List of Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Emeritus

Name
Department
Elected
Notability
Reference
Emilio Bizzi
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
2002
Motor control; President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006–2009)
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Joel Moses
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
1999
Algebraic manipulation algorithms; MACSYMA; Provost of MIT (1995–1998); Dean of Engineering (1991–1995)
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John D.C. Little
Management
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Little's law; marketing; e-commerce; Branch and bound
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Barbara Liskov
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2008
Turing Award (2008), John von Neumann Medal (2004), contributions to data abstraction and programming languages
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Noam Chomsky
Linguistics
1976
Generative grammar; Kyoto Prize (1988); political activist; one of the most widely cited scholars alive
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John M. Deutch
Chemistry
1990
Deputy Secretary of Defense (1994–1995); Director of Central Intelligence (1995–1996); Provost of MIT (1985–1990)
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Peter A. Diamond
Economics
1997
Social Security reform; Nobel Prize in Economics (2010)
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Jerome I. Friedman
Physics
1991
Quantum chromodynamics; Nobel Prize in Physics (1990)
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Mario Molina
Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences
1997
Stratospheric ozone chemistry; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1995)
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Isadore Singer
Mathematics
1987
Atiyah–Singer index theorem; Abel Prize (2004)
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Robert M. Solow
Economics
1973
National Medal of Science (1999); John Bates Clark Medal (1961); Nobel Prize in Economics (1987)
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Question: Who is the Institute Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and when were they elected?
Answer: In 1987, Isadore Singer was elected the Institute Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.