Agency by agency, we frequently have lost a bit of ground, at least to inflation-but had it not been for the efforts we’ve made to educate people about the importance of science, technology and advanced education, those predictions very well might have come true.
Charles Marstiller Vest Quotes
Showing all quotesBirth: | 9th September, 1941 |
Death: | 12th December, 2013 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Educator, Mechanical Engineer |
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Charles Marstiller Vest was a U.S. educator and engineer. He served as President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990 until December 2004. He was succeeded as President by Susan Hockfield. Vest served on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and chaired the Task Force on the Future of Science Programs at the Department of Energy. At the request of President Bill Clinton, he chaired the Committee on the Redesign of the International Space Station, which revitalized the space station at a time when its future was in question. On February 6, 2004, he was appointed to the Iraq Intelligence Commission by President George W. Bush. He was later appointed president of the National Academy of Engineering.
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