MIT Seal MIT Faculty Website: http://web.mit.edu/jjd/www/ E-mail: jjd@mit.edu
1966-Present MIT Faculty - TenuredProfessor at Sloan School in Management and Professor in Electrical Engineering, member MIT Project MAC, Energy Lab, CISR, MIT Faculty Webpage,
  • MIT ID as Employee (2015)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan, John Reed chairman MIT Corporation, Chairman Citibank,
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  • At MIT (2015)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan at MIT, Assistant Professor, post doc graduation (1969)
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  • Video of Professor John J. Donovan Teaching (2014)
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1977-present MIT Permanent Tenure Awarded by Dean Abe Siegel and Jerome Weisner.
  • MIT award of tenure letter, Signed by President of MIT Weisner (1977)
  • MIT ID Retired (2014)
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  • Sloan Faculty, Professor John J. Donovan in middle (1982)
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  • Tenure awarded Dean Siegel, Mrs. Siegel (1977)
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  • At MIT (2015)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan teaching; scope of MIT course (1984)
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Business Re-Engineering with Information Technology by Professor John J. Donovan (1994)
2009-Present Received an Honorary Doctorate in Economics University of Economics, Prague
  • Professor John J. Donovan at MIT (2015)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan lecturing on Economics in Prague received an Honorary Doctorate
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  • Professor John J. Donovan with MIT Economics Department Executives (2013)
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  • Video of Professor John J. Donovan teaching Economics in the workplace (1983)
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1996-Present Certificate of Recognition, 31 Years of MIT Service,teaching Systems Programming MIT
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  • Teaching in building MIT 10-250 (2015)
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  • Teaching course MIT 6.251 “Systems Programming” in building MIT 10-250 (1970)
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  • With Linda at an MIT graduation (1995)
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1966-present MIT Quarter Century Club, Lifetime Membership Award (picture 1)
  • Certificate Quarter Century Club MIT (1996)
  • Celebration of 25 years of MIT Faculty service (1996)
  • At MIT Faculty housing with Linda Donovan (1995)
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  • Video of Professor John J. Donovan at MIT great court with students (1982)
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1989-1997 Adjunct Professor of Management, MIT, Sloan School, Sloan Fellows, MIT Walker Memorial
  • Professor John J. Donovan in front of Sloan School with Sloan Fellows (1990)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan with Sloan fellows in Washington, DC (1989)
  • Professor John J. Donovan teaching executives(1983)
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  • Video Professor John J. Donovan teaching data Access (1983)
  • At MIT Walker Memorial (2015)
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  • At Harvard with executives (1997)
1966-1975 Teaching award Electrical Engineering courses taught at MIT:(see MIT course catalog), 6.47 (introduction to computers with Kurger, Susan, "Pedagogical Aids for Programming") 6.251, 6.802, 6.253, 6.542, 6.681, 6.273, 6.53S, 6.857, 6.79
  • Professor John J. Donovan Teaching Award (1970)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan MIT EE faculty (1970)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan teaching view of computer (1983)
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Software Projects: Pedagogical Aids for Software Education and Research Hardcover by Professor John J. Donovan, Stuart Madnick (1977).
Authored and used Professor John J. Donovan’s books:
1974-1988 Graduate level management courses taught: MIT Sloan School Courses taught 15.571, 15.565, 15.568, 15.564, 15.561, Sloan School Catalogue courses, Teaching programs
  • Teaching programs at MIT SIoan School with Professor John J. Donovan and Madnick (1979)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan at MIT (2015)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan at Tufts (2015)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan teaching Executive programs (1995)
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Authored and used Professor John J. Donovan Books:
1968-1997 51 Theses Supervised, Gutentag, Louis M., “GMIS: Generalized Management Information Systems”, M.S., 1976 Madnick, Stuart E.: “Storage Hierarchy Systems”, 1973, Ph.D
  • Louis M. Gutentag, MS student with Parents (1976)
  • Stewart Madnick, Ph.D. student and Teaching assistant (1983)
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1973-1980 Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) Executive Committee, Principal Investigator, Abe Siegel, Professor Alan Silk, Harvard and Charles Brown CEO, AT&T
  • CISR proposal Professor John J. Donovan Principal Investigator (1977)
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  • Professor Al Little, Dean and Mrs. Siegel (1984)
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  • Charles Brown, Chairman AT&T (1982)
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1977-1978 Management Information Science Steering Committee, (Picture #1) Sloan School MIT, Management Information Systems group Sloan School, Madnick, Dean Michael, Scott Morton
  • MIT Sloan MIS group Brochure Professor John J. Donovan head with Madnick, Dean Michael
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  • Professor John J. Donovan and Madnick with Sloan students in classroom (1982)
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1970-1985 Community Catalyst Program Member Indian Ridge Farm, Ipswich, Mass
  • MIT official alumni directory Professor John J. Donovan (2010)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan and Mary Jo Donovan co-host at MIT (1981)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan at MIT charitable event at Indian ridge farm (1981)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan, Mary Jo Donovan at MIT charitable event at Seagate (1985)
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1970-1990 Industrial Liaison Program MIT - Faculty Representative (Picture #1), Professor John J. Donovan visits to Olivetti, Italy, Siemens, Germany One relationship HP, CEO Lou Platt
  • Letter of recognition from Director MIT Industrial Liaison Program for valuable contributions
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  • MIT Professor John J. Donovan portrait for ILO program (1975)
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  • Lou Platt CEO “HP” congratulations member of MIT ILO program (1995)
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1973-1990 Associate Professor of Management, Sloan School (tenured)(Picture #2) Associate Professor of management science. Taught with Professor Jay Forrester, founder MIT systems dynamics, inventor of core memory, and Michael Dertouzos , Head MIT Laboratory of computer Science
  • MIT Sloan PhD brochure, Professor John J. Donovan teaching, John Derubeis, and Wellesley
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  • Letter of congratulation of tenure from Professor Michael Dertouzos, Head Laboratory of
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  • Professor John J. Donovan teaching Sloan students (1981)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan with MIT student Teaching MIS course (1983)
  • Professor John J. Donovan teaching with Madnick, Joking about arriving (1983)
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Operating Systems by Professor John J. Donovan and Stuart E. Madnick (Oct 1974, 18 printings ’79, ’81. ’84. ’91. 2009)
1970-1972 Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

Associate Professor Of MIT EE Department (picture #4)

MIT Department of computer science, course 6A

  • Professor John J. Donovan with Jack Scanland, ATT Bell Labs, (1991)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan with students (1972)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan explain basic courses (1972)
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  • Faculty and staff MIT, Associate Professor John J. Donovan of Electrical Engineering (1972)
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Systems Programming by Professor John J. Donovan (McGraw-Hill computer science series) Mar 1972, 11 printings, ’74, ’79. ’84, ’91, ’08
1966-1970 Assistant Professor of MIT Electrical Engineering Assistant Professor of EE (picture #5), MIT Department of computer science course 6A, Teaching courses 6.47, introduction to computers, book to be loaded into ssrn, 6.251 systems programming. Research on the MULTICS system
  • Professor John J. Donovan teaching MIT EE department room 10-250. Course 6.251 (1970)
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  • With Coco Becker MIT EE student and teaching assistant (1978)
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  • Return of Harvard student Mellissa (2015)
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  • Video Professor John J. Donovan teaching details of machine language as developed in 1970
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  • Professor John J. Donovan Assistant professor of electrical Engineering MIT Lowell school
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  • Assistant Professor John J. Donovan teaching basic systems programming
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Instructor's Manual to Accompany Systems Programming by Professor John J. Donovan (McGraw-Hill, 1972 - Computer programming - 157 pages
1966-1968 Post-doctoral Engineering fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering Teaching Introduction to computer courses course 6A (Picture #1) research in MIT Project MAC on multiprocessing
  • MIT EE teaching assignments Professor John J. Donovan, Post-Doctoral assigned to teach
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  • Professor John J. Donovan teaching as a Post-Doctoral fellow in 10 - 250 (1968)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan return to MIT research in business and Economics (2015)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan research with Project MAC (1967)
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  • Video of Professor John J. Donovan with students (brown suit on MIT steps (1983)
1974-1983 Founding Member and faculty (picture #1), Sloan School Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) associate Professor, Founder Tufts Center for Birth Defects, Chairman MITROL, Co-founder Intercomp,President Carter’s Presidential committee, on USSR and USA computer technology, taught with professor Michael Hammer Charles Brown CEO ATT early case
  • MIT CISR faculty Brochure , Professor John J. Donovan faculty associate Professor, Founder
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  • Professor John J. Donovan (left front row) at Sloan school CISR executives (1982)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan, Charles Brown CEO AT&T, used as CISR case (1982)
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Opportunities in Technology by Professor John J. Donovan (1989, 1994)
1976-1981 Principal Investigator MIT Energy Laboratory , (Picture #1) press conference , Professor John J. Donovan, Dean Bill Pounds MIT, Sloan School, Lt Governor Tip O’Neil Jr. 1978, Decision Support Group, Energy Laboratory, Developer of NEEMIS, Mr. W. Keating director of New England regional commission, David White Director MIT Energy Laboratory, Arch McGill, Vice President, AT&T
  • The New England Regional Commission press conference NEEMIS, New England Energy Management
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  • Arch McGill Vice President AT&T (1981)
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1967-1976 Member (Picture #1) Project MAC, Development Team of Multics, predecessor to UNIX
  • Professor John J. Donovan member of project MAC (1973)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan with Rama writing book about Multics in Vermont Home retreat (2000)
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1979-1988 MIT, Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid Committee, Faculty Representative (Picture #1), Tufts Admissions
  • Professor John J. Donovan appointment faculty representative to MIT Admissions committee
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  • Professor John J. Donovan working with admission officers (1988)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan at Tufts, role with President Jean Myer with Tufts admissions,
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1973-1995 MIT, Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP) Advisor (Picture #1)
  • Professor John J. Donovan MIT UROP appointment and students (1974)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan and UROP students at Indian ridge (1981)
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  • Writing about UROP students, CTG staff at Vermont Rama, Professor John J. Donovan,
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  • Professor John J. Donovan with undergraduate research students (2013)
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1970-1982 Freshman Advisor, MIT Interactions at MIT, and at Professor John J. Donovan’s home
  • Professor John J. Donovan Portrait for Undergraduate MIT brochure MIT (1970s)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan with freshman at Indian ridge farm (1972)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan with freshman at Indian ridge farm (1975)
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1977-1989 Donovan in PHD Program (Picture #1) PHD Program in Management (picture teaching, John Derubeis, outstanding person, Wellesley/MIT wonderful girl) Harvard Fogg Art Museum
  • MIT PhD Program in Management Sloan school Professor John J. Donovan Associate Professor (1982)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan with Ph..D. students at Harvard Fogg Art Museum (1979)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan teaching MIT graduate students and one Undergraduate from
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  • Professor John J. Donovan bring students to Harvard Fogg Art Museum (2015)
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1968-1977 Lecturer basic computer courses (Picture #1), Lowell Institute (Community Institute of MIT)
  • Professor John J. Donovan Assistant professor of electrical Engineering MIT Lowell school
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  • Professor John J. Donovan teaching MIT/Lowell school (1969)
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  • Lowell school graduates (1977)
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1970-1974 ACM National Lecturer (Picture #1)
  • Acceptance of ACM lectureship (1970)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan lecturing at JFK library (1990)
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1970-2001 Course 6A - Course 15, Graduate Councilor and Adviser
  • Professor John J. Donovan graduate colleagues at CTG (2001)
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  • Graduate students (2001)
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  • MIT Graduate students at Indian ridge farm, with Professor John J. Donovan, Derubeis
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1975-1984 Lecturer Professor John J. Donovan (Picture #1) Sloan Fellows Program
  • Professor John J. Donovan Associate professor Sloan fellows program brochure (1981)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan Lecturing (1984)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan At MIT Walker Memorial dining hall with Sloan fellows (1982)
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1974-1983 Lecturer Professor John J. Donovan (picture #1) Sloan Senior Executive Program
  • Professor John J. Donovan teaching in program for senior executives brochure (1983)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan MIT Courtyard revisiting executives (2015)
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1974-1994 Sloan Urban Executive Program, Lecturer and further reserach into urban challenges, Athens, Geneva
  • Professor John J. Donovan Addressing urban executives (1982)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan With Urban Executives (1994)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan Visit to Athens (1992)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan Visit to Geneva (1994)
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1967-present Intramural Basketball, Member MIT intermural team, Alumni Pool,
  • Professor John J. Donovan MIT Alumni site , Basketball MIT intermural, (2010)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan At MIT gym (1984)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan basketball in Vermont (1982)
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  • Video Professor John J. Donovan Basketball in MIT Gym (1986)
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1983-present MIT Benefactor (Picture #1), to MIT Sailing, MIT crew, MIT sailing pavilion, MIT boat house
  • Mr. Brown, MIT Sailing master acknowledgement of Professor John J. Donovan’s gift
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  • Professor John J. Donovan windsurfing (1995)
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  • Gift of Skull Derubeis and Mary Jo Bunker , Professor John J. Donovan crewing (1983)
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  • Video of Professor John J. Donovan sailing with MIT students (1984)
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1970-present Benefactor of Crew Shells (picture #1), Nautical Association, Sailing, MIT intermural sailing, Linda Donovan
  • Mr. Royce Flippen, MIT Athletic Director acknowledgment of gifts (1986)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan boating at 35 years old (2006)
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  • Boating Charles river Cambridge Massachusetts Professor John J. Donovan and Linda
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  • Professor John J. Donovan and Mary Jo Bunker MIT sailboat (1982)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan Manchester Harbor Sailing (2015)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan Sailing Plymouth (1978)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan Sailing with students from MIT sailing pavilion (1982)
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1970-1972 MIT Student Teaching Award for best and most difficult course 6.251 Teaching systems programming, MIT gym
  • Professor John J. Donovan, MIT great court with students (2015)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan with MIT students in MIT gym (1972)
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1963-1968 Professor John J. Donovan MIT post-Doctoral Fellow, MIT Undergraduate student in joint program with Tufts Professor John J. Donovan Official Alumni Site, MIT, Professor Bruce Wedlock
  • MIT official alumni site for Professor John J. Donovan alumni for both an MIT Post-Doctoral,
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  • Professor John J. Donovan Post doctorate appointment (1968)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan MIT/ Tufts transcript, Dean List (1964)
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  • With MIT professor in undergraduate course (1968)
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1969 David Schultz Award for Excellence in Teaching, (Picture #1), Systems Programming course, Operating systems course
  • Professor John J. Donovan Assistant, Professor of Electrical Engineering Shultz award
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  • Professor John J. Donovan, Portrait as Assistant Professor MIT Department of Electrical
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  • Student comment on Professor John J. Donovan’s teaching and Mr. McGill’s, VP ATT
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1963-Present Trustee,(Picture #1), Community Service Fund, J Wiesner, President, MIT, President Kennedy science advisor, Continuation of community and children assistance
  • Acknowledgement of Professor John J. Donovan’s contributions to Community service
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  • Professor John J. Donovan working with children (1982)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan working with children at Home Indian Ridge Farm (1982)
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  • Working with community at Indian ridge farm, Professor John J. Donovan and Mary jo
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  • Describing Professor John J. Donovan’s Indian Ridge farm home and for functions Indian
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MIT Alumni Family

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1981-1985-present MIT Alumni: Wife Mary Jo Donovan (Bunker, Bovich), MBA, '84, Management) (Picture #2), BS, 1974, Magna cum Laude, Michigan Scholar 4.0 cum, Michigan Univeristy, Flint, Michigan, (1974-1980), Burroughs, ATT, highest awards for leadership and sales
  • Professor John J. Donovan, Mary Jo Donovan (1987)
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  • Mary Jo Donovan, official MIT alumni site MIT MBA ‘84 (2010)
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  • MIT degree, MBA 1984
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  • Mary Jo Donovan wedding to Professor John J. Donovan (1985)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan, Mary Jo Bunker, Great court MIT (1981)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan and Mary Jo Donovan, happy, Dancing wedding (1985)
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  • Mary Jo Bunker first MIT Sloan School class (1981)
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  • Mary Jo Bunker's graduation (1984)
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  • Mary Jo Donovan, Academic Brilliance
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1984-1989
  • Professor John J. Donovan appointment faculty representative to MIT Admissions committee
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1963, 1967-68 Professor John J Donovan, (post-doctorate fellow 1968, joint B.S with Tufts 1963)
  • Professor John J. Donovan at Post-Doctoral graduation celebration MIT (1996)
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MIT Alumni Colleagues

  MIT Colleagues lectured with in CTG Executive Programs
1991-1995 Cambridge Technology group lecturer, Professor Nicholas Negroponte, Wiki, Linked-In, Lectured on Multimedia
  • Professor Negroponte, MIT Media Lab (1995)
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  • “Announcement of Professor Negroponte lecturing at CTG with Professor John J. Donovan (1993) “
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  • Cambridge technology Group lectures (1991 - 2000)
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1977-present Teaching with Professor John J. Donovan, Professor Stuart Madnick, Wiki Linked-In, MIT Sloan Lectured on decision support systems
  • Teaching programs at MIT SIoan School with Professor John J. Donovan and Madnick (1979)
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  • Professor John J. Donovan teaching with Professor Madnick at CTG (1983)
  • Professor John J. Donovan and Stuart Madnick, (1984)
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1994 Mr. John S. Reed, Wiki, CEO Citicorp, MIT Sloan Board Lectured on Citicorp’s atm
  • John Reed Chairman MIT (1994)
  • MIT 2015 Professor John J. Donovan with John Reed Chairman, MIT Corporation CEO Citibank (2015)
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1993-1998 Lecturing CTG programsProfessor Jack Rockart, MIT Page MIT Sloan School, Director, CISR center for information science, Linked-in,Lectured on critical success factors
  • Professor Rockart at CTG event (1994)
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  • Professor Rockart at CTG, Endicott house event (1996)
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  • Rockart lecturing at CTG seminar (1998)
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  • Announcement of Professor Rockart lecturing at CTG with Professor John J. Donovan (1993-1998)
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1994-2010 Professor Paul MacAvoy, Alternative, MIT Department of Economics, Lectured on Deregulation, Woodstock Inn
  • Professor John J. Donovan MIT, Professor Porter Harvard, Professor MacAvoy Yale,
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  • Professor John J. Donovan, Professor MacAvoy cross country Vermont farm (2004)
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  • Professor MacAvoy, Professor John J. Donovan, Linda Donovan, Woodstock Inn, Woodstock,
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  • Professor John J. Donovan, Professor MacAvoy playing tennis at Indian Ridge Farm (1976)
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1994 Professor Randy Davis, Wiki, MIT Sloan School, Talked on a "New view of intellectual property and software"
  • Professor Randy Davis, MIT (1994)
1990 Dean Abraham Siegel, Wiki, MIT Sloan School Challenges on business school education
  • Dean Siegel teaching MIT (1984)
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  • Professor Al Silk, Dean Siegel, Mrs. Siegel, Professor John J. Donovan (1990)
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1983-1990 Mary Jo Donovan, Bovich, Bunker, MIT, Sloan School MBA (Picture #1) talked on Effective sales Techniques, President George H W Bush, 100 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Mass apartment
  • Mary Jo Donovan official MIT alumni site, MIT MBA ‘84 (2010)
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  • Mary Jo Bunker / Donovan with President George H W Bush (1982)
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  • Mary Jo Bunker / Donovan in 100 Memorial Drive apartment (1984)
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  • Mary Jo Bunker / Donovan at MIT Sloan school opening classes in her MBA program (1983)
1989 Dr. Craig Fields, Bloomberg, Chief Scientist DARPA, MIT Ph.D., MIT sponsor of project MAC, research in DARPA, Lecturing with Donovan CTG/Seagate, CTG Lecturing, Lectured on Advanced technology
  • Dr. Craig Fields, chief scientist, DARPA (1989)
  • Video of Professor John J. Donovan and Dr. Fields lecturing at Seagate CTG event (1989)
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  • “Announcement of Professor Craig Fields lecturing at CTG” (1989 – 2000)
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1979 Professor J. C. R. Licklider, Biography, MIT, E.E., Project MAC Lectured on The story of time sharing
  • Professor Licklider MIT, Professor John J. Donovan worked with him in Project MAC (1983)