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Walter E. Massey

Physicist, American businessman, college president · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1938 · age 88

Walter Eugene Massey is an American educator, physicist, and executive. President Emeritus of both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), and of Morehouse College, he is chairman of the board overseeing construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope.

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Awards

Honorary Doctor of Harvard University2017
Associate Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences1991
Fulbright Scholarship

About this person

During his long career, Massey has served as head of the National Science Foundation, director of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), chairman of Bank of America, and as trustee chair of the City Colleges of Chicago. He has also served in professorial and administrative posts at the University of California, University of Chicago, Brown University, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1938 · age 88