James Rhyne Killian
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the 10th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1904–1988)
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James Rhyne Killian was an American scientist born in Blacksburg in 1904 and died in Cambridge in 1988. He was educated at Duke University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the MIT Sloan School of Management. Killian was employed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He authored three works, including *Education in a world of conflict and change*, *The education of a college president*, and *Sputnik, scientists, and Eisenhower*. Killian received several awards, including the Peabody Awards, the Marconi Prize, the Hoover Medal, and the NAS Public Welfare Medal. He spoke English.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1904
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Education in a world of conflict and change
- The education of a college president
- Sputnik, scientists, and Eisenhower
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Blacksburg
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Washington Award
- Image
- James Rhyne Killian (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1904-07-24
- date of death
- 1988-01-29
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