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d 7I THE DEAN OF SCIEN<C OCT 171972 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 1971 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1970-1971 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN VOLUME 107, NUMBER 2, SEPTEMBER, 1972 Published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 MassachusettsAvenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, five times yearly in October, November, March, June, and September Second class postage paid at Boston, Massachusetts. Issues of the Bulletin include REPORT OF THE TREASURER REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT SUMMER SESSION CATALOGUE PUBLICATIONS AND THESES and GENERAL CATALOGUE Send undeliverable copies and changes of address to Room 5-133 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge,Massachusetts 02139. THE CORPORATION Honorary Chairman:James R. Killian, Jr. Chairman:Howard W. Johnson President:Jerome B. Wiesner Chancellor: Paul E. Gray Vice Presidentand Treasurer:Joseph J. Snyder Secretary:John J. Wilson LIFE MEMBERS Bradley Dewey, Vannevai Bush, James M. Barker, Thomas C. Desmond, Marshall B. Dalton, Donald F. Carpenter, Thomas D. Cabot, Crawford H. Greenewalt, Lloyd D. Brace, William A. Coolidge, Robert C. Sprague, Charles A. Thomas, David A. Shepard, George J. Leness, Edward J. Hanley, Cecil H. Green, John J. Wilson, Gilbert M. Roddy, James B. Fisk, George P. Gardner, Jr., Robert C. Gunness, Russell DeYoung, William Webster, William B. Murphy, Laurance S. Rockefeller, Uncas A. Whitaker, Julius A. Stratton, Luis A. Ferr6, Semon E. Knudsen, Robert B. Semple, Ir6n6e du Pont, Jr., Eugene McDermott, James R. Killian, Jr. MEMBERS Albert H. Bowker, George P. Edmonds, Ralph F. Gow, Donald A. Holden, H. I. Romnes, William E. Hartmann, Frank R. Milliken, Henry E. Singleton, Gregory Smith, Thorton A. Wilson, James A. Champy, Elisha Gray II, William R. Hawthorne, Jerome H. Holland, Breene M. Kerr, Carl M. Mueller, Harold E. Thayer, Jeptha H. Wade, Virgilio Barco, William S. Brewster, Ralph M. Davison, John C. Haas, Philip H. Peters, Mary F. Wagley, D. Reid Weedon, Jr., Paul M. Cook, William S. Edgerly, J. Kenneth Jamieson, Kenneth H. Olsen, George W. Thorn. REPRESENTATIVES FROM RECENT CLASSES Laurence Storch, James A. Hester, Christina H. Jansen, Michael V. Sawyer, Pamela T. Whitman. PRESIDENT OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Paul V. Keyser REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH Governor:His Excellency, Francis W. Sargent Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court: Honorable G. Joseph Tauro Commissioner of Education: Neil V. Sullivan LIFE MEMBERS, EMERITI Alfred L. Loomis, Harlow Shapley, Walter J. Beadle, Duncan R. Linsley, Irving W. Wilson, Ralph Lowell, Gwilym A. Price, James H. Doolittle, Robert A. Lovett, Horace W. McCurdy. CONTENTS PRESIDENT Introduction .... ........ 1 Statistics for the Year .......... .11 Personnel Changes ..... ..... .19 PROVOST Report of the Provost .. .. .. .. 29 Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory ... 30 Cambridge Electron Accelerator .. .. .. 31 Cambridge Project . ... .. .. .. 32 Center for Advanced Visual Studies . .. .. 33 Center for Materials Science and Engineering . .. 34 Center for Space Research ... .. .. 37 Education Research Center .. .. .. .. 40 Environmental Research and Education . .. 42 Health Sciences and Technology . .. .. 44 Information Processing Services ... ... 46 Innovation and Reform in Undergraduate Education 50 Joint Center for Urban Studies .. ..... 51 Laboratory for Nuclear Science ... 52 Libraries (including Project INTREX) . 55 NEROC ......... 64 Operations Research Center . .. 64 Project MAC ... .... 66 Research Laboratory of Electronics 73 Office of R.O.T.C. Programs ... 80 Sea Grant Program ...... 81 Spectroscopy Laboratory . ... 82 Summer Session ...... 82 Urban Affairs ... ..... 84 Urban Systems Laboratory . .. 88 Wellesley-M.I.T. Exchange Program . 92 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING Report of the Dean ... .. .. 93 Department of Architecture .. .. 100 Department of Urban Studies and Planning 106 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Report of the Dean ... ... ... .. .. 117 Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ... ... 122 Department of Chemical Engineering . ... ... .. 129 Department of Civil Engineering .. .. .. .. .. 132 Department of Electrical Engineering . ... ... .. 136 Department of Mechanical Engineering . .... ... 148 Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science . ... .. 151 Department of Nuclear Engineering .. ... ... 164 Department of Ocean Engineering . .. .. ... .. 167 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Report of the Dean .... .... .... .. 175 Department of Economics ... .... .... 183 Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics ..... 186 Department of Humanities ... ......... 188 Department of Political Science .. ...... ... 197 Department of Psychology ..... ...... 201 Center for International Studies .. ...... ... 206 ALFRED P. SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT .......... 209 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE Report of the Dean .............. 221 Department of Biology ............. 223 Department of Chemistry ............ 224 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences ....... 227 Department of Mathematics ............ 231 Department of Meteorology ... ...... ... 234 Department of Nutrition and Food Science ..... .. 238 Department of Physics . ... ... ... .. 240 GRADUATE SCHOOL ................ 247 INSTITUTE RELATIONS Report of the Dean ............ .. 257 Student Affairs ............... 258 Counseling and Advisory Systems .......... 261 Freshman Year ............... 263 Undergraduate Minority Students ........ .. 265 Women Students . ...... ...... .. 270 Premedical Advisory Program ...... ..... 271 Foreign Study Office ..... ...... ... 273 Living Environment . .... .... .... 274 Student Self-Governance and Participation in Institute Governance . 279 Student and Community Activities ... ....... 278 Athletics ..... ............ 280 VICE PRESIDENT, ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL Report of the Vice President . ...... .... 285 Office of Personnel Relations ... ...... .. 288 Planning Office .. ...... ..... 292 Office of Admissions .... .... .... .. 297 Educational Council . .... .... .... 302 Office of Student Financial Aid .... .... ... 303 Office of the Advisor to Foreign Students ........ 307 Office of Opportunity Development .. .... ... 312 Placement Office ... ... .... .... 315 VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH Report of the Vice President .. .... .... 323 Charles Stark Draper Laboratory .... ...... 326 Lincoln Laboratory . ... .. .. ... .. 332 Division of Sponsored Research .. .. ... .. 336 VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER ... .. .. .. .. .. 341 VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS Report of the Vice President .. ... ... ... 357 Physical Plant .. ... ... ... ... .. 357 Housing and Dining Services . ... .. .. ... 359 Campus Patrol ... ... ... ... ... 360 Safety Office .. ... ... ... ... .. 360 Graphic Arts Service . ... ... ... ... 361 Audio-Visual Service . .. ... .. .. ... 361 VICE PRESIDENT Report of the Vice President . .. .. ... .. 363 Medical Department . .... .... .... 377 Office of the Registrar . .... .... .... 388 VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY Report of the Vice President .. .... .... 415 Corporation Membership. ...... ..... 415 Corporation Joint Advisory Committee on Institute-wide Affairs. 418 Dedications. .... ............ 418 Corporation Visiting Commitlees . ......... 419 Development .... ...... ...... 421 Industrial Liaison Office . ............ 426 M.I.T. Associates Office .... ......... 428 Registry of Guests ............ .. 428 Endicott House ...... ...... ... 429 OTHER OFFICES Alumni Association ..... ...... ... 431 M.I.T. Press ................ 436 PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE STAFF .. .. 442 PRESIDENT In presenting my annual report for 1970-71, I am conscious that it is the last in the series that I will have submitted as President of the Institute. At the outset it is important to emphasize two enduring propositions: that ours is an institute based on education in science with a primary focus on enlarging the horizons of science; and, second, that we are fundamentally concerned with the development of technology and with its applications to society. Both parts of that statement, the cultivation of science and technology and the sharpening concerns for their application to society, are critical parts of our franchise. It is worth repeating that statement at a time when a broad public concern has arisen about sci- ence and its applications and when there is new public concern about the support of higher education generally. The most important reflection growing out of this year is that we at M.I.T., in our own way, and in a way wholly consistent with our purpose, must understand these con- cerns, must meet them openly, and must seek to answer them. Through- out its history, M.I.T. has shown an exceptional ability to combine con- stancy of principle and continuity of direction with a willingness to change our educational approach within this framework. We will need this ability now and in the years ahead. It was to this fundamental of the M.I.T. education that I spoke five years ago: As the Institute founded by William Barton Rogers proceeds in its second century, we call for a renewal of our historic plan. The elements of this plan draw from the basic fiber, the very character of this institution: our power to act, our founda- tion in science, our commitment to research, our determination to build the humanities and the arts, our emphasis on the importance of the environment and, above all, our expectations for the performance of our students. These basic