The Birth of MIT

oOn April 10, 1861 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts approved the charter for the incorporation of “Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Boston Society of Natural History” founded by William Barton Rogers.

oMIT admitted its first female named Ellen Swallow Richards in 1870. She became MIT’s first faculty specializing in sanitary chemistry.

First President of MIT William Barton RogersVision and Mission:

William Barton Rogers, a natural scientist, sought to establish a “new” form of higher education to address the rapid advances in science and technology. The “Rogers Plan” as it was known was rooted in three (3) principles:#1. The educational value of useful knowledge#2. The necessity of “learning by doing” #3. Integrating a professional and liberal arts education

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Maps of MIT

o Map of MIT 1905 o Map of MIT 2010

1916:FOUNDER OF EASTMAN KODAK, DONATED THE FUNDS TO MIT TO PURCHASE A “MILE-LONG” TRACT OF SWAMP AND INDUSTRIAL LAND ALONG THE CAMBRIDGE SIDE OF THE CHARLES RIVER. A NEW ERA IN MIT’S HISTORY BEGAN WHEN IT MOVED INTO ITS NEW CAMBRIDGE CAMPUS IN 1916. IT IS ALSO SAID THAT STUDENTS RUB HIS NOSE FOR LUCK.

George Eastman

5 Schools of MIT and 1 College

Great Dome

School of Engineering

School of ArchitectureAnd Planning

Sloan School of Management

Whittaker College

School of Humanities, Arts

and Social Science

School of Science

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Honor and Awards

Recipients:

- 75 Nobel Laureates

-47 National Medal of Science recipients

-31 McArthur Fellows award recipients

Structure:

oLevel 1 Level 2 2009

Faculty1025

Professors of all ranks

StudentsUndergraduates and Graduates

10,385International

3,150 from 117 countries

Employees10,500

1881

Faculty38

Students302

Employees

Our 16th President and First womenDr. Susan Hockfield

o MIT has a distinctive mission and history that set us apart from other universities. When the Institute was established almost 150 years ago, our first President, William Barton Rogers, envisioned a new kind of academic institution-one that could, as he put it, "serve the times and the nation's needs."

o Those principles have served us well, and today our work - in engineering, the natural and social sciences, the humanities and the arts - reaches people the world over. The Institute community extends far beyond campus, embracing international partners and more than 100,000 alumni around the globe.

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-Susan Hockfield

The first sitting President to visit MIT and we got the Presidential seal of approval…….

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