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1988 James R Killian, Jr., MIT President (1948-59), dies at 83
1967 Roger Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 1964 Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz), dies at 85 1962 MIT sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time: CA to MA 1943 Nicholas Peter Negroponte, New York City, founder/director, Media Lab at MIT 1937 Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge 1929 Amar Bose, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, electrical engineer, Ph.D. from MIT, founder, chairman, Bose Corporation, patented dominantly reflecting sound field mimicking listening space of the audience in a concert hall 1927 Marvin Minsky, Artifical intelligence computer scientist, MIT 1925 Warren G. Bennis, born in New York City, New York, scholar, author, Leadership Studies pioneer, studied group behavior at MIT, prompting interest in the then-nonexistent field of leadership, published 'Revisionist Theory of Leadership', 1961, stating that humanistic, democratic-style leaders can best manage change in the leadership environment 1910 Eero Saarinen, Finnish/U.S. architect, IBM Building, MIT Chapel 1904 James R Killian, Jr., MIT President, 1948-59 1893 George Grosz, German painter, Gott mit uns 1879 Richard Scheibe, German sculptor, Adler mit Hakenkreuz 1875 Roger Babson, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S. 1865 MIT forms 1st U.S. collegiate architectural school |
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