Mr. Litster joined the Board of Directors in February 1998. Mr. Litster is a Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). From 1991 to 2001, he was Vice President and Dean for Research at MIT. From 1983 through 1988, he was the director of MIT’s Center for Materials Science and Engineering and from 1988 through 1992, he was the director of the Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory at MIT. Mr. Litster is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1993, Mr. Litster was awarded the Irving Langmuir Prize by the American Physical Society. Mr. Litster holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT. |