Background
Deutch, John Mark was born on July 27, 1938 in Brussels, Belgium. Came to United States, 1940, naturalized, 1946. Son of Michael Joseph and Rachel Felicia (Fisher) Deutch.
director Professor of chemistry
Deutch, John Mark was born on July 27, 1938 in Brussels, Belgium. Came to United States, 1940, naturalized, 1946. Son of Michael Joseph and Rachel Felicia (Fisher) Deutch.
Bachelor, Amherst College, 1961. Doctor of Science and Humane Letters (honorary), Amherst College, 1978. Bachelor Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961.
Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Lowell, 1986.
System analyst of the United States Department Defense, 1961-1965. Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, National Bureau Standards, 1966-1967. Assistant professor of the Princeton University, 1967-1970.
Member of the faculty of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1970, professor of chemistry, since 1971, chairman of chemistry department, 1976—1977, dean of science, 1982—1985, provost, 1985—1990, institute professor, since 1990. Director of the Office for Energy Research, United States Department Energy, Washington, 1977—1979, acting assistant secretary for energy technical, 1979, under secretary, 1979—1980. Under secretary for acquisition & technical United States Department Defense, 1993-1994, deputy secretary, 1994—1995.
Director of Central Intelligence Agency, 1995—1996. Chairman of advisory panel on chemistry National Science Foundation, 1974. Member of the President's Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee, 1980-1981.
Member of the Army Science Advisory Panel, 1975-1978, President's Commission on Strategic Forces, 1983, The White House Science Council, 1985-1989. President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 1990-1994, President of the Commission on Aviation Safety & Security, 1996, Commission on Reducing & Protecting Government Secrecy, 1996, President of the Committee of Advisors on Science & Technology, 1997-2001. Chair of the Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, 1998-1999.
Board dirs, Citigroup Inc., 1987-1993, 1996-2010, Citibank, N.A., 1987-1993, 1996-1998, Cummins Engine Company, Inc., since 1997, Raytheon Company, since 1998, Cheniere Energy, Inc., since 2007.
Faculty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1970. White House Science Council 1985-1989. Board of directors Citicorp, CMS Energy, Parkin-Elmer Corporation, Schlumberger, Science Applications Inc.
American Physics Society, American Chemistry Society, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, Council on Foreign Relations.
Married Pat Lyons; children: Philip, Paul, Zachary.