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Spotlight Honorees

Spotlight is an MIT Club of Northern California tradition that recognizes a distinguished MIT alum, or member of the MIT community, who has truly embodied the MIT spirit “Mens et Manus” and made unparalleled contributions to make a Better World.

Patrick Collison

NON '10

Stripe

Co-Founder & CEO

2019

Nergis Mavalvala

PhD ‘97

MIT

Professor of Astrophysics Associate Department Head of Physics

2018

Megan Smith

SB‘86, SM ‘88

United States

3rd U.S. Chief Technology Officer

2017

Drew Houston

SB '61

Dropbox

Founder & CEO

2016

Sal Khan

’98, MNG’98

Khan Academy

Founder & CEO

2015

John Reed

SB '61

Citigroup

Chairman & CEO

New York Stock Exchange

Chairman

MIT Corporation

Chairman

2012

Dr. Susan Hockfield

MIT

16th President

2010

Prof. Nicholas Negroponte

’66 MA ‘66

MIT Media Lab

Founder & Chairman

OLPC

Founder

2008

Prof. Robert Langer

ScD ‘74

MIT

Institute Professor
Biotech Inventor, Scientist, Entrepreneur

2007

Tom Perkins

‘53

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Founder

2006

Prof. Sheila Widnall

’61, SM ’51, ScD ‘64

MIT

Institute Professor

Air Force

United States Secretary

2003

Prof. Lester Thurow

MIT Sloan School of Management

Dean

2002

Dr. George Shultz

PhD ‘49

State

United States Secretary

Bechtel

President

2001

Tom Leighton

PhD '81

Akamai

Founder

2000

Tim Berners Lee

World Wide Web

Inventor

1999

Dr. Phillip Sharp

Biology

Nobel Laureate

1998

Alex d’Arbeloffz

‘49

Terradyne

Co-Founder

1997

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