Dr. Killian graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1926 and has been associated with his alma mater through almost four decades, rising to be its president (1948 to 1959). For two years he served President Eisenhower as a Special Assistant for Science and Technology, and chairman of the President’s Science Advisory Committee. He also served under President Kennedy.
No institution in the country has made a greater contribution to our national defense than Massachusetts Institute of Technology, of which JAMES R. KILLIAN, JR., is President. Collaborating with him in the writing of this forthright article is A. G. HILL, Professor of Physics at M.I.T. and Director of the Lincoln Laboratory, which is operated by M.I.T for the three branches of the military service and which is devoted to technical aspects of air defense.