Thoughts from John's business connections
Testimonials from John's friends and family
Career Highlights
Academic
| 1963 | Going to Yale with everything he owned on a Vespa scooter | |
| 1963-1968 | Educated at: Yale University (Ph.D.), Yale University (M.S.), Yale College (M. Eng.), Tufts/MIT (B.S.), MIT (Post Doctorate), University of Economics in Prague (Honorary Doctorate Economics) | |
| 1967-Present | Held faculty and teaching positions at: MIT (tenured), Yale, Tufts Medical School, Harvard, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Texas Tech, and Sorbonne Paris. Teaching over 5,500 students and supervised 51 theses | |
| 1967-Present |
| At MIT, served as a faculty member in Electrical Engineering, Sloan School of Management. Previously served at MIT’s Project MAC, Center for Information Systems Research. At Tufts Medical School, received Faculty Research Award as a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and as the Director of the Birth Defects Center at Tufts School of Medicine. |
| 1969 | Received the MIT 1 Schultz Award for Excellence in Teaching while serving as a Professor at MIT Electrical Engineering Department and Sloan School of Management | |
| 1972-Present | Authored over 20 books, translated into 14 languages, over 150 publications, and 11 patents. Research contributions in operating systems, business, technology, energy and birth defects. | |
| 1990-2012 | Silliman College Fellow, Yale University | |
| 2010-Present | Visiting scholar for joint Harvard University and MIT program* | |
| 2015 | Professor John J. Donovan at MIT Killian court | |
| 2015 | Teaching at MIT in building 10 room 10-250 | |
| 2015 | John Reed, Chairman MIT Corporation, Chairman Citi |
Business
| 1980-Present | Chairman Cambridge Technology Group* | |
| 1981-Present | Led over 600 executive seminars in over 72 countries for over 25,000 executives sponsored by AT&T, Oracle, HP, Citi Group, SAP, NCR, Unisys, IBM, Informix, Lawson, Samsung, KPMG, DEC, and Sun | |
| 1985-Present | Led over 200 workshops for organizations including: Navy, Jacksonville Electric Authority, Grand River Hospital, AGEON, British Petroleum, Unilever, and Saint Joseph University* | |
| 2006-Present | Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Hamilton Thorne.* (Meg Spencer is the Founder and CEO) |
Government
| 1981-2009 | Served as a technology adviser to President Carter, President Reagan, and President George H. W. Bush | |
| 2004-Present | Received commendations from Jay Lee (CEO Samsung), 12 Governors, Department of Defense, United States Congress, US Senate, American Red Cross, US Navy, US Army, and President George H. W. Bush | |
| 2010 | Developed JPEN (Protect America) system for DoD with General Keith Kellogg |
Community
| 1972-1983 | Trustee, MIT Community Service Fund by MIT President Wiesner with Mary Jo Donovan (the co-host) | |
| 1985-Present | Benefactor to: Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard, MIT, Yale, Hitchcock Woods Foundation in Aiken, SC, and Sisters of Notre Dame | |
| 1985-Present | Commendation from American Red Cross for work on birth defects and blood safety. Commendation from Lynn Public School System (Mass) and Town of Hamilton, Mass for charitable work with children. | |
| 1990-Present | Donated to Town of Pomfret, VT, land for use for Fire Station. Worked with Senator Ted Kennedy on No Child Left Behind legislation. | |
| 2013-Present | Endowed the Donovan Scholars fellowships at Boston University* |
* current activities