Michael Jaharis, a Great Benefactor, Dies at 87
S o C V th ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ E 10 0 ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald anniversa ry N www.thenationalherald.com a weekly greek-american PublicaTion 1915-2015 VOL. 19, ISSUE 958 February 20-26 , 2016 c v $1.50 Four Distinguished MIT Michael Jaharis, a Great Benefactor, D1ies at 87 Professors Enunciate With Wife Mary, a Lifetime of Support Their Words of Wisdom For the Community By Aria Socratous tion of skin; Constantinos By Theodore Kalmoukos Daskalakis, Associate Professor Founded in 1861 in Cam - in Computer Science and Engi - NEW YORK – Michael Jaharis, bridge, the Massachusetts Insti - neering, a 2012 Microsoft Re - a man of deep faith, family, in - tute of Technology (MIT), re - search Faculty Fellow and has tegrity, philanthropy, and love plete with an array of alumni solved a problem arising from for Hellenism and Orthodoxy, Nobel Laureates, National John Nash’s work that had re - passed away on February 17. An Medal of Science Winners, and mained unresolved for 60 years; entrepreneur, philanthropist, Rhodes Scholars, among other Gregory Stephanopoulos, Pro - humanitarian and distinguished accolades, consistently in the fessor in Chemical Engineering member of the Greek Orthodox U.S. News & World Report’s and also Director of the Bioin - community died in his home Top-10 Rankings, is universally formatics and Metabolic Engi - with his family by his side. He recognized as one of the finest neering; and Sabine Iatridou, was 87 years old. institutions of higher learning Professor of Linguistics, Syntax Jaharis became a model of in the world. and Semantics, who has served how to offer time, energy, intel - Four distinguished Greek as Director of the MIT Linguis - ligence, love, and wealth in professors at MIT who are tics PhD Program for many making the world a better place.
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