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Dr. John Deutch
Dr. John Deutch- John Deutch is an institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A member of the MIT faculty since 1970, he has served as chairman of the chemistry department, dean of science and provost. He has published over 140 technical publications in physical chemistry, technology, energy, international security, and public policy issues.
- Mr. Deutch has served in significant government posts throughout his career. In 1995, he was sworn in as director of central intelligence, overseeing the efforts of the Central Intelligence Agency. Before that, he served as the deputy secretary of defense, and prior to that he served as under secretary of defense for acquisitions and technology. Mr. Deutch also worked in a number of positions for the U.S. Department of Energy: director of energy research, acting assistant secretary for energy technology, and undersecretary of the department.
- In addition, he has served on numerous commissions, which spanned several presidential administrations, including the President’s Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee, the President’s Commission on Strategic Forces, the White House Science Council, the President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, the President’s Commission on Aviation Safety and Security, the Commission on Reducing and Protecting Government Secrecy, and as chairman of the Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
- Mr. Deutch has garnered fellowships and honors from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. He has been presented with Public Service Medals from the Department of Energy, the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the Coast Guard. In 1996, he received the Central Intelligence Distinguished Intelligence Medal and the Intelligence Community Distinguished Intelligence Medal. He also received the Greater Boston Federal Executive Board’s Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill Award for exemplary public service in 2002.
- Mr. Deutch earned a B.A. in history and economics from Amherst College, and a B.S. in chemical engineering and Ph.D. in physical chemistry from MIT. He holds honorary degrees from Amherst College, University of Lowell, and Northeastern University. He serves as director for publicly held companies Citigroup, Cummins, Raytheon and Schlumberger Ltd. He is a trustee of Resources for the Future, the Urban Institute, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.