Feb 25 2011
John Deutch
Institute Professor & Former Director at the CIA
John Deutch is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1970, and has served as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, Dean of Science and Provost. He has published over 140 technical publications in physical chemistry, as well as numerous publications on technology, energy, international security, and public policy issues. John Deutch has served in significant government and academic posts throughout his career.
“Successful innovation only occurs when technical, economic, and social considerations are integrated”
In 1995, he was sworn in as Director of Central Intelligence following a unanimous vote in the Senate, and served as DCI until December 1996. In this position, he was Head of the Intelligence Community (all foreign intelligence agencies of the US) and directed the Central Intelligence Agency. From 1994 to 1995, he served as the Deputy Secretary of Defense and from 1993 to 1994, served as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisitions and Technology. He received the Greater Boston Federal Executive Board’s Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill Award for exemplary public service in 2002, the Aspen Strategy Group Leadership Award in 2004, and he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2007. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council and the Defence Science Board.[/expand]
In his presentations John Deutch brings his academic training and government experience to cover topics as diverse as world security, technology and energy.[/expand]
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Topics
Making Technology Work: Applications in Energy and the Environment
Technology and Economic Growth as Determinants of World Power
The Geopolitical Outlook
International Security
Publications
2007
Energy Security and Climate Change
2003
Making Technology Work – Applications in Energy and the Environment
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