Anantha P. Chandrakasan has been appointed to the Vannevar Bush Professorship, effective November 1, 2015, Dean of Engineering Ian A. Waitz announced today. The Vannevar Bush Professorship is an Institute-wide professorship established in 1982 as a memorial to one of the most outstanding scientists and engineers of the twentieth century, who was also MIT's first Dean of the School of Engineering. Previous chair holders include Gerald L. Wilson, Subra Suresh, and Ronald L. Rivest.