MIT Has Been a Part of My Entire Life
A big statement, but quite true. If my mother is right, then in 1941 she was the second woman to graduate from Course 1. Regardless, while she wasn't the first woman on campus she certainly was one of the very few. After graduating, she went to work at Budd Aerospace, designing a stainless steel bomber (steel withstands shrapnel & anti-aircraft fire better than aluminum...) The bomber was cancelled (too damn heavy) but I'm told that there may be a piece of the airframe in one of the museums on campus.
Personally, I earned a master's degree in the Management of Technology in 2004. The MOT program was a mid-career program focused on teaching an experienced group of professionals how to master the process of innovation and directing these innovations in a way that produces quantifiable business results (as in dollars, yen, euros, yuan, etc.) Without a doubt, the people in my program were some of the most highly qualified and accomplished people I've ever spent time with.
As for the header that appears on this page, anyone who exchanged email with me while I was a student may recall I used it as a part of my signature. I received only positive comments from the people that noticed.
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