Question: What is the department of the deceased MIT professor who worked on the Manhattan Project during the Second World War ?

text: List of institute professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
List of institute professors -- Deceased

Institute professor is the highest title that can be awarded to a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. It is analogous to the titles of distinguished professor, university professor, or regents professor used at other universities in recognition of a professor's extraordinary research achievements and dedication to the school. The position was created by President James R. Killian in 1951, and John C. Slater was the first to hold the position. At MIT, institute professors are granted a unique level of freedom and flexibility to pursue their research and teaching interests without regular departmental or school responsibilities; they report only to the provost. Usually no more than twelve professors hold this distinction at any one time. Institute professors are initially nominated by leaders representing either a department or school. The chair of the faculty then consults with the Academic Council and jointly appoints with the president an ad-hoc committee from various departments and non-MIT members to evaluate the qualifications and make a documented recommendation to the president. The final determination is made based upon recommendations from professionals in the nominee's field. The case is then reviewed again by the Academic Council and approved by the executive committee of the MIT Corporation.
Name Department Elected Notability
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 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