50-Year Achievers (2007-2024)

The list of 50-year achievers continues to grow as time passes. The commitment these individuals have to the success of MIT inspires excellence in those of us just starting our careers here. Great thanks goes out to all of our longtime colleagues!
Our beloved coworkers who have passed away are remembered with the following mark.
Harold Abelson
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Brian F. Adams
Lincoln Laboratory
Roshan L. Aggarwal
Lincoln Laboratory
January 21, 2022
Maureen Ahern
Office of the Vice President for Finance – Travel and Card Services
Thomas Allen
Sloan School of Management
Nancy J. Alusow
Lincoln Laboratory
Robert C. Armstrong
Department of Chemical Engineering
Michael Artin
Department of Mathematics
Nicholas A. Ashford
School of Engineering
Deborah M. Atwood
MIT Federal Credit Union
Maria T. Bachini
MIT Health
Arthur B. Baggeroer
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Arnold I. Barnett
Sloan School of Management
Dennis Baron
Information Systems & Technology
Paul Henry Bauer
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Ulrich J. Becker
Department of Physics
Julian Beinart
Department of Architecture
John Winston Belcher
Department of Physics
Moshe E. Ben-Akiva
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
George Benedek
Department of Physics
Robert Berger
Lincoln Laboratory
Suzanne Berger
Department of Political Science
Alan D. Bernard
Lincoln Laboratory
Aron M. Bernstein
Department of Physics
Stephen L. Bernstein
Lincoln Laboratory
John U. Beusch
Lincoln Laboratory
Emilio Bizzi
Institute Professor
Robert J. Bobricki
Department of Biology
David R. Bold
Lincoln Laboratory
Edward Boughan
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Louis Braida
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
James Bruce
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Louis L. Bucciarelli, Jr.
Program in Science, Technology, and Society
Joseph D. Burger
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Bernard Burke
Department of Physics
Stephen K. Burns
Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
June 16, 2024
Michael L. Burrows
Lincoln Laboratory
Claude R. Canizares
Department of Physics
Min Chen
Department of Physics
Sow-Hsin Chen
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
June 26, 2021
Hung Cheng
Department of Mathematics
Eleanor Chin
Sloan School of Management
Noam Chomsky
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Nazli Choucri
Department of Political Science
Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis
Department of Mechanical Engineering
David D. Clark
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
George Clark
Department of Physics
April 6, 2023
Deborah J. Cohen
School of Engineering
Clark K. Colton
Department of Chemical Engineering
Jerome Connor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
March 31, 2024
Chathan M. Cooke
Research Laboratory of Electronics
Fernando Corbato
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
July 31, 2019
Eric R. Cosman
Department of Physics
July 17, 2017
Charles C. Counselman, III
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Ernest G. Cravalho
Department of Mechanical Engineering
April 13, 2021
Janet L. Cronin
Corporate Relations – OSATT
James M. Daley
Research Laboratory of Electronics
Ramachandra Rao Dasari
Department of Chemistry
April 12, 2020
Richard L. de Neufville
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Maureen DeCourcey
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jack Dennis
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
John M. Deutch
Institute Professor
C. Forbes Dewey Jr.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
John Jacob Deyst
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Peter A. Diamond
Institute Professor
Steven M. Dimond
Copy Technology Centers
Peter S. Donaldson
Literature Section
Judith A. Donlan
Lincoln Laboratory
Mildred "Millie" Dresselhaus
Institute Professor
February 20, 2017
Michael J. Driscoll
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
December 31, 2020
Deena L. Dubin
Lincoln Laboratory
Richard M. Dudley
Department of Mathematics
John Dugundji
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
December 20, 2020
Thomas H. Dupree
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Ira Dyer
Department of Mechanical Engineering
October 28, 2016
Jean M. Dzengeleski
Office of the Provost
Herbert H. Einstein
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Lawrence Evans
Department of Chemical Engineering
Katherine A. Fellows
Lincoln Laboratory
July 10, 2024
Richard R. Fenner
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Joseph Ferreira, Jr.
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Leslie A. Finck
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Edward Fitzgerald
Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Woodie C. Flowers
Department of Mechanical Engineering
October 12, 2019
Robert M. Fogelson
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Clifton G. Fonstad, Jr.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Eleanor Forsberg
Lincoln Laboratory
June 28, 2024
Maurice Fox
Department of Biology
January 26, 2020
Frederick August Frey
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
September 23, 2021
Jerome Friedman
Department of Physics
Lawrence Frishkopf
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
June 25, 2021
Donna M. Fucillo
Department of Facilities – Custodial Services
Harry Gatos
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Stephanie M. George
Office of the Provost
Leon R. Glicksman
Department of Architecture
John N. Goddard
Office of the Vice President for Finance – Procurement
Robert F. Goeke
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Reinhard K. Goethert
Department of Architecture
Michael W. Golay
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Ann M. Graybiel
Institute Professor
Ann M. Graybiel
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Institute Professor
Frederick Greene
Department of Chemistry
Thomas J. Greytak
Department of Physics
Robert Guy Griffin
Department of Chemistry
Peter Griffith
Department of Mechanical Engineering
March 5, 2022
Victor W. Guillemin
Department of Mathematics
Henry F. Hall
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Kent Hansen
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
John H. Harbison
Music and Theater Arts
Jerry A. Hausman
Department of Economics
Alan V. Hein
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Frederick Hennie, III
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
October 23, 2023
Kenneth L. Hewitt
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Peter E. Hicks
Department of Facilities – Mail Services
Walter Hollister
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
September 9, 2023
Berthold K.P. Horn
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
David E. Housman
Department of Biology
David E. Housman
Department of Biology
Louis A. Isgur
Information Systems & Technology
Yukikazu Iwasa
Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Robert L. Jaffe
Department of Physics
Willard R. Johnson
Department of Political Science
October 29, 2023
John Kangas
Lincoln Laboratory
William Kantrowitz
Lincoln Laboratory
Barbara C. Karampalas
Department of Biological Engineering
Gordon Kaufman
Sloan School of Management
Daniel S. Kemp
Department of Chemistry
May 2, 2020
Jack Kerrebrock
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
July 19, 2019
Langley C. Keyes, Jr.
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
February 13, 2025
Alvin C. Kibel
Literature Section
James L. Kirtley Jr.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vera Kistiakowsky
Department of Physics
December 11, 2021
Daniel J. Kleitman
Department of Mathematics
Daniel Kleppner
Department of Physics
June 16, 2025
Wade M. Kornegay
Lincoln Laboratory
Stanley Kowalski
Department of Physics
Chester Kurys
Lincoln Laboratory
Richard T. Lacoss
Lincoln Laboratory
Richard C. Lanza
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Richard C. Larson
Engineering Systems Division
Virginia R. (Jeannie) Lauricella
Office of the President – Institute Affairs
Heather Nan Lechtman
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Ping M. Lee
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Andrew B. Lippman
Program in Media Arts and Sciences
Barbara H. Liskov
Institute Professor
Dave Litster
Department of Physics
Harvey F. Lodish
Department of Biology
Earle L. Lomon
Department of Physics
March 7, 2025
Stuart E. Madnick
Sloan School of Management
Ole S. Madsen
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thomas L. Magnanti
Institute Professor, Sloan School of Management
Richard S. Marcus
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Roger G. Mark
Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
Joseph T. Mayhan
Lincoln Laboratory
William McGonagle
Lincoln Laboratory
John McMillan
Lincoln Laboratory
Chiang Chung Mei
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jeffrey A. Meldman
Sloan School of Management
Paul T. Menadier
Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
Borivoje Mikic
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jerome H. Milgram
Department of Mechanical Engineering
December 21, 2021
Frederick E. Miller
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Theresa J. C. Mislick
Office of the Arts
Fred Moavenzadeh
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ernest J. Moniz
Department of Physics
Rachel Morton
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Joel Moses
Institute Professor
May 29, 2022
Stewart C. Myers
Sloan School of Management
Alan Natapoff
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
David M. Nathanson
Lincoln Laboratory
Nicholas P. Negroponte
Media Lab
J. Nicholas Newman
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Barbara H. Nickerson
Office of the Vice President for Finance – Sponsored Accounting
Carl E. Nielsen
Lincoln Laboratory
Charles Niessen
Lincoln Laboratory
April 22, 2022
Wayne O'Neil
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
March 22, 2020
Amedeo R. Odoni
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Charles M. Oman
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Alan V. Oppenheim
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vincent A. Orlando
Lincoln Laboratory
David M. Otten
Research Laboratory of Electronics
Frances M. Page
Materials Processing Center
David A. Palmer
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Ronald E. Parker
Information Systems & Technology
Lisa R. Peattie
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
December 13, 2018
Paul Penfield, Jr.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
June 22, 2021
Sheldon Penman
Department of Biology
September 27, 2021
Muriel A. Petranic
Office of the President – Gray House
Gordon Pettengill
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
May 8, 2021
Robert S. Pindyck
Sloan School of Management
Michael J. Piore
Department of Economics
Charlene M. Placido
Office of the Provost
Irwin Pless
Department of Physics
William L. Porter
Department of Architecture
Mary C. Potter
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
William F. Pounds
Sloan School of Management
August 31, 2023
Ronald G. Prinn
Center for Global Change Science
David E. Pritchard
Department of Physics
Ronald Probstein
Department of Mechanical Engineering
September 19, 2021
Dennis H. Pruslin
Lincoln Laboratory
July 28, 2018
Charles Rader
Lincoln Laboratory
Uttam L. Rajbhandary
Department of Biology
Saul A. Rappaport
Department of Physics
Robert Rediker
Research Laboratory of Electronics
December 29, 2018
Albert P. Richard
Lincoln Laboratory
George R. Ricker
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
James Ritchie
Lincoln Laboratory
Edward B. Roberts
Sloan School of Management
February 27, 2024
Alan E.E. Rogers
Haystack Observatory
Robert Michael Rose
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Lawrence Rosenson
Department of Physics
Mary Rowe
Sloan School of Management
Kenneth C. Russell
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
March 30, 2020
Gerald E. Sacks
Department of Mathematics
October 4, 2019
Jerome H. Saltzer
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Harvey M. Sapolsky
Department of Political Science
Edgar Schein
Sloan School of Management
Peter Schiller
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
December 23, 2023
Richard L. Schmalensee
Sloan School of Management
Gerald Edward Schneider
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
December 11, 2024
Michael S. Scott Morton
Sloan School of Management
Marie E. Seamon
Institute Events, MIT Conference Services
February 10, 2022
Campbell Searle
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Stephen D. Senturia
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dietmar Seyferth
Department of Chemistry
June 6, 2020
Jeffrey H. Shapiro
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Thomas Sheridan
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ethan R. Signer
Department of Biology
Anthony J. Sinskey
Department of Biology
February 12, 2025
Jay Sklar
Lincoln Laboratory
Eugene Skolnikoff
Department of Political Science
Richard L. Slattery
Lincoln Laboratory
Henry Ignatius Smith
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kenneth A. Smith
Department of Chemical Engineering
David M. Snider
Lincoln Laboratory
Lydia S. Snover
Office of the Provost
Antonio M. Soares
Lincoln Laboratory
John B. Southard
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Diana Lees Spiegel
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Ronald E. Sprague
Lincoln Laboratory
Nancy W. Stauffer
MIT Energy Initiative
Arthur Steinberg
Anthropology Program
April 3, 2022
Lisa A. Steiner
Department of Biology
Jeffrey I. Steinfeld
Department of Chemistry
Timothy Stephens
Literature Section
Mark L. Stevens
Lincoln Laboratory
Irvin Stiglitz
Lincoln Laboratory
Gilbert Strang
Department of Mathematics
Nam Pyo Suh
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lawrence E. Susskind
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Gerald J. Sussman
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Joseph M. Sussman
Engineering Systems Division
March 20, 2018
John A. Tabaczynski
Lincoln Laboratory
Steven R. Tannenbaum
Department of Biological Engineering
Edwin F. Taylor
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
April 22, 2025
Peter Temin
Department of Economics
August 4, 2025
William G. Thilly
Department of Biological Engineering
December 24, 2024
Marcus A. Thompson
Institute Professor
Richard Thornton
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
May 16, 2023
Samuel Ting
Department of Physics
M. Nafi Toksoz
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Alan Toomre
Department of Mathematics
Glen L. Urban
Sloan School of Management
Wallace Vander Velde
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
May 16, 2019
Robin Verdier
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Eric A. von Hippel
Sloan School of Management
Frederick G. Walther
Lincoln Laboratory
Daniel I. C. Wang
Institute Professor
August 31, 2020
William Watson
History Section
August 13, 2022
James C. Weaver
Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
November 3, 2023
Robert A. Weinberg
Department of Biology
Stephen D. Weiner
Lincoln Laboratory
Clifford J. Weinstein
Lincoln Laboratory
Rainer Weiss
Department of Physics
August 25, 2025
Jerry Welch
Lincoln Laboratory
Sandy Wellford
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Roy E. Welsch
Sloan School of Management
William C. Wheaton
Center for Real Estate
Patricia A. White
Vice President for Research
Daniel E. Whitney
Sociotechnical Systems Research Center
Sheila Widnall
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Claude F. Williamson
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
October 1, 2021
David Gordon Wilson
Department of Mechanical Engineering
May 2, 2019
Gerald Wilson
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Nigel H. M. Wilson
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Patrick Henry Winston
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
July 19, 2019
Gerald N. Wogan
Department of Biological Engineering
July 16, 2021
M. Loren Wood
Lincoln Laboratory
Bernhardt J. Wuensch
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
April 3, 2024
Carl I. Wunsch
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Richard Jay Wurtman
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
December 14, 2022
Ioannis V. Yannas
Health Sciences and Technology Program
Sidney Yip
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering