Boston University.APPOINTED AND PROMOTED: It took two years, but trustees at Boston University Boston University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1839, chartered 1869, first baccalaureate granted 1871. It is composed of 16 schools and colleges. (Mass.) have picked a president. Robert Brown Noun 1. Robert Brown - Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858) Brown , 53, provost of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, , will become BU's next Leader. Brown has spent his entire career at M.I.T. as an academic administrator and educator. He is not the first man with a science background selected to head BU. The Last presidential search ended when trustees selected Daniel Goldin, former NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. chief, who left the post almost immediately after taking the job. His contract was bought out for $1.8 million. It is hoped that Brown will further BU's ambitions to become more of a nationally recognized science and research institution ... |
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