The Birth of MIT o On April 10, 1861 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts approved the charter for the incorporation of “Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Boston Society of Natural History” founded by William Barton Rogers. o MIT admitted its first female named Ellen Swallow Richards in She became MIT’s first faculty specializing in sanitary chemistry.

First President of MIT William Barton Rogers Vision and Mission: William Barton Rogers, a natural scientist, sought to establish a “new” form of higher education to address the rapid advances in science and technology. The “Rogers Plan” as it was known was rooted in three (3) principles: #1. The educational value of useful knowledge #2. The necessity of “learning by doing” #3. Integrating a professional and liberal arts education

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Maps of MIT o Map of MIT 1905 o Map of MIT 2010

1916: FOUNDER OF EASTMAN KODAK, DONATED THE FUNDS TO MIT TO PURCHASE A “MILE- LONG” TRACT OF SWAMP AND INDUSTRIAL LAND ALONG THE CAMBRIDGE SIDE OF THE CHARLES RIVER. A NEW ERA IN MIT’S HISTORY BEGAN WHEN IT MOVED INTO ITS NEW CAMBRIDGE CAMPUS IN IT IS ALSO SAID THAT STUDENTS RUB HIS NOSE FOR LUCK. George Eastman

5 Schools of MIT and 1 College Great Dome School of Engineering School of Architecture And Planning Sloan School of Management Whittaker College School of Humanities, Arts and Social Science School of Science

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Honor and Awards Recipients: - 75 Nobel Laureates -47 National Medal of Science recipients -31 McArthur Fellows award recipients

Structure: o Level 1  Level Faculty 1025 Professors of all ranks Students Undergraduates and Graduates 10,385 International 3,150 from 117 countries Employees 10, Faculty 38 Students 302 Employees

Our 16 th President and First women Dr. Susan Hockfield o MIT has a distinctive mission and history that set us apart from other universities. When the Institute was established almost 150 years ago, our first President, William Barton Rogers, envisioned a new kind of academic institution-one that could, as he put it, "serve the times and the nation's needs." o Those principles have served us well, and today our work - in engineering, the natural and social sciences, the humanities and the arts - reaches people the world over. The Institute community extends far beyond campus, embracing international partners and more than 100,000 alumni around the globe. o o -Susan Hockfield

The first sitting President to visit MIT and we got the Presidential seal of approval……. Evolution