I ' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-LidsL L L. ---- I __ I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ie Ia Il l--... bFebruary 6, 1990 -- -- · as --- r -_L I ----- ] I IB -- ~_ %III~--, ~-~1 -~Y~4~ 1~1~2s~8ge~e~I ~P~- ~"~~w~rm~ss~1sr B~l PAGE 2 The Tech - The Year In Review TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1990 NIIT seeks -new leader as Gray resigns By Reuven M. Lerner According to members of the country. During the entire presi- Corporation and faculty search faculty committee, input has dential search here at MIT, there' committee members spent the been sought from all members of have been numerous reports of better. part of 1989 looking at the MIT community. A forum Deutch's candidacy for the presi- possible successors to President held on Dec. 20 provided a medi- dency at Johns Hopkins Univer- Paul E. Gray '54, who an- um for those on the search com- sity in Baltimore and at Carnegiq' nounced last March that he will mittee to update the comnmunity Mellon University in Pittsburgh. step down on July I of this year on their progress to date, and to Deutch was in fact one of two fi- to become chairman of the MIT field questions from the audi- nalists at Hopkins until he pulled Corporation. Gray will replace ence. Many of the people in at- out of that search in the middle David S. Saxon '41, who is tendance expressed dissatisfac- of January. retiring. tion with the selection process, The provost's aggressiveness Saxon immediately announced and criticized the lack of student has often been regarded as both a the appointment of Carl M. participation. liability and an asset. One faculty Mueller '41 as chair of the Cor- There was also a great deal of member remarked that "resent- poration presidential search com- concern about MIT's connections ment [of Deutch] is at a fairly mittee. The faculty chose a presi- with the Department of Defense. high level and is felt by high dential search committee of their Students -and faculty alike criti- numbers of faculty." own, chaired by Professor Robert cized the closeness of the two M. Solow. Though the faculty bodies, and one student went so Deutch's controversial tenure committee is technically on~ly an far as to say that MIT had "no as provost has been marked by a advisory group, the two commit- social conscience." major initiative onL educational tees have been meeting and work- reform, the hasty 1988 disman- Prominent candidates ing together during the entire -tling of the Department of Ap- leave the race search process, according to plied Biological Sciences, and in- members of both groups. There is a great deal of uncer- timiate involvement with national The Corporation is expected to tainty even now concerning possi- defense interests. approve the committees' choice ble candidates, due in large part It is still unclear exactly who at its March meeting. to the resignations of two of the the remaining candidates are, Solow said that the committees most likely candidates. both with~in and outside of MIT. Tech file photo have received over 200 sugges- Professor David S. Baltimore Science magazine reported last Provost John M. Deutchl '61 tions for candidates. Of these, a '61, a Nobel laureate and direc- month that candidates included large number went through initial tor of the Whitehead Institute for Dean Eastman, a vice president tute of Applied Technology; and PhD '49, National Academy of interviews. The search commit- Biomedical Research, announced at IBM; James F. Gibbons, dean Nobel laureate Arno A. Penzias, Sciences President Frank Press, tees have reportedly met with in October that he had accepted of engineering at Stanford Uni- from AT&T Bell Laboratories. Iand Bell-Laboratories Executive people from MIT, from other the presidency of Rockefeller versity; Donald Kennedy, presi- The Boston Globe has addi- Vice President Solomon J. universities, and from industry. University, a biomedical research dent of Stanford; Thomas E. tionally mentioned former Secre- Buch~sbaum as -po'ssible One committee member said that center in New York City. Balti- Everhard of the- California Insti- tary of State George P. Shultz candidates. '; many more candidates are "from more had been considered a lead- outside, but that is because there -ing candidate in part because of are many more people outside." his prominence in the scientific Members of both committees community and for his Deficit fores tuition hike have repeatedly denied' the exis- administrative skills. tence of a "short list,X' or a final Provost John M. Deutch '61 list of candidates from which the had been considered the most By Andrea Lamberti costs particularly for health Lat $4billon; 'MIT has about final choice will be selected, but likely candidate until he an- MIT's budget deficit continued pare- and increased unrestrict- $1-.2-1 .3 billion. `Ho'wever, you must relate absolute endowment other sources within MIT claim nounced two weeks ago that he to rise inl 1989, prompting the ed fund. support to meet full un- to size of that such a list already exists. would not become the next presi- Corporation to approve, increases dergraduate need. inlstituition. [Taking into in tuition and the self-help account the number of -faculty One committee member acknowl- dent, but would instead return to level Largest increase and to limit members and graduate students], edged that they are no longer academic life aft-er -resigning faculty salary in five years looking at new candidates, but from his post on June 30. increases. -MIT is 20th-36th,:" he explained. Gray are narrowing the field from Deutch's aggressive manage- These measures will distribute The 7.2 percent increase in tu- also said that the "self- help level, had to within one set of candidates. ment style and his many years of the burden of the deficit among ition for this year was the larxgest increase," and Committee members refused to experience as an administrator faculty, students, and staff, Pro- in the past five years. The total students should not have expect- confirm or deny the candidacy of have placed him on short'lists for vost John M. Deutch '61 said in increase in tuition,- room and ed a permanent ceiling of $4900. individuals. leadership positions around the October. board was $1295, making the to- "The increase in the costs [of at- "If we can adhere to these pa- tal cost of attending MIT $19,335 tending MIT] has to be bo rne by ramneters, the budget problem this year. Tuition -rising from both families and the Institute," _r should be eliminated in a couple $13,400 to $14,500 -accounted he said. of years, said Vice President for for most of the that increase. The decision' to maintain a Financial Operations James Y. MIT's' self-help level, the constant self-help level for the I Culliton. amouint of money a student re- past four years was "carried out News Arts The Corporation actions came ceiving financial aid is expected one year at a time,' said ILeonard in response to the recommenda- to contribute through loans or V. Gallagher '54, director of stu- in theater ..... 12 Introduction ..,......................3 The year tions of an ad hoc committee ap- work-study, grew by $400 after dent financial aid. "We were Presidential search ............ ,,2 The year in f-ilm ..............13 pointed by Deutch to address the remaining at $4900 since the warned each time that it would Budget deficit ................... 2 The year in music-.......... 14 budget problem. 1985-1986 academic year. have to go up the next year.' Pass/no-record grading 3 The ad hoc committee predict- The rise in se'lf-help to. $5300 At an unprecedented tuition Freshman housing ...............3 ed that its plan would reduce the once again created a gap between forum last February, students Excerpt of housing report ........9 Sports deficit from its fiscal year 1989 the self-help level at MIT and asked Gray if he thought the tu- Anti-trust investigation... 4 level of $5.4 million to $3 million other schools with comparable ition increases would drive quali-: Interphase controversy. 4 Womnets sprs wrap-UP1 this year. In FY 1991;' the comi- expenses. According to -President fied. to students to other schools. Admissions policy ........... ,4 Men's sports wrapup ....19 mittee projected a break-even Paul ED. Gray '54, the Corpora- Because so many factors are in- MIT/industry ties. .................. 5 Men's volleyball .............. 20 budget, with a small surplus like- tion Executive Committee held volved in a student's decision to Food senice complaints .5 Women's volleyball ...........20 ly the following year. the self-help level constant during attend a college or university, it is Cambridge politics ....... 6 Indoor track ................... 20 Some of the reasons Culliton the past four years to allow other difficult to assess the impact of I David Baltimore .......... 7 Outdoor track ................ 20 I cited for the continued deficit in- institutionsto, catch up to MIT. higher tuition -costs, Gray re- i C old fusion .........................,7 Football ........................ 20 cluded the growing need to pro- Gray blamed MIT's endow- sponded. Men's basketball ............. 20 vide competitive salaries, espe- The distribution by family in- mI ment for the increase inl the self- Ia cially for the faculty, a reduction help level. "MIT's endowment is come across~the national income I L - -L. a in the number of overall stu- substantial in absolute terms, but quartiles has been stable,- he add- i Photography dents, and a lower research base it is not large in the context of ed. "There ha's beent a steady up- m r. growth. MIT," Gray said in February.