SAIC President Honors MLK
SAIC President Walter Massey will join Bernice King and Martin Luther King III in a dramatic reading of their father’s “I Have a Dream” speech on Saturday, January 19, 2013, at the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College in Atlanta. Co-presented by Morehouse and the King Center, the event is part of THE DREAM@50 tribute series and will be taped for inclusion as part of a PBS documentary special and other outlets, including broadcast on digital billboards in Times Square. THEDREAM@50 is a partnership between the King Center, Americans for the Arts, National Education Association, National Art Education Association, National Council of Teachers of English, National Council for the Social Studies, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, United Nations, Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, Martin Luther King Jr. Collection at Morehouse College, and YouTube.
Huffington Post Publishes President Walter Massey’s “The Art of Innovation”
On July 19 Huffington Post College published “The Art of Innovation,” an essay by SAIC President Walter E. Massey about the current and potential roles of art and design education in the historically scientific realm of politically supported global innovation. His writing draws from the April keynote address he delivered at the Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s Global University Summit, and asserts—using as example the work of SAIC alumna Emily Pilloton (MFA 2005), as well as a recent New York Timeseditorial by columnist David Brooks—that the interdisciplinary curriculum of SAIC and peer institutions like it effectively support socially responsible individuals so that they might maximize their impact on society.
Departing from his perspective as both a physicist and a “longtime cultural enthusiast,” Massey delivers a history of the scientific paradigm surrounding innovation that dates back to the founding of the National Science Foundation—which Massey directed from 1991 to 1993—and its roots in post World War II America. While he writes that this paradigm has worked and in many ways is still valid, he notes, “a closer examination of the innovative process reveals it is not that simple or straightforward…. We certainly need more scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, but we may have been missing an opportunity by not more effectively engaging in the innovative process one of the most creative groups in our society—artists and designers…. Whether the issue is sustainability, public education, or social justice, artists and designers engage, adapt, reimagine, and continue to move the definition of innovation forward.”
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Dear SAIC Community,
Walter Massey
Extend Leadership of SAIC President Walter Massey
Dear SAIC Community,
I am pleased to announce that at the meeting of the Board of Trustees yesterday, the Board voted unanimously to extend Walter E. Massey’s appointment as President of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago through the 2015-16 academic year.
President Massey joined the SAIC community in the fall of 2010 as a prominent educator, administrator, corporate leader, and physicist with a distinguished career in academics, having served as director of Argonne National Laboratory, Director of the National Science Foundation, Provost of the University of California System, and President of Morehouse College, among other accomplishments.
In less than two years at SAIC, President Massey has already had a remarkable impact on the institution, by demonstrating exceptional leadership and helping to institute a positive, pragmatic vision for the school. He is communicating with audiences in a strategic and meaningful manner and cultivating relationships that will enhance SAIC through philanthropic support. His focus on openness, community building, and strategic planning will be of inestimable value as the school moves forward.
We are fortunate to have President Massey’s commitment to SAIC and the Board, and I look forward to working with him to sustain the momentum that has been created during his tenure.
Sincerely,
Cary D. McMillan
Chairman of the Board of Governors
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Walter E. Massey, Ph.D., is currently the President of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a post he assumed in the fall of 2010. He is also the President Emeritus of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, having served as President there from 1995 to 2007. Immediately prior to that post, Dr. Massey was Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University of California system. In that role he was in charge of academic and research planning and policy, budget planning and allocations, and programmatic oversight of three national Department of Energy laboratories. Additional credentials to Dr. Massey’s distinguished career in academics include serving as Professor of Physics and Dean of the College at Brown University and a Professorship at the University of Chicago. A prominent physicist, Dr. Massey served as Director of the Argonne National Laboratory from 1979 to 1984, and was Professor of Physics and Vice President of Research at the University of Chicago from 1979 to 1991. He also served as Director of the National Science Foundation from 1991 to 1993, appointed by former President George H.W. Bush. Dr. Massey has notably been the recipient of more than 30 honorary degrees from institutions that include Yale University, Northwestern University, Amherst, and Ohio State University. Much of his research has involved quantum liquids and solids, while his written work discusses university industry partnerships and the issue of technology transfer. More specifically, it addresses the distribution of skills among institutions, and developing greater accessibility to new technology and materials. Throughout his academic career, Dr. Massey has been an advocate for issues surrounding minority students and education. He developed and directed the Inner City Teachers of Science Program (ICTOS) while at Brown University, where college students studying education became tutors and mentors in urban classrooms. He was also a founding trustee of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. In the corporate sector, Dr. Massey has served as director and Chairman of the Board of Bank of America, and is currently serving on the board of McDonald’s and as Chairman of the Board of the Salzburg Global Seminar. He is also a trustee of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Council of Foreign Relations. As an educator, administrator, corporate leader, and scientist, Dr. Massey’s varied experience is a great asset to the SAIC community.ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT WALTER MASSEY, PH.D.
Source: saic.edu
