Philip S. Khoury

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Philip S. Khoury
Born(1949-10-15)October 15, 1949
Ph.D. 1980)
OccupationProfessor
Known forFord International Professor of History and Vice Provost at MIT, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at AUB

Philip S. Khoury (born October 15, 1949) is Ford International Professor of History and Vice Provost at MIT.[1] He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Beirut.[2]

Life

Khoury was born on October 15, 1949, in Washington, D.C. the son of Shukry E. Khoury, a naturalized American lawyer, and

MIT as an assistant professor of history, rising to the rank of professor.[citation needed
]

From 1991-2006, Khoury served as Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. During his deanship, he helped to maintain the national leadership of his school's doctoral programs, introduced new master's programs in Comparative Media Studies and Science Writing, expanded its international studies faculty and programs, and raised considerable new endowment. In 2002, he was appointed the first Kenan Sahin Dean of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT. He left the dean's office in 2006 to become Vice Provost responsible for overseeing MIT’s non-curricular arts programs and initiatives, including the MIT Museum and the List Visual Arts Center, strategic planning for international education and research, the promotion of the public understanding of science and technology, and the OpenCourseWare Publishing Initiative.[citation needed]

Khoury established in 1985, and has chaired ever since, the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar, an MIT forum focused on contemporary Middle Eastern affairs. He also co-founded in 1986 and chaired until 2006, the John E. Burchard Scholars Program, MIT's undergraduate society of fellows in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.[citation needed]

Khoury has been awarded fellowships from the

Trinity College, and the Distinguished Alumni Award of the Sidwell Friends School.[citation needed
]

Honors

Other positions

Publications (partial list)

Khoury is co-editor of:

References