List of Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Deceased

List of Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Name	Department	Elected	Notability	Reference

Mildred S. Dresselhaus	Physics & Electrical Engineering	1985	Carbon nanotubes; National Medal of Science (1990)

Manson Benedict	Nuclear Engineering	1969	National Medal of Science (1975)

Norbert Wiener	Department of Mathematics	1959	National Medal of Science (1964)

Gordon S. Brown	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	1973	Automatic feedback-control systems; computer numerical control; Dean of Engineering (1959–1968)

Martin Julian Buerger	Mineralogy	1956	Crystallography

Morris Cohen	Material Science and Engineering	1974	Metallurgy of steel

Charles S. Draper	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	1966	Inertial guidance; gyro gunsight; founder of the Instrumentation Laboratory

Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	1966	High-speed photography; Co-founder of EG&G; National Medal of Science (1973)

Herman Feshbach	Physics	1983	Nuclear reaction theory; National Medal of Science (1986)

Edwin R. Gilliland	Chemical Engineering	1971	Fractional distillation columns and fluidized catalytic cracking; President's Science Advisory Committee (1961–1965)

Hermann Anton Haus	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	1986	Optical communications; National Medal of Science (1995)

Arthur von Hippel	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	1962	Dielectric materials

Arthur Thomas Ippen	Civil Engineering	1970	Hydraulic engineering and water resources

Roman O. Jakobson	Linguistics	Slavic studies and linguistics; Russian formalism

György Kepes	Architecture	1970	Founded the Center for Advanced Visual Studies; Bauhaus contributor; Hungarian Medal of Honor and Middle Cross (1996)

Norman Levinson	Mathematics	1971	Non-linear differential equations; mathematical analysis; analytic number theory; testified at 1953 House Un-American Activities Committee

Francis E. Low	Physics	Condensed matter physics; Provost of MIT (1980-1985)

Franco Modigliani	Economics & Management	1970	Nobel Prize in Economics (1985)

Philip Morrison	Physics	1973	Theoretical astrophysics

Walle J. H. Nauta	Brain and Cognitive Sciences	1973	Nauta Silver Impregnation Method used to trace degenerating nerve fibers

Walter A. Rosenblith	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	1975	Psychoacoustics; elected to all three National Academies; Provost of MIT (1971–1980)

Bruno Rossi	Physics	1966	X-ray astronomy and discovery of cosmic rays; National Medal of Science (1983); Wolf Prize (1987)

Paul Samuelson	Economics	1966	John Bates Clark Medal (1947); Nobel Prize in Economics (1970); National Medal of Science (1996)

Francis O. Schmitt	Biology	1955	Biological electron microscopy

Nevin S. Scrimshaw	Nutrition and Food Science	1980	Eliminating nutritional deficiency; World Food Prize (1991)

Ascher H. Shapiro	Mechanical Engineering	1975	Fluid mechanics and biomedical engineering

John C. Slater	Physics	1951	Quantum theory and electromagnetic theory of microwaves; advisor to William Shockley

Cyril S. Smith	Materials Science & Humanities	Metallurgy and crystallography; metallography of archaeological artifacts

Carl R. Soderberg	Mechanical Engineering	1959	Steam turbine electric generators; Dean of Engineering (1954–1959); consultant on the J-57 turbojet

Charles H. Townes	Physics	1961	Quantum Electronics and Maser; Nobel Prize in Physics (1964); National Medal of Science (1982)

John S. Waugh	Chemistry	Computational studies of spin systems

Victor Weisskopf	Physics	1965	National Medal of Science (1980); Wolf Prize (1981); co-founder of the Union of Concerned Scientists

Jerome Wiesner	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	1980	Chairman of the President's Science Advisory Committee (1961–1964); Dean of Science (1964–1966); Provost of MIT (1966–1971); President of MIT (1971–1980)

Jerrold R. Zacharias	Nuclear Science and Engineering	1966	Atomic beams and clocks; educational reform; microwave radar

Chia-Chiao Lin	Mathematics	1966	Fluid mechanics

Morris Halle	Linguistics	1981	Phonology; The Sound Pattern of English

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In 1956, Buerger was appointed as Institute Professor at MIT.

final_sentence: In 1956, Buerger was appointed as Institute Professor at MIT.