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Vest Nominated for Next NAE President


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September 15 -- A National Academy of Engineering nominating committee has unanimously recommended Charles M. Vest, president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for election to succeed Wm. A. Wulf as NAE president. Vest became an NAE member in 1993 and is currently a member of the Academy's governing council. He has served on numerous National Academies study committees, most recently the 2005 report Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. If elected by NAE’s membership, Vest will begin a six-year term on July 1, 2007.


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