James Rhyne Killian

James Killian
Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
In office May 4, 1961 – April 23, 1963
President	John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	John Hull
Succeeded by	Clark Clifford
In office January 13, 1956 – March 1, 1958
President	Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	John Hull
Chairman of the President's Science Advisory Committee
In office November 7, 1957 – July 1959
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Isidor Rabi
Succeeded by	George Kistiakowsky
10th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In office 1948–1959
Preceded by	Karl Compton
Succeeded by	Julius Stratton
Personal details
Born	(1904-07-24)July 24, 1904 Blacksburg, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	January 29, 1988(1988-01-29) (aged 83) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Duke University Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)
Awards	Vannevar 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.