Charles M. Vest Explained

Charles Marstiller Vest
Order:15th
President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Predecessor:Paul Gray
Successor:Susan Hockfield
Birth Date:9 September 1941
Birth Place:Morgantown, West Virginia
Death Place:Arlington, Virginia
Children:Kemper Vest Gay, John Vest[1]
Module:
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Thesis Title:Stability of natural convection in a vertical slot
Thesis Url:https://www.proquest.com/docview/302266190
Thesis Year:1967
Title1:Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of the University of Michigan
Termend:2004
Termstart:1990
Termend1:1990
Termstart1:1989
Order1:7th
Predecessor1:James Duderstadt
Successor1:Gilbert R. Whitaker, Jr.
Education:West Virginia University (BS)
University of Michigan (MSE, PhD)

Charles "Chuck" Marstiller Vest (September 9, 1941 – December 12, 2013) was an American mechanical engineer and academic administrator. He served as president of the National Academy of Engineering from 2007 to 2013 and the 15th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990 to 2004. Previously at the University of Michigan, he served as provost from 1989 to 1990 and dean of engineering from 1986 to 1989.

Education and career

Vest was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, in 1941.[2] He went to Morgantown High School.[3]

Vest received a Bachelor of Science with a major in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University in 1963. He received a Master of Science in Engineering in 1964 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1967, both in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, where he later served as professor of mechanical engineering.[4] [5]

Vest served as dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan from 1986 to 1989 and provost of the university from 1989 to 1990. He then served as president of MIT from 1990 to 2004.[6]

In 2004, a selection of Vest's speeches from his time as President of MIT was published under the title, Pursuing the Endless Frontier: Essays on MIT and the Role of Research Universities.[7]

Harvard University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws in 2005.[8] The University of Cambridge awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in Law in 2006.[9] Tufts University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science in 2011; he delivered a commencement speech at Tufts University the same year.[10]

Other activities

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.[11] On February 6, 2004, he was appointed to the Iraq Intelligence Commission by President George W. Bush.

He was appointed the president of the National Academy of Engineering in 2007 and served until 2013. Vest was a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's advisory board.[12] He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and served as co-chair of the academy's Science, Engineering & Technology Policy Program.[13] In 2008, Vest was elected an honorary academician of Academia Sinica.[14]

On December 12, 2013, he died of pancreatic cancer, aged 72.[11] [15] [16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: A Celebration of Charles M. Vest's Life. February 20, 2014. The National Academy of Engineering Council and the Vest Family. Washington, D.C.. November 24, 2014. July 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200727200429/https://www.nae.edu/File.aspx?id=110951. live.
  2. News: Charles M. Vest . MIT News Office . December 5, 2003 . 2013-12-14 . 2013-06-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130626172933/http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2003/cmv-bio.html . live .
  3. Web site: MHS Distinguished Alumni - Morgantown High School . 2022-10-22 . mohigans.mono.k12.wv.us . en-US . 2022-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022221856/https://mohigans.mono.k12.wv.us/about-us/mhs-distinguished-alumni . live .
  4. Web site: Dr. Charles M. Vest . 24 November 2014 . National Academy of Engineering . 18 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091446/http://www.nae.edu/Projects/Events/AnnualMeetings/2012annualmeeting/63542/26755.aspx . live .
  5. Stability of natural convection in a vertical slot . 1967 . . Ph.D. . Vest . Charles Marstiller . . subscription . 30998797 . 2023-04-15 . 2023-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230126000520/https://www.proquest.com/docview/302266190 . live .
  6. Web site: Remembering Chuck Vest, a pioneer in engineering education – Mechanical Engineering . 2023-01-25 . me.engin.umich.edu . 2023-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230126000519/https://me.engin.umich.edu/news-events/news/remembering-chuck-vest-pioneer-engineering-education/ . live .
  7. Book: Vest . Charles M. . Pursuing the Endless Frontier Essays on MIT and the Role of Research Universities . September 2004 . . Cambridge, MA . 9780262220729 . 318 . Hardcover . 19 April 2015 . Overview & sample chapter . registration . Foreword by Norman B Augustine. Paperback ed. (September 2011) p. 318
  8. Web site: 2005-06-09 . Harvard awards 8 honorary degrees . 2024-04-06 . Harvard Gazette . en-US . 2024-04-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240406163904/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2005/06/harvard-awards-8-honorary-degrees/ . live .
  9. Web site: 2006-07-03 . Honorary Degrees 2006 . 2024-04-06 . University of Cambridge . en . 2024-04-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240406164259/https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/honorary-degrees-2006 . live .
  10. Web site: Honorary Degrees . 2024-04-06 . Office of the Trustees . en . 2014-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140323203004/http://trustees.tufts.edu/data/degrees/ . live .
  11. News: Former MIT president Charles M. Vest died at 72 . MIT News Office . 2013-12-14 . 2013-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216034259/http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/former-mit-president-charles-m-vest-dies-at-72-1213.html . live .
  12. http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about/advisors "USA Science and Engineering Festival"
  13. Web site: NAE Website - Charles M. Vest . 2017-01-01 . 2017-01-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170102081208/https://www.nae.edu/26755.aspx . live .
  14. News: Charles M. Vest . 5 October 2019 . Academia Sinica . 27 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200727200101/https://academicians.sinica.edu.tw/index.php?r=academician-n%2Fshow&id=590 . live .
  15. News: Former MIT president Charles Vest dies . . December 13, 2013 . 2013-12-14 . Roy . Greene . 2013-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214004629/http://www.boston.com/yourcampus/news/mit/2013/12/former_mit_president_charles_vest_dies.html . live .
  16. News: Nick Anderson . Charles M. Vest, innovative MIT president, dies at 72 . . December 16, 2013 . 2013-12-14 . 2013-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214151401/http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/charles-m-vest-innovative-mit-president-dies-at-72/2013/12/13/ccdc6e1a-4701-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_story.html . live .

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