The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is widely considered the best institution in the world for a degree in Engineering. The campus of this university, situated in the city of Cambridge, in the United States, sprawls over 168 kilometers. According to a 2017 survey conducted by ‘Times Higher Education’, this famous institution was ranked 2nd in the whole of United States and 5th in the world. ‘Massachusetts Institute of Technology’ is not a globally recognized educational institution merely for its infrastructure or quality of education, but also for its notable alumni. The institution has produced several great entrepreneurs who have set fine examples of how a business has to be managed. Apparently, the university has produced more than 80 Nobel laureates, around 45 Rhodes Scholars and more than 30 astronauts. Some of the students who are a part of the institution’s alumni association are outstanding achievers and role models to many people around the world. A few noteworthy personalities who were once students of this famous university are Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, noted Indian economist Raghuram Rajan and television host Janet Hsieh. Kofi Annan has been immensely praised world over for his humanitarian works. He is also the founder of the non-profit initiative called the ‘Kofi Annan Foundation’ and was appointed the chairman of the organization ‘The Elders’. We are presenting to you a list of notable alumni of the ‘Massachusetts Institute of Technology’ who made waves for their remarkable achievements.
Qian Xuesen(Astronautical engineer)
11 December 1911
Richard Stallman(Programmer, Computer scientist, Lecturer, Blogger, Software developer, Short story writer, Columnist, Researcher, Science fiction writer)
16 March 1953
American
Paul Krugman(Columnist, Economist, Essayist, Blogger, University teacher, Actor, Pundit, Journalist, Writer)
28 February 1953
American
Jimmy Doolittle(Aviator, Officer)
14 December 1896
American
Joseph Stiglitz(Economist, University teacher, Science writer, Non-fiction writer, Professor, Critic, Writer, Scientist)
09 February 1943
American
Claude Shannon(Mathematician, Cryptographer, Computer scientist, Engineer, Sport cyclist, University teacher)
30 April 1916
American
David Scott(Officer, Test pilot, Astronaut, Aviator)
06 June 1932
American
Lawrence Summers(Economist, University teacher, Professor, Scientist, Politician, Banker)
30 November 1954
American
Aafia Siddiqui(Neuroscientist)
02 March 1972
Pakistani
Robert Metcalfe(Computer scientist, Engineer)
07 April 1946
American
Lawrence M. Krauss(Astronomer, Physicist, Astrophysicist, Academic, Non-fiction writer, University teacher, Theoretical physicist)
27 May 1954
American
Vannevar Bush(Scientist, Engineer, Politician, University teacher, Computer scientist)
11 March 1890
American
Edgar Mitchell(Officer, Astronaut, Aviator)
17 September 1930
American
Ronald McNair(Physicist, Astronaut)
21 October 1950
American
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala(Diplomat, Economist)
13 June 1954
Nigerian
Pranav Mistry(Computer scientist)
14 May 1981
Indian
Charles Duke(Air force officer, Astronaut, Test pilot, Fighter pilot, Flight instructor, Aviator, Businessperson)
03 October 1935
American
Aditya Vikram Birla(Business magnate)
14 November 1943
Indian
Mario Draghi(Economist, Banker, University teacher)
03 September 1947
Italian
Robert J. Shiller(Economist, Writer, Educationist, University teacher)
29 March 1946
American
Daniel M. Lewin(Computer scientist)
14 May 1970
Israeli
Robert Tappan Morris(Computer scientist, Scientist, Professor)
08 November 1965
American
Emma Georgina Rothschild(Economic historian, Historian, University teacher, Economist)
16 May 1948
British
Leslie Lamport(Mathematician, Computer scientist, Programmer, Engineer, Writer)
07 February 1941
American
Greg Mankiw(Economist, Blogger)
03 February 1958
American
Andrew S. Tanenbaum(Computer scientist, Engineer, Programmer, Academic, Professor, Writer)
16 March 1944
American
Theodore Miller Edison(Inventor)
10 July 1898
American
Don Norman(Engineer, Computer scientist, Psychologist, Writer)
25 December 1935
American
Gilbert N. Lewis(Chemist, Physicist, University teacher, Non-fiction writer)
23 October 1875
American
Nicholas Negroponte(Computer scientist, Architect, Investor, University teacher)
01 December 1943
American
George Akerlof(Economist, Professor)
17 June 1940
American
Ivan Sutherland(Computer scientist, Engineer, Programmer, University teacher)
16 May 1938
American
Manuel Blum(Computer scientist, University teacher)
26 April 1938
American
Stanley Fischer(Economist, Educationist, Writer, Professor, Banker)
15 October 1943
Israeli,American
Warren Bennis(Writer, Economist, Psychologist)
08 March 1925
American
Austan Goolsbee(Economist)
18 August 1969
American
Pervez Hoodbhoy(Physicist, Teacher)
11 July 1950
Pakistani
Lotfi A. Zadeh(Mathematician, Engineer, Professor, Scientist, Computer scientist)
04 February 1921
Azerbaijani,American
