James Rhyne Killian Jr. (July 24, 1904 – January 29, 1988) was the 10th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from 1948 until 1959....
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thoroughness with which it pursues these objectives. —MIT president James Rhyne Killian These activities affected MIT profoundly. A 1949 report noted the...
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See also, James Rhyne Killian, 10th president of MIT. James Kilian (born October 24, 1980) is an American former professional football quarterback. Kilian...
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Sports Federation Gustav Killian (1860–1921), a German laryngologist for whom Killian's dehiscence is named James Rhyne Killian (1904–1988), the 11th president...
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Peter Staley, is an AIDS activist. His maternal grandfather was James Rhyne Killian, who served as the President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
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" The career path of James Rhyne Killian illustrates the close ties between Technology Review and the Institute. In 1926, Killian graduated from college...
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new American campuses. The Great Court, renamed Killian Court in 1974 after President James Rhyne Killian, faces the river and the Boston skyline and "emphasizes...
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of Cuba by the United States. Scientists such as Edwin H. Land, James Rhyne Killian who had originally conceived the U-2 and had advocated for its development...
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Samuel Wesley Stratton (1923–1930) Karl Taylor Compton (1930–1948) James Rhyne Killian (1948–1959) Julius Adams Stratton (1959–1966) Howard Wesley Johnson...
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office 1930–1948 Preceded by Samuel Wesley Stratton Succeeded by James Rhyne Killian Personal details Born (1887-09-14)September 14, 1887 Wooster, Ohio...
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the United States Armed Forces, including Horace Rowan Gaither, James Rhyne Killian, James McCormack, and Julius Adams Stratton. In April 1959, a site was...
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(1922) Samuel Wesley Stratton (1923) Karl Taylor Compton (1930) James Rhyne Killian (1948) Julius Adams Stratton (1959) Howard Wesley Johnson (1966)...
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by James Rhyne Killian Succeeded by Howard Wesley Johnson 1st Chancellor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology In office 1956–1959 President James Rhyne...
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Great Court, renamed Killian Court in 1974 after President James Rhyne Killian, faces the river and the Boston skyline. Killian Court was originally hard-paved...
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member of United States House of Representatives for Mississippi James Rhyne Killian '21: Former president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ralph...
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Selwyn Lloyd. The advocacy of PSAC, including that of its chairmen James Rhyne Killian and George Kistiakowsky, was a key factor in Eisenhower's eventual...
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campus in Cambridge. In Maclaurin's honor, the buildings that surround Killian Court on the oldest part of the campus are sometimes called the Maclaurin...
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Sidgwick), ed., Life and Letters of William Barton Rogers (Boston, 1897) J. R. Killian, Jr., "William Barton Rogers" in Technology Review, v. 60 (1958), pp. 105–8...
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James Mason Crafts (March 8, 1839 – June 20, 1917) was an American chemist, mostly known for developing the Friedel–Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions...
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professional baseball player, graduated from Blacksburg High School in 1994 James Rhyne Killian, 10th president of MIT, from 1948 until 1959 Mikki Moore, professional...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower 1961 Mervin J. Kelly 1962 Walker Lee Cisler 1963 James Rhyne Killian Jr. 1964 John Alexander McCone 1966 Lillian Moller Gilbreth 1967...
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newly manufactured aviation material. Includes the administrations of James R. Killian (1948-1959) and Julius A. Stratton (1959-1966) MIT was drastically...
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1975–1996 1975: James Rhyne Killian 1976: Hiroshi Inose 1977: Arthur Leonard Schawlow 1978: Colin Cherry 1979: John Robinson Pierce 1980: Yash Pal 1981:...
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Gilormini, 69, Puerto Rican U.S. Air Force officer in World War II. James Rhyne Killian, 83, American president of MIT, chair of the President's Intelligence...
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(2004) shared with Michael Atiyah, the 2004 Gauss Lecture and the James Rhyne Killian Faculty Achievement Award from MIT (2005). Singer's first marriage...
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that might render the Soviet ICBM fleet useless. In February 1958, James Rhyne Killian, chairman of the recently formed President's Science Advisory Committee...
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the staff of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 1980. She was hired by James Watson, who together with Francis Crick had discovered the structure of...
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(1922) Samuel Wesley Stratton (1923) Karl Taylor Compton (1930) James Rhyne Killian (1948) Julius Adams Stratton (1959) Howard Wesley Johnson (1966)...
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(1922) Samuel Wesley Stratton (1923) Karl Taylor Compton (1930) James Rhyne Killian (1948) Julius Adams Stratton (1959) Howard Wesley Johnson (1966)...
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politician and judge, 101st Mayor of New York City (b. 1900) 1988 – James Rhyne Killian, American educator, scientist and White House advisor (b. 1904) 1989...
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