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...Vest's resume, others confirm, contains a fairly impressive list of accomplishments. When Vest takes over the helm at MIT, he ends a two year stint as provost of the University of Michigan. Prior to that he was Michigan's dean of engineering from...
...Vest, who takes over after MIT biologist Philip Sharp declined the post this spring, is no novice at such monumental tasks. At Michigan, he was part of a team which over-hauled the school's engineering curriculum...
Although engineering reform is an important concern, it is only one of only a handful of issues that Vest must tackle. For example, MIT, which receives substantial funding from the Defense Department, expects to be hurt by imminent cuts in the nation's military budget...
...Vest is also expected to uphold MIT's role in the revitalization of America's lagging manufacturing sector. "We felt that anybody who had spent most of his adult life in the state of Michigan would understand that issue," Solow says...
...despite the many administrative tangles Vest will face, MIT faculty say they are confident he will make undergraduate education a priority. At Michigan, Vest was known for his rapport with students, and is said to have eaten in undergraduate dining halls on a fairly regular basis...