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The only exemplar I can recall right now still living is Merritt Roe Smith, historian of technology. Do you know of more?
by sweettea 7y ago
The only exemplar I can recall right now still living is Merritt Roe Smith, historian of technology. Do you know of more?
- mennis16 7y agoSussman is still around. There are also a few newer professors that I think try to uphold these standards. Ed Boyden comes to mind- he also was an MIT undergrad, and although not as involved with student culture as PHW, he is amazingly responsive to students in his classes. I've had him answer emails with my shitty ideas like 4 am the night I send them, which is crazy given what a busy guy he is
- woofie11 7y agoGerald Jay Sussman. But yes, they're a rare breed. When I asked an MIT professor to name a few people in the Institute with uncompromising integrity, they could only think of three. Jerry and Pat were two of them. In this age, it's nearly impossible to make professor at MIT, let alone tenure, without lapses of integrity.
- shademaan 7y agoHaynes Miller who I think is still around (math dept) is a good person with tons of integrity who cared a lot about me as an undergrad, and was very devoted to teaching undergrads in an accessible way. Mike artin (algebra Prof) is a fabulous lecturer and human being too --he's emeritus but hangs around campus a ton. Two of the few bright spots of my depressing years at the institute.