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william r. brody

william ralph brody -lrb- born january 4 , 1944 -rrb- is an american radiologist and academic administrator .
he is the president of the salk institute and former president of the johns hopkins university , a position which he had held from 1996 to 2009 .
brody received his b.s. and m.s. degrees in electrical engineering from the massachusetts institute of technology , and his m.d. and ph.d. degrees , the latter also in electrical engineering , from stanford university .
he continued his post-graduate training at the university of california , san francisco where he completed a residency in diagnostic radiology in 1977 .
brody was elected a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences in 2003 .
he was the highest-paid university president in the united states , receiving $ 897,786 in 2004 , and regained the title in 2007 .
on march 10 , 2008 , he announced his intent to step down as president effective december 31 , 2008 .
this was postponed to march 3 , 2009 upon hopkins naming ronald daniels , the provost of the university of pennsylvania its next president .
on october 13 , 2008 , the salk institute announced that brody would join their staff as president as of march 2009 .
on may 21 , 2009 , an honorary doctorate was conferred on him by the johns hopkins university .
he serves as a director of medtronic , an international medical device company , and is on the board of directors of ibm .
he is a friend of michael r. bloomberg , former mayor of new york city , who often gives financial support to the university as an alumnus .
with his wife , wendy , he has two children : ingrid and john .
brody is also a certified commercial pilot and flight instructor .
