Welcome to the William Barton Rogers Society, MIT's new leadership giving society intended to recognize the Institute's most loyal and generous supporters.
His name rests majestically on the MIT facade watching over frenetic Massachusetts Avenue, and it seems fitting that this new society be named after our founding father. If William Barton Rogers were alive today, he would be overwhelmed with the great strides MIT has made in advancing his founding vision, which at its core is the advancement of practical science for the benefit of mankind. One need look no further than MIT's Brain and Cognitive Sciences Complex, the Center for Cancer Research, the Broad Institute, MIT's Energy Initiative, and the wonderful symbiosis of our engineering disciplines and pure sciences to see the impact MIT is having on our world.
I am proud to be the inaugural chair of the William Barton Rogers Society, and even prouder to have so many (and yet so few) colleagues that honor and respect their academic roots to the degree that William Barton Rogers Society members have demonstrated. I look forward to building on William Barton Roger's legacy and creating a community of dedicated MIT supporters who share our founder's vision and burning passion to making the world a better place.
Please join us, year after year, as we continue to build this new society of MIT's alumni, parents, and friends.
Your William Barton Rogers inaugural chair,
Gerald M. Appelstein '80
