Alumni Profiles Archive
Chris Adler '94: Composer's New Work Premieres at Carnegie Hall
Jennifer Allora SM '03: Artist Explores the Poitical Power of Music
David Altshuler '86: Decoding Genetic Risk Factors for Disease
Nancy Andrews PhD '85: MD-PhD Graduate Leads Duke Medical School
Diran Apelian ScD '73: Pioneering Work in Metals Wins Acta Materialia
W. Gerald Austen '51: Surgeon Helped Pioneer Boston Hospital Innovations
Tadatoshi Akiba PhD '70: Hiroshima Mayor Lives His Passion for Peace
Nariman Behravesh '70: Forecasting Economic Trends with Precision
Brian Bilello '97: Revolution COO Banks on a New Soccer Age
Anita Bizzotto SM '99: Postal Service Executive Delivers the Message
Susan Blank '83: Detective Skills Help Doctor Tackle STDs
Joost Bonsen '90, SM '06 and Saul Griffith SM '00, PhD '04: Alumni Create Howtoons and the Birth of Open Kid Ware
Joseph Bordogna SM '60: Professor Shares His Passion for Science Education
Frank Lee "Skip" Bowman SM '73: Championing a Future for Nuclear Energy
Danah Boyd SM '02: Celebrity Academic Studies Teen Life Online
The Baron of Information Integration
Twenty years ago, MIT professor Stuart Madnick '66, SM '69, EE '71, PhD '72 did something so completely out of character that he surprised even himself. He bought a 14th-century English castle. Recently, he acquired the title of baron from the British government to become the new Baron of Langley.
Aviva Brecher '68, SM '68: Transportation Expert Studies Magnetic Levitation Solutions
Timothy Carney '66: Foreign Service Career Devoted to Peacekeeping
Karen Caswelch '84: GM Executive Pioneers a New Balance
Nicolas Chammas SM '87: Businessman Fosters Middle East Entrepreneurship
Albert M. Chan SM '99, PhD '04: MIT Engineer Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You
Robin Chase SM '86: Zipcar Founder Promotes Sustainability in Transportation and Urban Planning
Hanson Cheah '88, SM '89: Entrepreneur Cofounded First Asian IT Venture Capital Firm
Ralph J. Cicerone '65: Atmospheric Scientist Heads National Academy of Sciences
Denis Coleman '70, SM '70: Founder of Winning Companies from Spell Check to Biotech
Mathias Craig SM '03: BlueEnergy Founder Named CNN Hero for Nicaraguan Project
Csaba Csere '75: Love of Fast Cars Drove His Career
Alan Davidson '89, SM '93: Applying Technology and Policy Expertise at Google
Charles Dean SM '93: Alumnus Aims to Cut Soldier Load Weight
Dr. Peter Harry Diamandis '83, SM '88: Building a Private Path to the Space Frontier
Karen Dillon '79: KidSource Founder Balances Career and Family
Keith Dionne SM '88, PhD '90: Pharma Head/Mormon Bishop Finds Challenge in Two Worlds
Elisabeth Drake '58, ScD '66: Promoting Sustainable Energy and Connecting Lives
Erika Ebbel '04: Miss Massachusetts Alumna Competes in the 2004 Miss America Pageant
Nina Eigerman SM '93: Consultant Pioneers à La Carte Services
Mary Morwaread Farbood SM '01, PhD '06: Award-Winning Harpsichordist Creates Hyperscore
Stanley Feder '66: CIA Analyst Turns to a New Taste
Mike Fincke '89: Mission on International Space Station Is Dream Come True for Alumnus
Jay Fiske MBA '98, SM '98: Innovation Fuels New Solar Venture
James Flanagan SM '50, ScD '55: Voice-Mail Pioneer Launched Second Career in Higher Education
Celia Francis SM '94: Inventing a WeeWorld of Avatars with Attitude
Owen Franken '68: Photojournalist Takes the Road Less Traveled
Jennifer Frazer SM '04: Science Writer Intrigued by "Weird, Cool Living Things"
Dora Leong Gallo MCP '92: Affordable-Housing Advocate Helps People with Special Needs
Harvey Gantt MCP '70: Architect and Politician Focuses on Cities
Joseph Gavin '41, SM '42: Grumman Head Worked to Save Apollo 13
Championing a Future for Nuclear Energy
Frank Lee "Skip" Bowman SM '73 stepped into his current role as president and CEO of the nuclear industry's policy organization, the Nuclear Energy Institute, after a successful 38-year career in the U.S. Navy.
Thomas P. Gerrity '63, SM '64, PhD '70: Wharton Professor Makes IT a Strategic Business Tool
Robert Goodman '75: Teacher Shares His Love of Physics
Morton Goulder '42: Serial Entrepreneur Supports Communities and Startups
Ann Graybiel PhD '71: MIT Neuroscience Professor Asks Why Bad Habits Are So Hard to Break
Sally Green, SM '78: Federal Reserve Role Shapes Everyday Economics
Irene Greif '69, SM '72, PhD '75: Knitting Together Computers and People
Matt Haggerty '83, SM '86: Volunteering with Enterprise Forum Helps Alumnus Garner Business Acumen
Carol Handwerker '77, SM '78, ScD '83: Materials Scientist Sets National Standards
Juan Jose Hermosilla '57: Renowned Structural Engineer Also Made His Mark in Athletics
Henry Houh '89, '90, SM '91, PhD '98: Houh Puts Computer Science Background to Work for Alumni Association
Brian G.R. Hughes '77 and Paul Rudovsky '66: Alumni Step into Fashion Shoe Business
Tom Imrich '69, SM '71: From Flight of Fancy to Fancy Flying
Ken Isaacson '75: Plotting Legal Thrillers Outside the Box
Sameera Iyengar '93: Math Major Makes a Career in Theater
Leah H. Jamieson '71: Engineering Projects Deliver Community Service Solutions
Harbo Jensen PhD '74: Where Is MIT? Asks Alumni Association President
Charles W. Johnson BE '55: Numerical-Analysis Pioneer Began with the Whirlwind Computer
Soulaymane Kachani SM '00, PhD '02: Innovating Management of Dynamic Pricing and Inventory
Brewster Kahle '82: Wayback Machine Seeks to Capture the Internet for All
Michael Kaiser SM '77: Breathing New Life into Arts Organizations
Jeffrey Katz SM '80: Aeronautics Grad Leads High-Flying Change at Orbitz, Swissair
Andrew F. Kay '40: Building Quality in Computers and Work Flow
John S. W. Kellett '47, SM '48: Retired chemical engineer makes activism a second career
Cleve Killingsworth '75: Health Care CEO Seeks Collaborative Solution to Excess Costs
Kenneth Klein '63: Executive Computerized Television Traffic Systems
Jerry Knoblach '85: Knoblach Uses Weather Balloons to Provide Wireless Service to Rural Areas
Sriram Krishnan SM '01, PhD '07: Grand Integrator Works on Calculus and Community
Ron Kurtz '54, '59, SM '60: A Professional Evolution from Materials Manufacturer to Photography Dealer
Joanna Lahey, PhD '05: Empirical Economist Documents Age Discrimination
Shelley Lake SM '79: Pioneering a Path through the Arts and Healing
Juli Lee '89, MBA '95: Designer and Businesswoman Makes Her Mark on Fashion Industry
Norman Leventhal '38: Alumnus Devotes Career to Enriching Public Spaces
R. Duncan Luce '45, PhD '50: Luce wins the National Medal of Science in Behavioral Science
Christian MacQuarrie Klein '91, '92, MA '97 & Kristin Leigh Newton '91: Senior Photo Foretells a Full Life Together
Stuart Madnick '66, SM '69, EE '71, PhD '72: The Baron of Information Integration
Matt Mankins SM '03: Used Book Store Owner Looks to Revitalize Industry with Ingenuity, Code
Chris Martin '98, SM '99 & Tara Martin '00, MNG '01: Research Scientists Tackle Ironman Challenges
Jacquelyn Martino PhD '06: Art + Computation = Experimental Technology
Prisca Marvin '85: Attorney Champions Autism Research
William Massaquoi SM '07: A Man Who Would Not Walk Away from Africa
James McLurkin '94, SM '04: 2003 Lemelson-MIT Award Winner Continues to Push Forward
GM Executive Pioneers a New Balance
Karen Caswelch '84, who broke into the male-dominated auto industry when few women or minorities were in the field, has spent much of her life bucking trends and setting precedents.
Roseanna Means '76, SM '77: Physician Provides Accessible Medical Care for Homeless Women
Julie Moir Messervy MAR '78, MCP '78: Landscape Designer Unlocks Secret Gardens
Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe '68: Internet Pioneer Earns Medal of Technology
Eric Mibuari '06: IT Analyst Founds Technology Center in Kenya
John Miller '64: Path to Bassoon Mastery Winds through MIT
Kaidra Mitchell MBA '02: Corporate Career Detours to Tajikistan
Paul V. Mockapetris '70: Alumnus Brings Domain Name Simplicity to the Internet
Kimberly Moore '90, SM '91: Youngest Judge Appointed to U.S. Court of Appeals
Claudio Moraga SM '62: Machine-Learning Expert Bridges International Borders
Daryl Morey MBA '00: Playing the Basketball Game with Numbers
Willard Morrison '40: Inventor Pioneered Built-In Antimicrobial Technology
Robert Emmett Mueller '48: An Artful Path through Painful Times
Arun Muralidhar PhD '92: Pension Strategist Helps Fund Managers See the Future
Richard Muther '38, SM '41: Early Break Sparks Career in Production Management
Adil Najam SM '96, PhD '01: Climate Change Work Helps Net Nobel Prize for IPCC
Barry Nalebuff '80: Crafting Strategies for Better Living
Gauri Nanda SM '05: Clocky's Inventor Builds a Business
Robert Nicol SM '01: Manufacturing Expertise Speeds Up DNA Advances
Rosa Obregon '04: Aerospace Technologist Named a Latina Woman of the Year
Dennis Overbye '66: New York Times Reporter Covers Science Wonders
David Overskei PhD '76: Nuclear Expert Focuses on National Security and Public Safety Data
Jorge Díaz Padilla PhD '74: Engineering Consultant Takes On International Professional Leadership
Joseph Palaia, SM '06: Targeting the Commercial Potential of Mars
Bradford Parkinson SM '61: Making global positioning systems a reality
Susanne Paul '88, SM '95, PhD '99: Hands-On Experience Inspires Innovator of the Year
Joseph Pedlosky '59, SM '60, PhD '63: Discovering the Ocean's Wind-Driven Patterns
Tom Perkins '53: Venture Capitalist Launches a Superyacht—and a Novel
Michael Perlmutter '73, EE '75, SM '75: Founding a Fiber-Optic Firm and MIT Family
Arlie Petters PhD '91: Duke Mathematician Seeks Fourth Dimension
Randal Pinkett MBA '98, SM '98, PhD '02: MIT Alumnus Enters the Boardroom on The Apprentice 4
Carl Wilhelm "Calie" Pistorius SM '94: Transforming South Africa's Educational Landscape
Francesco Pompei '72, SM '72 & Joseph Pompei PhD '02: Father, Son Tackle Heat, Sound
Nicholas Powley '04: Inventor Hangs Out His Shingle
James Prigoff '47: Former Executive, Now Photographer, Documents Spray-Can Art
Daniel Alan Radler '79: Living the Joy of DanceSport
Cliff Reid '79: OCW Helps Entrepreneur Switch to Biotech
David Samuel '94: Internet Radio Pioneer Takes on the High-Tech Toilet
Roberto Sanchez-Ramos '89: Family's Public Service Inspires Puerto Rico's Top Attorney
Larry Sass SM '94, PhD '00: Professor Sees 3-D Modeling in Architecture's Future
Bobby Satcher '86, PhD '93: Orthopedic Surgeon Picked by NASA for Astronaut Training Program
Tom Scholz '69, SM '70: It's Been Quite a Ride for Creative Force Behind Rock Band Boston
Gerald Schroeder '59, SM '61, PhD '65: Nuclear Scientist Sees No God-Science Conflict
Toni Schuman '58: Meet the Alumni Association's New President
Smita N. Shah SM '96: Earning the Confidence to Build Bridges Professionally and Personally
Kairos Shen, MAR '91: Urban Planner Shapes Boston
Marilyn Shilkoff '54: Alumna's Career Evolves from Aeronautical Engineering to Gerontology
Andrew Silver '64, SM '67: Fostering Creativity on Film
Adam Simha '88: Passion for Drumming Turns to Steel Design
Dinah Singer '69: Blending Bench Biochemistry with the Fight against Cancer
Megan Smith '86, SM '88: Pioneering Change from PlanetOut to Google Earth
Charles Solenberger '57, SM '59: Growing a Family Orchard
Stephanie Sonnabend SM '79: Hotel Magnate Supports Teen Philanthropy
A. Hartie Spence Jr. '87: Double Rewards Come from Helping When a Fraternity Calls
Eve Sprunt '72, SM '73: Digging Deep for Alternative Energy Resources
Christina Stanley '85: Medical Examiner Supports Prevention
Bill Stern '40, SM '41: Ninety and Still Running Strong
Nam Pyo Suh '59, SM '61: MIT Professor Heads Korean Institute
Melody Swartz PhD '98: Intercellular Flows May Enable New Organ Growth
Jason Szuminski '01: Pitcher Brings New Level of Play to the Major Leagues
Cha-Rie Tang '73 & Bruce Hubbard '73: Marrying Art and Science
Jessamy Tang '89: Sports Enthusiast Launches ESPN Radio Boston
Martin Y. Tang, SM '72: Tang Takes Office as Association's First International President
Marty Tenenbaum '64, EE '66, SM '66: AI Expert Launched Internet Transactions
Lisa Catherine Tener '84, SM '89: Creativity Coach Shares Tools for Transforming Anger
John Tracy '65: Entrepreneur's Focus Evolves from Semiconductor Lasers to Wine
Jennifer Harris Trosper '90: NASA's Spirit Mission Manager Takes Rover Out for a Drive on Mars
Laura Trust MBA '96: Entrepreneur and Alumnus Husband Finagle a Bagel—Literally
Grace W. Ueng '87: Marketing Exec Rebounds After Near-Fatal Crash
Andrew Viterbi '56, SM '57: Digital Communications Inventor Began in the Sputnik Era
Janice Voss SM '77, PhD '87: Sci-Fi Turns High-Fly for Astronaut
Emily "Paddy" Vanderbilt Wade '45: Partnering with Museums to Excite Children about Science
Mary Frances Wagley '47: Learning Chemistry Front and Center
Kenneth Wang '71: Association President Encourages Connection
Meredith Warshaw '79: Nurturing a Gifted Child with Learning Disabilities
Lindsay "Butch" A. Weaver '76, SM '78: Why Grow Water Lilies in Colorado?
Carol Ann Wehle '78: Managing Florida's Everglades Restoration Project
Annalisa L. Weigel '94, '95, SM '00, PhD '02: Sagan's Cosmos Sparked a Career in Aerospace Systems
Eric Wilhelm '99, SM '01, PhD '04: Instructables Pioneer Loves to Kite-Surf
Richard Wilson SM '76: Solo Sailor Shares Adventures with K-12 Students
Michal Woll SM '87: Rabbi Builds Community in Vermont
Yaron Zilberman '94, SM '94: Documentary Filmmaker Champions '30s Jewish Swimmer
Jon Kabat Zinn PhD '71: Bringing Mindfulness to Science, Medicine, and Daily Life
