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		Carroll L. Wilson's Legacy
		Carroll L. Wilson ('32) was a Professor of Management at the Sloan School and first Mitsui Professor in Problems of Contemporary Technology at MIT. Wilson devoted much of his career toward seeking solutions to important global problems through the application of scientific, engineering, economic, and political analysis to programs of action. The underlying goal of his work was the improvement of relations among countries and the strengthening of their institutions and people. Wilson's early career encompassed a number of academic, government, and industrial positions including: Assistant to the President of MIT Karl Taylor Compton, Vice President and Director of National Research Corporation, first General Manager of the Atomic Energy Commission, President of Climax Uranium Company, and Vice President and General Manager of Metals and Controls Corporation. Since 1959, as a member of the MIT faculty, he designed and directed many international programs including: The MIT Fellows in Africa Program 1961-1967 The MIT Fellows in Latin America Program, 1965-1967 Study of Critical Environmentqal Problems (SCEP) 1970 Study of Man's Impact on Climate (SMIC) 1971 Workshop on Alternative Energy Strategies (WAES) 1974-1977 World Coal Study (WOCOL) 1978-1980 European Security Study (ESECS) 1981-1983 Wilson's broad-ranging interests are described in the following MIT Technology Review article: Activist on the World Stage: Carroll Wilson Remembered The MIT Tech Review. February/March 1984   Back to Carroll Wilson Award Homepage
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