Engineering Frontiers, Challenges, and Globalization
Charles M. Vest
President, National Academy of Engineering
Annual Meeting
Dinner and Talk
Wednesday, May 21
6:30 p.m.
The Great Hall of the
National Academy of Sciences
2101 "C" Street NW
Washington, DC
Directions and Parking |
Registration | Questions?
| Business Meeting |
Proposed Bylaws Revisions
The MIT Club of Washington's Annual Meeting will be held in the
Great Hall of the National Academy of Sciences, and feature Charles M. Vest,
President of the National Academy of Engineering and President Emeritus of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Vest earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University
in 1963, and M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the
University of Michigan in 1964 and 1967 respectively. He joined the faculty of
the University of Michigan as an assistant professor in 1968 where he taught in
the areas of heat transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanic, and conducted
research in heat transfer and engineering applications of laser optics and
holography. He and his graduate students developed techniques for making
quantitative measurements of various properties and motions from holographic interferograms, especially the measurement of three-dimensional temperature and
density fields using computer tomography. He became an associate professor in
1972 and a full professor in 1977.
In 1981 Dr. Vest turned much of his attention to academic administration at the
University of Michigan, serving as associate dean of engineering from 1981-86,
dean of engineering from 1986-1989, when he became provost and vice president
for academic affairs. In 1990 he became president of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT) and served in that position until December 2004. He then
became professor and president emeritus.
As president of MIT, he was active in science, technology, and innovation
policy; building partnerships among academia, government and industry; and
championing the importance of open, global scientific communication, travel, and
sharing of intellectual resources. During his tenure, MIT launched its
OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative; co-founded the Alliance for Global
Sustainability; enhanced the racial, gender, and cultural diversity of its
students and faculty; established major new institutes in neuroscience and
genomic medicine; and redeveloped much of its campus.
He was a director of DuPont for 14 years and of IBM for 13 years; was vice chair
of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness for eight years; and served on various
federal committees and commissions, including the Presidents Committee of
Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) during the Clinton and Bush
administrations, the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United
States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, the Secretary of Education’s
Commission on the Future of Higher Education, the Secretary of State’s Advisory
Committee on Transformational Diplomacy and the Rice-Chertoff Secure Borders and
Open Doors Advisory Committee. He serves on the boards of several non-profit
organizations and foundations devoted to education, science, and technology.
In July 2007 he was elected to serve as president of the U.S. National Academy
of Engineering (NAE) for six years. He has authored a book on holographic
interferometry, and two books on higher education. He has received honorary
doctoral degrees from ten universities, and was awarded the 2006 National Medal
of Technology by President Bush.
The National Academy of Sciences is located at 2101 Constitution Avenue NW
with the entrance at 2100 "C" Street NW. You should be able to find street
parking along 21st and 22nd Streets starting at 6:30 p.m. METRO: Exit at the
Foggy Bottom/Geo. Washington U. station on the Blue or Orange line. Walk six
blocks to NAS or check with Metro about bus routes to NAS.
The price of this event is $70 for members and their guests, and $85 for
non-members. The price includes wine with dinner. Register online at
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=22462&groupID=153.
Or register by postal mail using the coupon
below. Club Partners may register via e-mail to
cjo@alum.mit.edu. Registrations must be
received by May 15.
The event chair is Bill Salmon
wsalmon@nae.edu. For registration questions please contact Cynthia
O’Connell at cjo@alum.mit.edu or
202-657-2188.
In accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation, this is to announce the
Annual Meeting and election of the MIT Club of Washington that will take place
at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at the National Academy of Sciences in
Washington, DC.
The Nominating Committee was chaired by the MIT Club of Washington's
Immediate Past President, K. Anne Street. The committee members were elected to
serve on the Committee by the Board of Directors.
The following is the slate of Officers and Directors nominated by the
Committee for the 2008-2009 year:
President: Brian K. Moore '97
First Vice-President: Viesturs Lenss '01
Second Vice-President: George R. Moy, Jr. '57
Secretary: Brenda Haendler '99
Treasurer: William C. Salmon '57
Immediate Past President: Jenny Anderson '99
Educational Council: Darryl M. Fraser '80
Directors:
Bruce Blanchard '57
Hannah F. Elson '70
Mark R. Epstein '63
Ron Frazier '75
Kenneth F. Gordon '60
Robert L. Hershey '64
Philip F. Hudock '62
Emmanuel C. Ikpo '83
Dennis K. Kruse '73
Gail Marcus '68
Michael Marcus '68
Allan L. Mink II '78
Tanko Mohammed '03
Jennifer Navarro '00
Cynthia J. O'Connell '73
Bob Pearsall '84
Raj Prabhakar '95
K. Hari Reddy '01
K. Anne Street '69
Michael L. Telson '67
Viguen R. Ter-Minassian '64
Kathleen Vokes '00
R. Whitney Winston '94
Director Emeritus:
Robert A. Summers '54
The membership is advised that additional nominations may be made from the
floor at the time of the election. However, if there is any intention to place
additional names into nomination, please let me know one week prior to the
election so that adequate preparations for the required secret ballot can be
made before the meeting.
Brenda Haendler '99
Secretary
The
MIT Club of Washington was formed as a non-profit corporation under the District
of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act, and is also qualified as an exempt
organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
As a DC nonprofit corporation, the Club must maintain a set of Bylaws,
describing its operations. For the past year, the Board of Directors has been
reviewing the existing Bylaws, to determine what revisions should be made, so
that the Bylaws are compatible with the actual operating policies and procedures
of the Club, as well as comply with DC corporate law.
On May 6, 2008, the Board unanimously approved a revised set of Bylaws for the
Club. These Bylaws must now be submitted to the members of the Club for
ratification at the Club's Annual Meeting on May 21, 2008. Here is the
redlined version of the
proposed bylaws.---------- cut here ----------
ANNUAL MTG. / CHUCK VEST; WED., MAY 21, 2008; 6:30 PM;
NAT'L ACADEMY OF SCIENCESEnclosed is a check made out to the MIT Club
of Washington for $ ____ for ____ people. The price is $70 each for members and
their guests and $85 for nonmembers, and includes wine with dinner.
Name _______________________________________________________ Class: _____
Guest(s) ________________________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________________________________
Phone ______________________________(h) ______________________________(b)
E-Mail (Please print clearly.) _______________________________________________
Send your registration and payment to:
Cynthia O'Connell
11890 Fawn Ridge Lane
Reston, VA 20194-1116
You will be notified only if you cannot be accommodated. MUST BE RECEIVED
BY May 15, 2008.
| 
