ezra S. Gannett, 1861†
Ralph D. Gants, 2014-20
George P. Gardner, 1959-2012*
Joseph G. Gavin, Jr., 1983-2010*
Arthur Gelb, 1995-2023*
W.H. Krome George, 1972-77; 1978-88
Kenneth J. Germeshausen, 1980-90*
Thomas P. Gerrity, 2001-11
Claude L. Gerstle, 2003-08
Ivan A. Getting, 1963-69
Barbara A. Gilchrest, 1995-05
S. James Goldstein, 1979-84
Samuel H. Gookin, 1861†
Ilene S. Gordon, 2014-19
Kenneth F. Gordon, 1999-04
Ralph F. Gow, 1967-72
Maurice F. Granville, 1974-84
Elisha Gray, II, 1963-68; 1969-74
Paul E. Gray, 1971-2017*
Cecil H. Green, 1958-03*
Ida M. F. Green, 1978-1986*
Samuel A. Green, 1861†
Crawford H. Greenewalt, 1951-93*
Helen Greiner, 2008-13
Jerome H. Grossman, 1990-95
Samuel A. Groves, 1964-69
Robert C. Gunness, 1958-2004*
H
John Charles Haas, 1965-2011*
Margaret Coleman Haas, 1988-93
Charles B. Hall, 1861†
Jean Hammond, 2015-20
Edward J. Hanley, 1959-60; 1975-82
Bernard W. Harleston, 1982-87
William E. Hartmann, 1968-73
Homayoun Hatami, 2001-06
George N. Hatsopoulos, 1992-2018
William R. Hawthorne, 1969-74
Augustus A. Hayes, 1861†
John T. Heard, 1861†
Paul F. Hellmuth, 1974-79
Edward F. Hennessey, 1976-89
John M. Hennessy, 1990-2000
Christian Herter, 1953-57
James A. Hester, 1971-73
Eve J. Higginbotham, 2011-16
Francis L. Higginson, before 1911-18*
Henry A. Hill, 1977-79
David D. Ho, 2003-15
John C. Hoadley, 1861†
Donald A. Holden, 1967-72
Jerome H. Holland, 1969-79
Sidney Homer, 1861†
Eben N. Horsford, 1861†
Robert S. Horton, 1987-97
Paul Hotte, 1978-83
Lawrence A. Hough, 1993-98
Charles Wells Hubbard, before 1911-20*
Walter J. Humann, 1987-92
George M. Humphrey 1958-70*
Walter Humphreys, 1923-28; 1929-70
Charles F. Hurley, 1937-39
I
Roderick L. Ireland, 2010-14
J
Richard A. Jacobs, 1993-99
Charles C. Jackson, before 1911-13*
J. Kenneth Jamieson, 1966-74; 1975-99*
Christina H. Jansen, 1971-74
T. Russell Jencks, 1861†
Harbo P. Jensen, 1999-04; 2007-08; 2008-13
Josephine S. Jimenez, 1996-01
Howard W. Johnson, 1966-2009
Sarah Stewart Johnson, 2010-15
Barbara M. Johnston (nee Fowler), 1981-86
Anita K. Jones, 2004-15
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., 1975-80
* indicates Life Members
† indicates the inceptive Corporation Members.
K
E.R. Kane, 1979-89
George M. Keller, 1981-86; 1990-95
Mervin J. Kelly 1953-71*
Nannerl O. Keohane, 1992-97
Breene M. Kerr, 1969-2015*
Paul V. Keyser 1970-77
Owen B. Kiernan, 1957-68
James Rhyne Killian, Jr., 1949-88*
Cleve L. Killingsworth, 2009-14
John R. Kimberly, 1961-66
Edward J. King, 1979-82
Augustus B. Kinzel, 1956-61
Douglas M. Knight, 1965-70
Marcus P. Knowlton, before 1911-12
Semon E. Knudsen, 1960-65; 1967-98*
Charles G. Koch, 1977-82
David H. Koch, 1988-2019*
Fred C. Koch, 1955-60
Kirk D. Kolenbrander, 2006-15
Paul M. Kominers, 2013-18
David I. Kosowsky, 1982-87
Ronald A. Kurtz, 1994-2021*
Raymond C. Kurzweil, 2005-12
L
Ralph Landau, 1965-76; 1976-2004*
James A. Lash, 2000-05; 2006-11
Temitope O. Lawani; 2018-2023
John Lawrence, 1966-71
John H. Lawson, 1981-86
Elliot Cabot Lee, before 1911-21*
George J. Leness, 1949-54; 1961-83*
William B. Lenoir, 1992-97
Alan M. Leventhal, 2013-22*
Norman B. Leventhal, 1975-2015*
James A. Levitan, 1990-2005*
Paul F. Levy, 2006-11
Paul J. Liacos, 1989-96
Frederic W. Lincoln, 1861†
William H. Lincoln, before 1911-26*
Edward H. Linde, 1990-95
Clarence H. Linder, 1958-63
Duncan R. Linsley, 1942-47; 1951-72*
Ellis C. Littman, 1976-80
Alfred L. Loomis, 1931-75*
Robert A. Lovett, 1955-86*
A. Lawrence Lowell, before 1911-43*
Percival Lowell, before 1911-17*
Ralph Lowell, 1949-78*
Bernard Loyd, 1990-95
Marta M. Łuczyńska, 2008-13
Jennifer Lund, 1989-94
Mark E. Lundstrom, 1995-00
Floyd A. Lyon, 1983-88
M
Angus Nathaniel MacDonald, 1973-78; 1981-2012*
Wilfred D. MacDonnell, 1975-80
Allan J. MacEachen, 1975-80
Margaret E. Mahoney, 1984-89
Claudine B. Malone, 1996-2001
Theodore A. Mangelsdorf, 1962-67
Robert W. Mann, 1983-84
Christian J. Matthew, 1985-2016*
Scott P. Marks, Jr., 2001-11
Margaret H. Marshall, 1999-2010
Lissa A. Martinez, 1997-2002
Jerry McAfee, 1977-95*
Samuel W. McCall, 1916-19
Charles B. McCoy, 1973-78
H. W. McCurdy, 1945-50; 1963-89*
Eugene McDermott, 1963-73*
Patrick J. McGovern, 1989-2014
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr., 2003-06
Denman K. McNear, 1977-88
Dana G. Mead, 1996-2018*
F. Richard Meyer, III, 1977-82; 1987-92
Frederick A. Middleton, Jr., 2007-12
E. Kirkbride Miller, 1982-84
Theodore T. Miller, 1957-62
Frank R. Milliken, 1962-67; 1973-91*
Hiram Francis Mills, before 1911-22*
William H. Mills, 1976-81
Hajime Mitarai, 1995-2000
Robert L. Mitchell, 1984-89
Vrajesh Y. Modi, 2016-2021
H. DuBose Montgomery, 1988-93
James A. Moody, 1976-81
Joe F. Moore, 1978-84; 1986-91
Gregory E. Moore, 2003-08
John A. Morefield P.E., 1993-2004
R. Gregory Morgan, 2015-18
Thomas F. Morrow, 1963-68
Sekazi K. Mtingwa, 1971-75
Harold J. Muckley, 1975-99*
Carl M. Mueller, 1969-2021*
James Phinney Munroe, before 1911-29*
Clinton W. Murchison, Jr., 1972-87*
William B. Murphy, 1961-94*
* indicates Life Members
† indicates the inceptive Corporation Members.
N
Barbara W. Newell, 1979-84
Philip C.T. Ng, 2012-2022
Indra Nooyi, 2020-2022
Charles Nowell, 1861†
O
Rita A. O’Brien, 1982-92
Samantha F. O'Keefe, 2014-19
Kenichi Ohmae, 1993-98
Kenneth H. Olsen, 1971-2011*
Paula J. Olsiewski, 2003-09
George Odiorne, 1861†
P
Alejandro Padilla, 2009-14
Hyun-A C. Park; 2018-2023
Joel Parker, 1861†
William P. Parrott, 1861†
Deval L. Patrick, 2007-15
Ellmore Clark Patterson, 1973-2004*
Endicott Peabody, 1963-65
Robert S. Peabody, before 1911-17*
Rhonda E. Peck, 1983-88
I.M. Pei, 1972-77; 1978-83
Benjamin Peirce, 1861†
Alfred E. Perlman, 1965-70
Philip H. Peters, 1969-75
James A. Peyser, 2015-23
John D. Philbrick, 1861†
Carlos Pierce, 1861†
Darcy D. Prather, 1993-98
Frank Press, 1982-2020*
Jonathan Preston, 1861†
Gwilym A. Price, 1952-85*
Stanley M. Proctor, 1978-83
Romano Prodi, 1992-97
Edward M. Purcell, 1962-67
William Lowell Putnam, Sr., before 1911-23*
* indicates Life Members
† indicates the inceptive Corporation Members.
R
Sanjay K. Rao, 2004-09
Harold Raynolds, Jr., 1986-91
James G. Reardon, 1936-39
Charles E. Reed, 1974-79
S. Paul Reville, 2008-13
Jean Riboud, 1980-85
Thomas Rice, 1861†
Edward S. Ritchie, 1861†
Howard L. Richardon, 1975-81
Robert J. Richardson, 1985-90
Harold Bours Richmond, 1933-44; 1952-70*
John P. Robinson, 1861†
Laurance S. Rockefeller, 1960-2004*
Gilbert M. Roddy, 1958-63*
Jorge E. Rodriguez, 2002-07
William B. Rogers, 1861†
H.I. Romnes, 1969-75
Mitt Romney, 2003-07
Matthias D. Ross, 1861†
A. Lawrence Rotch, before 1911-13*
Milton H. Roye, Jr., 2004-09
Paul Rudovsky, 1996-2006
Arthur P. Rugg , 1912-38
Israel Ruiz, 2011-20
John D. Runkle, 1861†
Edwin D. Ryer, 1952-58
S
Pardis C. Sabeti, 1999-2004
Peter M. Saint Germain, 1989-99
Leverett Saltanstall, 1939-45
Arthur J. Samberg, 2003-20*
Francis W. Sargent, 1969-75
David S. Saxon, 1977-82; 1983-2005*
Leslie Tang Schilling, 1998-2003
Leonard H. Schrank, 2011-16
Gerhard H. Schulmeyer, 1997-2000
Antonia D. Schuman, 1995-2000; 2008-14
R. Gary Schweikhardt, 1994-00
Cecily C. Selby, 1974-79
Robert B. Semple, 1961-66; 1967-88*
J. B. Sewall, before 1911-14*
Harlow Shapley, 1932-72*
Linda C. Sharpe, 2000-10
David A. Shepard, 1951-83*
Paul P. Shepherd, 1972-77
William J. Sherry, 1954-59
Donald E. Shobrys, 2014-2015; 2015-20
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, 1861†
Constantine B. Simonides, 1985-94
Barun Singh, 2007-12
Henry E. Singleton, 1968-73
James Slade, 1861†
Peter L. Slavin, 2008-14
Gregory Smith, 1968-94*
Payson Smith, 1917-1936
David Snedden, before 1911-17
Joseph J. Snyder, 1950-95*
Charles H. Spaulding, 1986-11*
Mitchell W. Spellman, 1984-2013
Robert C. Sprague, 1953-91*
James Pierce Stearns, before 1911-20*
J. Paul Sticht, 1979-84
Elisabeth A. Stock, 1997-02
Howard Stockton, before 1911-17*
Charles A. Stone, before 1911-41*
Laurence Storch, 1971-72; 1973-78
Francis H. Storer, 1861†
Julius A. Stratton, 1951-94*
K. Anne Street, 2010-16
Glenn P. Strehle, 1975-98
Neil V. Sullivan, 1969-72
Anthony Sun, 1998-2008
Robert A. Swanson, 1985-90
Jane M. Swift, 2001-03
* indicates Life Members
† indicates the inceptive Corporation Members.
T
Sarah A.L. Tabler, 1986-91
William L. Taggart, 1962-68
Tony K.Y. Tan, 2009-11
Morris Tanenbaum, 1986-2023*
G. Joseph Tauro, 1970-76
Arlene Frances Taylor (nee Roane), 1984-89
Richard L. Terrell, 1975-2000*
Henri A. Termeer, 2006-2017*
Carmen M. Thain, 2013-21
Harold E. Thayer, 1969-74
Nathaniel Thayer, before 1911-12*
Charles A. Thomas, 1950-82*
Elihu Thomson, before 1911-37*
Edward T. Thompson, 1982-87
George W. Thorn, 1965-04*
William B. Thurber, before 1911-14*
Edward S. Tobey, 1861†
Maurice J. Tobin, 1945-47
James P. Tolman, before 1911-15*
Reginald D. Tucker, 1991-96
R. Gregory Turner, 2011-17
James E. Turner, 1973-78
Matthew J. Turner, 1998-03
Lucius Tuttle, before 1911-15*
George W. Tuxbury, 1861†
Laura D. Tyson, 2008-13
* indicates Life Members
† indicates the inceptive Corporation Members.
U, V
Theodore Newton Vail, 1914-20*
Frank Arthur Vanderlip, 1917-37*
Reginald Van Lee, 2010-15
Charles M. Vest, 2004-13*
Edward O. Vetter, 1973-09*
George R. Vila, 1966-71
John A. Volpe, 1961-63; 1965-69
W
Emily V. Wade, 1979-2024*
Jeptha H. Wade, 1969-79
Mary Frances Wagley, 1970-2020*
Robin M. Wagner, 1987-92
David I. Walsh, 1914-16
Mark Y.D. Wang, 1994-99
Charles E. Ware, 1861†
Max L. Waterman, 1955-60
Thomas J. Watson, Jr., 1957-62
Colin O. Webb, II; 2018-2023
Edwin S. Webster, 1911-35*
William Webster, 1959-72*
D. Reid Weedon, Jr., 1961-67; 1970-2016*
Harris Weinstein, 1989-95
William J. Weisz, 1975-85; 1991-97
William F. Weld, 1991-97
Thomas H. West, 1948-53
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., 1984-86
Dolores Wharton, 1987-94
Helen F. Whitaker, 1976-82
Uncas A. Whitaker, 1961-75*
Chiquita V. White, 2006-15
Edwin C. Whitehead, 1989-92*
Jasper Whiting, 1916-20
Pamela T. Whitman, 1971-76
Alia Whitney-Johnson, 2011-16
George E. Whitwell, 1937-42
Emily L. Wick, 1978-83
R. Robert Wickham, 1996-2001
Jerome B. Wiesner, 1971-94
George Wigglesworth, before 1911-30*
Albert Wiggin, 1931-34*
Marshall P. Wilder, 1861†
Salmon W. Wilder, 1925-30
Robert E. Wilhelm, 1997-2007
Raymond S. Wilkins, 1956-70
Levi L. Willcutt, 1861†
Francis Henry Williams, before 1911-35*
Henry Williams, 1861†
Ronald A. Williams, 2014-19
Kathryn A. Willmore, 1994-06
David R. Wilson, 1976-77; 1980-85
Irving W. Wilson, 1943-45; 1951-77*
John J. Wilson, 1958-85*
Robert E. Wilson, 1941-46
Thornton A. Wilson, 1968-73; 1984-99*
Arthur Winslow, 1912-16
Robert H. Winters, 1960-69*
Elliot K. Wolk, 1996-2001
Frederick W. Wood, 1907-11
Robert B. Woodward, 1966-71
Katrina M. Wooton, 1977-79
Anita Xiao Qi Wu 2017-2022
Frank S. Wyle, 1982-87; 1988-93
Heidi R. Wyle, 1982-87
X, Y, Z
Whitney M. Young, Jr., 1970-71
Rufus E. Zimmerman, 1935-40
* indicates Life Members
† indicates the inceptive Corporation Members.