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March
25, 2002
On
January 11, 2002, Professor Richard de Neufville, Professor
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems,
received an honorary doctorate from the Technical University
of Delft. This honor was given in recognition of de Neufville's
role in founding the MIT Technology and Policy Program and
disseminating its concepts overseas -- notably to the program
in Technology Management and Policy at Delft, the Technology
and Policy Program at Cambridge University (starting in
the fall of 2002) and in the Instituto Superior Tecnico
of Lisbon.
In February,
2002, de Neufville was at Cambridge University as a Visiting
Scholar and lifetime Fellow at Clare Hall, a postgraduate
college. While there, de Neufville taught at the Judge Institute
of Management in connection with the Cambridge/MIT Institute.
Professor
David Marks of the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering will receive an honorary doctorate from Chalmers
University, Sweden, in mid-May.
Marks,
who is also director of MIT's Laboratory for Energy and
the Environment, was cited for being "actively involved
in the creation of the Chalmers Environmental Initiative,
which centers on systems thinking within the environmental
area." Chalmers also noted that Marks has been Coordinator
for the Alliance for Global Sustainability, a partnership
between MIT, ETH in Zurich and Tokyo University. He was
"a driving force [behind] Chalmers becoming a member,
in 2001, in this important global partnership."
Marks
will receive one of five honorary doctorates. The new honorees
will present a short "popular" lecture on 16th
May 2002. The conferment ceremony will be held on 17th May
2002.
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