James Rhyne Killian

James Killian
Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
In office
May 4, 1961 – April 23, 1963
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Preceded byJohn Hull
Succeeded byClark Clifford
In office
January 13, 1956 – March 1, 1958
PresidentDwight Eisenhower
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJohn Hull
Chairman of the President's Science Advisory Committee
In office
November 7, 1957 – July 1959
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byIsidor Rabi
Succeeded byGeorge Kistiakowsky
10th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In office
1948–1959
Preceded byKarl Compton
Succeeded byJulius Stratton
Personal details
Born(1904-07-24)July 24, 1904
Blacksburg, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedJanuary 29, 1988(1988-01-29) (aged 83)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationDuke University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)
AwardsVannevar Bush Award (1980)

James Rhyne Killian Jr. (July 24, 1904 – January 29, 1988) was the 10th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from 1948 until 1959.[1][2] He also held a number of government roles, such as Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board under John F. Kennedy.