caption significant_projects predecessor children birth_name birth_place article_title office discipline birth_date alt term_start spouse image employer education name
l. rafael reif mitx and edx susan hockfield 2 children leo rafael reif maracaibo , venezuela l. rafael reif
 17th president of the massachusetts institute of technology electrical engineering 21 august 1950 l. rafael reif 2012 christine -lrb- chomiuk -rrb- reif the_future_of_higher_education_l jpg . _ rafael_reif _ -lrb- 8411916296 -rrb- . massachusetts institute of technology universidad de carabobo stanford university l. rafael reif
l. rafael reif

leo rafael reif -lrb- born august 21 , 1950 -rrb- is a venezuelan-born american electrical engineer , writer and academic administrator .
he is the president of the massachusetts institute of technology , succeeding susan hockfield on july 2 , 2012 .
reif previously served as the institute 's provost , as the head of mit 's department of electrical engineering and computer science and as the director of the mit microsystems technology laboratories .
