Word: vesting
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Lander and the institute faculty will develop its research priorities, but will ultimately report to an executive committee consisting of Summers, MIT President Charles M. Vest and Eli Broad, who is currently chair of financial services giant AIG SunAmerica...
While Schreiber dismisses the label “big science”—he said he “cringed” when Vest used the word to describe the institute—he agrees that there is a divide among those interested in “bigger science” and those...
...while MIT’s Vest has purposefully and personally taken the role of public vanguard of these issues, Summers has been slow to take a stand—and students and faculty alike have demanded a firmer stance and more action than he has offered...
According to Casey, Summers has been working closely with Vest and other university presidents in the Association of American Universities (AAU) to seek solutions to problems that rose as a result of post-Sept. 11 legislation...
...while Vest has become a highly-knowledgeable activist on these matters, often taking the role of explaining the problems to a roomful of his peers, Summers has delegated much of this responsibility...